Irish rock star Bono’s voice cracked on Friday as he tried to explain the emotions he felt talking to a group of mothers infected with the Aids virus.
Bafana Bafana striker Benedict McCarthy showed why he is one of the most wanted strikers in Europe when he scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Turkey in the Reunification Cup in Hong Kong on Thursday.
The presidency is breaking out of its circle of ”yes-men” to hire advisers from the political mainstream. The appointment of three new faces announced last week is being described as an attempt to ”beef up the sensible end of the scale in the presidency”.
Jurgen Harksen has claimed that former Western Cape finance MEC Leon Markovitz once impersonated a doctor to speak to him confidentially in hospital.
Africans must find their own solutions to their problems rather than pointing fingers. Dinesh D’Souza’s two cheers for colonialism must look exceptionally preposterous to some. If I were John Matshikiza I wouldn’t have reacted as furiously as he.
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The South African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union has offered to provide nevirapine to pregnant members.
The wave of violent criminal activity that has engulfed South Africa in recent years has posed major problems for the courts. The Constitution promotes the foundational values of freedom, equality and dignity. Criminals do not respect such values.
Walter Sisulu can still bring the party together. If South Africa is in danger of having the ANC as its ruling party for the next 100 years, it is in no small part due to that movement’s uncanny ability to manipulate events — sometimes entirely by accident.
If you ever felt a flare of optimism about the political and moral flavour of the Mbeki presidency, now is the time to quench it. There is no longer much doubt about what is happening to South Africa under Thabo Mbeki. Hope is being supplanted by depression.