THE army on the break-away island of Anjouan has deposed Colonel Said Abeid, who this year entered into a reconciliation agreement with the federal authorities in Comoros, diplomatic sources in the Comoros capital of Moroni said on Thursday. Sources said soldiers had encircled the presidency and arrested Abeid. “The situation in Anjouan is however reported […]
Selby Baqwa has thrown a strange spanner in the works of his own inquiry Mungo Soggot and Stefaans Brmmer The Office of the Public Protector has asked a star witness of the public inquiry into the arms deal to drop his civil case against the government if he wants to testify at the inquiry. The […]
A cricketer’s body was exhumed this week to discover the true cause of death, writes Paul Kirk Tertius Bosch, fast bowler and dentist, died aged 33 from a disease that afflicts fewer than one person in 100 000 and kills just 2% of its victims. Now a series of irregularities and the preliminary results of […]
South Africa have five Tests to get things right before they take on Australia Peter Robinson Whatever the claims of men such as Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara (not to mention wonderful bowlers like Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald and Shane Warne), it is difficult to dismiss the credentials of Steve Waugh as being simply the […]
be crushed’ Jaspreet Kindra Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana likens the loss of workers as the restructuring of public enterprises takes place to the sacrifice of human life during the African National Congress’s struggle against apartheid. “I was just remarking that the Reconstruction and Development Programme implies rebuilding and destroying apartheid structures. There is going […]
Ngwako Modjaji Henrietta Mqokomiso, who was evicted from her house in Alexandra township in June when bulldozers demolished her home of 12 years, is being given a new house by the Gauteng Department of Housing. The Mail & Guardian reported last month that the Legal Resources Centre was preparing a legal battle on behalf of […]
Possible manipulation of votes on the renaming of two streets is under scrutiny in Cape Town Marianne Merten It was an inauspicious start to the public hearings to get to the bottom of whether and how submissions on the renaming of Cape Town’s two oldest streets might have been manipulated. Inquiry chairman advocate Willem Heath […]
Bongani Majola The word “battle” features prominently when South African graffiti artists talk about their work. This was evident at a recent graffiti competition in Johannesburg. The winning work, which took a R500 prize, was of a man menacingly clutching a little teddy bear in his hand. This is, according to Wealz, the sole judge […]
Documents suggest that Chippy Shaik did not withdraw from key arms decisions involving his brother’s interests Paul Kirk Intelligence agencies and the state attorney this week sought to stop the Mail & Guardian from publishing information about documents that expose serious irregularities in the R50-billion arms deal. Shortly after the M&G asked Minister of Trade […]
As the exciting KwaZulu-Natal season recedes into the past, attention swings to the mud of Kenilworth in Cape Town, which offers this weekend’s only graded feature race, the R80000 weight-for-age Champagne Stakes for fillies and mares over 1200m. The race has attracted a few useful older sprinters but the winner could be an improving member […]