NO blows BARRED Sipho Seepe Former president Nelson Mandela’s words on the occasion of his inauguration resonated with the relief and hopes of the world. He pledged: ”Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud. ”Our daily deeds […]

Jaspreet Kindra The Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs took flak from within African National Congress ranks at this week’s land tenure summit, with a civic leader accusing it of promoting tribalism and an ANC parliamentarian insisting that South Africans want individual title to their land. ANC MP Lydia Ngwenya rejected the idea, embodied in […]

Vivek Chaudhary When Virender Sehwag scored a century on his Test debut against South Africa earlier this month, it was fitting that the first player to congratulate him was his batting partner on the Bloemfontein wicket, Sachin Tendulkar, who himself had just hit a hundred. Indian cricket fans and the press had already dubbed Sehwag […]

Several controversies in the new Unemployment Insurance Bill have disappointed the Congress of South African Trade Unions Glenda Daniels The new Unemployment Insurance Bill should become an Act next year in April. But while it proposes some progressive reforms, labour is unhappy that at present it excludes public service workers and society’s most vulnerable sector […]

STATISTICS show that the reported incidence of child rape and attempted rape increased by 8,5 percent from 1996 to 2000, says Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete. In a written reply to a question tabled in the National Assembly by African Christian Democratic Party leader Kenneth Meshoe, Tshwete said there were 19 755 reported cases […]

FRANCOIS-XAVIER HARISPE, Kabul | Monday ANIS, the first newspaper to be published in Kabul since the Taliban fled the city, was due on the streets on Monday sporting a picture no one would have dared publish during the Islamic regime’s five-year strict rule –women without their traditional veils. The photograph was taken during a demonstration […]

IVORIAN police on Wednesday released 46 employees of a quasi-public company after detaining them overnight for staging a sit-in to demand the immediate payment of nine months’ salary arrears. Youan Gala Bi, general secretary of the trade union of Motoragri, a joint venture between the Ivorian government and the private sector, said that he and […]

AN exhibition featuring waxwork figures of historical South African leaders is on display at Ceasars Gauteng on the East Rand. The Ubunye (which means ”unity” in Nguni) Exhibition was a joint venture between Global Resorts SA and the Las Vegas-based Park Place Entertainment Corporation. ”The exhibition features panel displays, artefacts pertaining to the historic processes […]

TWO policemen from the Potchefstroom Dog Unit were killed in a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday night, North West police said. Superintendent Louis Jacobs said the two men were returning from work around 8pm when they stopped on the Mooi Bank Road where a couple was involved in an argument. A speeding vehicle hit both of […]

THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission will dissolve at the end of March next year, chief executive Martin Coetzee said on Wednesday. He said the head office in Cape Town would complete its work late in December, but a few staffers would remain to finalise the report. President Thabo Mbeki earlier this month issued a proclamation […]