The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) final reports will be handed to President Thabo Mbeki on September 6 — unless a court challenge by the Inkatha Freedom Party spoils the party.
Minister of Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe made it clear this week that the government is to press ahead with privatisation — suggesting tumultuous times ahead for the ruling alliance. The general secretary of Cosatu, Zwelinzima Vavi, voiced ”frustration” over speeches by government ministers.
Vusi Nhlapo, president of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) is not an employee, as required by the union’s constitution.
Two months ago an Internet search for information about Steven Jay Hatfill would have produced less than a dozen results, confined to scientific research bearing his name.
In a major embarrassment to Israel, Nelson Mandela has agreed to observe the trial of a Palestinian leader formally indicted on Wednesday on charges of murder and terrorism.
As conflict approaches, doubts and confusion grow. No civilised nation goes to war lightly. This can only be justified if the hazards of inaction vastly outweigh the hazards of the battlefield. In the case of Saddam Hussein, this is clearly the case.
Like an alcoholic with a dodgy liver promising this drink is his last, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a lot riding on its latest effort to rescue a crisis-hit economy.
Will the Constitutional Court glance over its shoulder at the government when it decides the floor-crossing case? Some analysts believe it will.
Herman Charles Bosman has produced another surprise from the grave. It is a hitherto unpublished murder mystery that was uncovered in archives held by the University of Texas. It appears in a new edition of Unto Dust, edited by Craig MacKenzie and published by Human & Rousseau this week.
You don’t half worry about tossing the words ”Herschelle”, ”Gibbs” and ”responsible” into the same sentence, but perhaps it’s around time to revisit a concept that still alarms many people.