Would the ANC have accepted a so obviously crooked election outcome in 1994? ask Greg Mills and Tim Hughes Foreign policy presidents require, by definition, foreign policy successes. Has the outcome of the Zimbabwe election marked such a success for President Thabo Mbeki? And will it get the Zimbabwe economy out of jail? One mooted […]

Andy Capostagno The New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) may have cause to regret its decision to challenge Rugby World Cup (RWC) over its right to co-host next year’s tournament. Last-minute talks are under way in Australia, but there is a feeling that both the Australian Rugby Union and RWC are much happier with Australia […]

Marianne Merten The much-delayed immigration Bill a political sticking point between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party has finally been set down for debate in Parliament. The date May 8 was set this week after Speaker Frene Ginwala intervened, summoning home affairs committee chairperson Aubrey Mokoena to explain why the Bill could […]

Last week was a good one for the “alternative” computer platforms, as Apple and Palm both launched new devices in South Africa David Shapshak Everything about the new iMac is beautiful. I could even go further and call it sublime. The revolutionary machine looks less like a computer than the kind of ornate lamp the […]

David Erasmus’ call for a Tannie Krisjan (Letters, March 8) is also a call for discussion. The contents of his letter suggests ambivalence is his own allegiance to feminism frustrated by the modesty of female achievement, or is he a sophisticated manifestation of the common woman hater? In the latter case he should know that […]

David Shapshak After Mac users, the most fanatical followers of a computing platform must be those who own a Palm handheld. Like Apple, Palm has been around longer than their combined competitor Microsoft and pride themselves on their simpler, more robust operating systems (OS). In Palm’s case, neither are idle boasts. Still the dominant force […]

Jaspreet Kindra A former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Durban-Westville has accused an organisation headed by the African National Congress’s KwaZulu-Natal leader, S’bu Ndebele, of “hijacking” his idea of an annual African Renaissance festival. Ndebele’s African Renaissance KZN, a Section 21 company, is organising the festival in Durban from March 19 to 23, without […]

SOCCER Neal Collins There’s something Fishy going on at Charlton. Early in the month, Mark Fish’s World Cup hopes were being written off. We were told that, after an injury sustained during training, the former Orlando Pirates defender would have to put a hold on his chances of an international comeback for South Africa. There […]

Thebe Mabanga The Windybrow Centre for the Arts in Hillbrow unveiled its 22nd Arts Festival on Wednesday by painting a mural paying tribute to fallen artists from Matsemela Manaka to Fats Dibeko as well as pianist Moses Molelekwa and Margaret Singana. In many ways the tribute represents the best way for Windybrow to survive: drawing […]

James Hall The Swazi government is planning to build an international airport to increase tourism in the process sacrificing a large proportion of the game the tourists will be coming to see. The proposed R1,4-billion Millennium Airport near Mpaka in eastern Swaziland will be next to the Hlane and Mkhaya game parks, ”the two most […]