Desmond Tutu, the former chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says he has doubts over the prospects of success in prosecutions of apartheid-era perpetrators of gross human rights. ”I worry that we could … have cases that go on for a long time, that evoke all kinds of emotion, then the people are acquitted,” he said.
Half the titles on the Homebru list are by women. But, asks Michelle Matthews, what more can be done to make women’s voices heard?
The radio interview I recorded with Dame Muriel Spark at her Tuscan home two years ago almost never made it on to tape because a dog outside could not be silenced. We waited for the preferred BBC background quiet during what seemed like an hour of growling, but were forced to proceed with the hound […]
Diplomatic relations among South Africa, Brazil and India (a grouping known as Ibsa) could settle what is developing into a fierce battle for the Bafana Bafana coaching job. The shortlist is down to three candidates: Carlos Parreira, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Frank Rijkaard.
Italian police codebreakers are turning to the Bible in their efforts to get at the many secrets of the Mafia’s ”boss of bosses”. Bernardo Provenzano was arrested this month after 43 years on the run. When an undercover policewoman known as ”the Cat” walked into his rural hideout on April 11 she found him surrounded by encoded messages to and from his lieutenants.
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has labelled the increasingly hectic international Test schedule ”unacceptable” and has demanded more recovery time between matches. Ponting’s side completed a 2-0 series clean sweep against Bangladesh on Thursday but only after the Test minnows came close to a shock win in the first match against an out-of-sorts Australia.
The fight for political control of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal left at least three people dead and scores injured on Thursday as pro-democracy demonstrators defied a curfew by gathering at the perimeter of the country’s capital to demand an end to royal rule.
Soweto’s Diepkloof hostel is to be demolished, the Gauteng provincial government confirmed in a statement on Thursday. This follows the announcement by Gauteng minister of housing Nomvula Mokonyane last week that the hostel would be torn down and that 1 086 family units would be built in its place.
The battle to recover millions of rands sucked out of companies controlled by the late Brett Kebble has intensified. According to the sequestration application, former North West premier Popo Molefe received R600Â 000 from one of the front companies set up by Kebble and ”investor relations manager” George Poole.
The Western Cape government is taking seriously a request by African National Congress councillors to have Cape Town placed under provincial government administration and is forcing Democratic Alliance mayor Helen Zille to account for the continuing political strife in the council.