Paul Kirk A key member of Parliament’s public accounts committee and a local arms company boss are squaring up for a fight with the auditor general that may well test the Promotion of Access to Information Act in court for the first time. The pending battle looks certain after Auditor General Shauket Fakie dismissed their […]

In his letter “Come back to us, Brother Seepe, all will be forgiven” (January 18) Rabelani Dagada mentions a number of academics who he claims would not be what they are had it not been for the African National Congress’s contribution. He mentions people such as Vincent Maphai, Chris Landsberg, Xolela Mangcu, among others. I […]

I was very interested in “Naval officer shielded by arms report changes” by Paul Kirk (January 11). While I stand by the first quoted statement attributed to me (“I know that the drafts were altered. I do not suspect it, I know it.”) I deny that the second observation attributed to me is accurate (“Young […]

Durban | Thursday PETROLEUM giants BP and Shell on Wednesday signed a R600-million (60-million euros, $53-million) shipping deal with a black South African empowerment company. The deal will see Southern Tankers transport about a million tons of oil along the African coast. Southern Tankers chairman Sithembiso Mthethwa announced the deal, saying it signalled the dawn […]

crossfire Peter Vale The study of international relations divides into two houses: one is preoccupied with state power and its management; the other house fears the effects of power and its economic, military and cultural manifestations. This is at the core of the recent exchange in these pages between the Wits academic Professor John Stremlau […]

Jaspreet Kindra KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali said on Thursday that the province will press ahead with plans to provide nevirapine to HIV-positive pregnant women in the next two months despite the reluctance of his MEC for Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize. Mtshali said Mkhize should have raised with him his concerns about dispensing the drug. Mkhize […]