The findings of the marathon investigation into the arms deal in many ways represent a remarkable achievement for South Africa. It is extremely rare for any country to peer with any seriousness into the murky world of weapons contracts. Many Western nations are content to sweep such matters under the carpet. For this, and the […]

Ngwako Modjadji Athletics, canoeing, cycling, rowing and swimming have been identified as the sports in which South Africa is most likely to perform well at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Speaking at the National Olympic Committee of South Africa’s annual banquet in Midrand this week, president Sam Ramsamy said Nocsa would harmonise sport and bring […]

Independent have dumped up to 7 000 copies a day , a union claims Paul Kirk Independent Newspapers’ Durban operation has been accused of fraudulently inflating circulation figures by as many as 7 000 copies in a single day. The damning claim has been made by the largest trade union operating in the group’s Durban […]

manager of the Department of Correctional Services … In general, it should be stated that homosexual behaviour in the general population has as many psychodynamic variations as heterosexual behaviour. For example, sometimes the relationship is caring and nurturing, sometimes it is abusive; sometimes it is consensual; sometimes it is forced; sometimes it is bartered for […]

Headmaster Hilton College Dear Mr Nicholson, I heard the other day that less privileged pupils are planning to storm the country’s private schools … Right now, I need to know if you have been overthrown by the proletariat. My boy, Clive, is looking for a new school and Hilton College would be out of the […]

SA Human Rights Commission Dear Mr Pityana, I hope yours is the correct agency to deal with my situation. Brenda and I have been married for some time now. And lately she has taken to violating my rights. The other day she deliberately poured hot tea into my lap. She has also tried to poison […]

Dear Mr Buthelezi, I would like to thank you for getting rid of the Nigerians at the bottom of my street. For the past seven months my wife, Brenda, has been nagging at me to go down and tell them to stop selling drugs … Anyway, last Tuesday the police came around and sent the […]

replies … On behalf of the President we thank you for your letter of 19 March 2001. Your concern for the poorest of the poor is noted and appreciated. You are quite correct when you state that Foot and Mouth disease does not pose a human threat. However, I have done some research and was […]

Barry Streek The processing of the arms deal report in Parliament this week highlighted the ruling African National Congress’s determination to get the report out of the way in the shortest possible time and to give it the best possible spin. Six different parliamentary committees are examining the report, effectively diluting the role of the […]

The general staff has reviewed your request. Whilst we are familiar with the ordeal you must be experiencing and sympathise with you we cannot for the following reasons resort to the form of training you suggest. The solution you recommend is generated purely from a male perspective and as such will most surely be rejected […]