analysis Drew Forrest Last Friday I experienced a creeping sensation every hack knows and dreads publication remorse. The Mail & Guardian was spot on when it reported that there is no immediate prospect of cabinet posts for the New National Party in African National Congress-dominated provinces, as provided for in its pact with the ANC. […]

colloquium Pule Radingwana Apartheid was created to further the particular norms and values of the white community. Taxpayers’ money benefited that group at the expense of black people. Since 1994 there has been a misconception that transformation merely means reformation. Transformation should have a political philosophy, with the aim of meeting the needs and aspirations […]

The first phase of a billion-rand computerised identification system is to be handed over next week Marianne Merten After numerous delays including a probe into alleged tender improprie-ties, redrafted tender requirements and an escalation of costs from R800-million in 1996 to perhaps R3,5-billion the first part of the Home Affairs National Identification System (Hanis) is […]

David Macfarlane With the ink barely dry on proposals that could see South Africa’s 36 tertiary institutions slashed to 21, it is already clear that massive resistance can be expected from universities and technikons the proposals target. And it is equally clear that Minister of Education Kader Asmal now faces a torrid political battle to […]

Three Southern African countries have sold out the region’s peasants in favour of quick profits and short-term political expediency, a new hard-hitting academic study warns Sizwe samaYende and Justin Arenstein The University of the Western Cape’s school of government claims the systematic betrayal of small-scale and subsistence farmers in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe is […]

David Macfarlane The University of Natal has been pressing ahead with plans to appoint a new vice-chancellor, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, despite Minister of Education Kader Asmal’s requests that institutions earmarked for merging refrain from making senior appointments. Following months of turmoil at Unisa, another extraordinary, top-level university fiasco looks set to unfold. Makgoba, president of […]

The president has called on communities to work for peace and stability by volunteering to help their local police. Some are ahead of the game with varying reactions from government Pierre du Bois Crime-fatigued South Africans are employing police reservists to protect their towns, despite efforts by police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi to stop them. […]