Khadija Magardie The Office of the Public Protector has confirmed that it is investigating the CEO of the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE), Zith Mahaye. A representative for Public Protector Selby Baqwa’s office this week said it is in the process of investigating a complaint against Mahaye, but has not yet made any findings. The […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo Bafana Bafana have played a number of games against non-African opposition but have managed to win only once. They beat Sweden 1-0 in 1999 with a goal scored in the dying minutes of the second half by the former African Wanderers and Kaizer Chiefs striker Siyabonga Nomvete. Nomvete, who now plies his trade […]
Marianne Merten Women seeking protection from domestic violence have benefited from the 1999 Prevention of Domestic Violence Act despite overburdened courts, inadequately trained officials, lack of finance and under-resourced police. Much has depended on innovative approaches such as enlisting the help of a cleaner as translator at a police station and the personal commitment of […]
REVIEW Gavin Foster Subaru Forester GX R217 950 Subaru’s Forester GX is rather different from its often-pretentious opposition. More station wagon than sport utility vechicle, it offers something that many more macho-looking four-wheel drives don’t a low-range gearset for when the going gets tough. Its longish overhangs and limited ground clearance mean that the Forester […]
If Wouter Basson is to be believed, the apartheid government had secret dealings with its enemies, writes Marlene Burger Of all the riddles wrapped in mystery inside enigmas raised by the trial of Wouter Basson, the one causing the most head-scratching is the averred link between the apartheid government’s chemical warfare programme and one of […]
Brett Bailey’s story of dictator Idi Amin is a blend of modish Western and venerable African aesthetics Theatre Guy Willoughby Big Dada: The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin Dada is play-maker (writer-director seems too cramping) Brett Bailey’s fourth big stage excursion into the weird, palpitating nexus of history and myth that makes story-telling in […]
Andy Capostagno looks at Sarfu’s restructuring Because there is a Test match in Dunedin this weekend there is no rugby being played in South Africa. If the restructuring of the administration of South African rugby announced earlier this week can solve that particular conundrum we’ll all be a lot happier. SA Rugby (Pty) Ltd became […]
Cheryl Goodenough A district municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has accused the national government of acting unconstitutionally by failing to pay revenue to district municipalities. The Uthukela district municipality lodged an urgent application in the Pietermaritzburg High Court last Friday. The matter is set down to be heard on August 13. President Thabo Mbeki and Minister of […]
analysis Darryl Accone Johannesburg’s Civic Theatre rechristened its main stage The Nelson Mandela Theatre this week. The announcement was the equivalent of someone unexpectedly jumping out of a giant cake. The evening had already been planned as a celebration and inauguration of The Civic’s makeover into a little corner of New York, named Times Square […]
Barry Streek A decision by the national and Western Cape governments to allow a perlemoen (abalone) farm in the pristine Pringle Bay area, located in the buffer zone of the country’s only United Nations-recognised biosphere, has triggered strong criticism from local residents and environmentalists. The two groups argue that the proposed farm contravenes the international […]