Jillian Edelstein spent four years recording the progress of the truth commission. Her new book, Truth and Lies, tells some of the stories that emerged. The following is an extract from this book In 1985 I left South Africa to take up a photography course in London. After that, although I went back regularly to […]

In his November 30 commentary (“The war in Afghanistan is a means to another end”) Firoz Osman makes outrageous claims concerning United States goals in the war on terrorism. According to Osman, the US attack on terrorism in Afghanistan is linked to oil in Central Asia rather than the brutal attacks on the US on […]

Africa would go a long way towards solving its problems if Africans acknowledged their role in causing the mess it is in, writes Shyaka Kanuma Will South Africa work now that political power is firmly in the hands of the black majority? This apparently impudent, patronising question has been asked a million times since 1994. […]

BODY LANGUAGE Shane Watson The January issues of the glossies go on sale soon, jostling for our attention with the usual cocktail of sex, glamour and celebrity. Vanity Fair has attempted to top last months Brad Pitt calendar-boy cover with a picture of a bare-chested Tom Cruise. GQs gone for Heidi Klum in a bikini […]

A programme that aims to ”plant” the ethics of conservation in the value system of teenagers has been launched in KZN, writes Niki Moore The sound of cicadas in the midday heat of the Umfolozi valley is deafening. Of course, if youre sitting in an air-conditioned office in Sandton, you wouldnt know that. You wouldnt […]

The applicants lawyer, Sarel Roux, said this week they were in negotiations with Saudi Oger about a possible settlement.

Unions and other civil society bodies want wider representation Glenda Daniels and David Macfarlane The two-million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) this week walked out of the body organising civil society participation in next years massive World Summit on Sustainable Development. Civil societys preparations for the summit have been further damaged by the […]

Phindi Molefe (22), an entrant in ”Miss Fats” South Africa 2001, waits backstage for her number to be called. Last Friday evening the Johannesburg Civic trembled under the pudgy feet of 12 hopefuls vying for the title of the most voluptuous in the land. The only entry criterion is that contestants weigh in at a […]

FOUR people were shot dead and one seriously injured after an argument over a girlfriend in Thembisa on Tuesday, North Rand police said. Inspector Matlhodi Motadi said the incident happened around 5am. No further details were available. – Sapa

THREE white youngsters and ex-policeman, Eben Kruger, will be sentenced in the so-called ”Parys bashing case” on Thursday, SABC television news reported on Wednesday. The four were found guilty on Wednesday of killing two black people in what was believed to have been a racially motivated killing in Parys, in the northern Free State, in […]