The North West Department of Education this week came clean on the state of adult basic education and training (Abet) in the province — and promised to tackle the problems that beset it.
Steve Hilton-Barber, who died of a heart attack at age 39 last week, was one of the most adventurous of South Africa’s younger generation of photographers. His work ranged from news photography to portraiture, wildlife, music photography and commercial work.
They were cleaning the blood off Via Canalone on Monday in front of a silent crowd. Detectives collected shell casings and broken glass and a police photographer took close-ups of chips in the asphalt. It was a question of angles, said an investigator.
The Palestinian leadership is demanding a clear timetable and framework for a United States-backed Middle East peace conference proposed for later this year, to prevent it from descending into an empty "festival" of ideas.
South Africa’s preoccupation with itself as a special case, unique and exceptional in the broader context of Africa, may prove to be self-destructive. It could be that apartheid was never a case of "colonialism of a special type".
It was a foregone conclusion. Sepp Blatter was always going to be given another term in office as president of soccer’s governing body, Fifa. But the ramifications for football are grave. Blatter is not fit to run a bath, let alone one of the world’s biggest businesses. Since he took over Fifa in 1998, the […]
South Africa go into their first 2002 World Cup game against Paraguay on Sunday buoyed by recent results. After a couple of dismal losses and draws in warm-up matches in Africa and Europe, the Far East is proving to be to Bafana Bafana’s liking, with the side unbeaten in three games. Victories against Scotland (2-0) […]
It is about this time of year that South African rugby supporters usually start talking up their team and rubbishing the Europeans. Harsh words have been spoken about the difference in quality between the Super 12 final and the European Cup final. Prominent critics who should know better have rubbished Leicester (champions of the latter […]
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon stepped into the DA’s Western Cape "dirty money" scandal on Thursday in a frantic move to contain the escalating damage to the party’s credibility, after the resignation of the respected Western Cape deputy leader, Hennie Bester.
The finance chief of state synthetic fuels giant Mossgas has been suspended after an investigation into a R250-million contract with Siemens Business Services, a local subsidiary of the German multinational.