Comment Na’eem Jeenah Apartheid South Africa and Israel caused the main discussions in the previous two world anti-racism conferences 1978 and 1983. South Africa has since been liberated and anti-racism activists around the world are demanding Israel be discussed at the Durban anti-racism conference. Why this clamour from activists, scholars and international civil society? Because […]
Hestrie Cloete and the men’s 4x100m relay team brought joy but there are still many problems in South African athletics Martin Gillingham Even if you’re one of the sports lovers who thought South Africa’s athletes did well at the world championships in Edmonton, there’s no disputing one fact: they did it in spite, rather than […]
Barry Streek All people in the welfare sector will in future be granted three days extra leave on full pay for every Sunday worked and be limited to an average of 15 hours overtime in a week. Welfare workers will be paid an ordinary wage for overtime but by agreement with their employer they will […]
Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya described the suspension of disability grants as "not only illegal, but sinful".
Bongani Majola Vista University’s core functions seem to have been stretched to breaking point by the exodus of staff who took voluntary severance packages last week. On its East Rand campus the morale of the remaining staff is at an all-time low after the campus principal also left at the beginning of the month. Two […]
Barry Streek Cape Town’s valuable collection of orchestral scores and instruments, which was under threat of being sold to settle the liquidation debts of the city’s defunct philharmonic orchestra, has been saved and will be placed under the control of a board of trustees. The recently formed Cape Philharmonic Orchestra made an offer to the […]
If I interpret the buzz correctly, effort and money is being invested in getting the ailing sport of kings on its feet again. And not a moment too soon. By the time this column appears The Vaal racecourse will have had its meeting on its spanking new sand track, adding a new dimension to racing […]
Stefaans Brmmer and Mungo Soggot One of the men implicated in a bribe scandal that rocked the state oil industry was this week made chairperson of Armscor. Seth Phalatse has admitted he took a $20 000 (about R165 000) cash bribe in May last year. He subsequently returned the money and, months later, helped blow […]
Jaspreet Kindra Former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader James Nkambule has quit the party. Nkambule, who is facing charges of defrauding the state, was assisting Minister of Safety and Security Steve Tshwete to unearth a plot to unseat President Thabo Mbeki. He says that while he feels “used” and “betrayed”, he will continue […]
A kaleidoscope of people are getting ready to participate in protests before and during the World Conference against Racism Khadija Magardie The frenetic pace of activity in Geneva around the finalisation of the draft declaration for the World Conference against Racism is being matched by those working around the clock to touch up the controversial […]