The Coega project has been plagued with problems from the start. Now it may encounter legal troubles Stefaans Brmmer The Coega Development Corporation (CDC), the government-owned company driving the establishment of an industrial development zone and now evicting residents at Coega near Port Elizabeth, is alleged to have done both without legal mandate. And the […]
Why we must stop apeing our colonial masters analysis Anthony Holiday With this week’s decision by the Organisation for African Unity to transform itself into an African Union, in obedient mimicry of the European Union, this continent has taken yet another step in a flight from its authentic cultures, religious, artistic and political traditions in […]
Marianne Merten A Constitutional Court ruling has opened the way for a teenage Cape Town schoolgirl to claim damages from the Western Cape Department of Education because she was raped by a teacher. Last week the court declared invalid a law that allows aggrieved South African citizens only 90 days to give written notice of […]
Gavin Foster BMW’s Z3, Porsche’s Boxster and DaimlerChrysler’s Mercedes-Benz SLK have been around for a couple of years now, while Audi’s TT, a recent arrival, is also proving popular in South Africa. Now there’s a new wave of two-seater sports cars cropping up, headed by Toyota’s mid-engined MR2. Why be sensible? Most people are altogether […]
comedy of the week Peter Bradshaw Earthling life forms whose origins lie in spores from outer space it’s an idea that gave us Mission to Mars, Quatermass and Erich von Daniken’s Chariots of the Gods. And it very nearly gave us an ass-kicking action thriller called Evolution, before director-producer Ivan Reitman saw Don Jakoby’s original […]
Jane Rosenthal The Picador Book of African Stories edited by Stephen Gray (Picador) Unity in Flight (Botsotso) Tenderfoots (M&G Books) ‘Africa is difficult to see because it is gun-shaped and heart-shaped. It takes heart to see her. It takes some cultural and racial overcoming. Actually it takes being a true richly grounded human being to […]
Right to reply Charles Pillai In response to the article entitled “We are addressing pension problems” (June 29 to July 5), I believe that it is appropriate that I place certain matters in perspective. The writer Jack Monedi, head of communications at the Department of Social Services in North West province begins by focusing on […]
Paul Kirk A senior Technikon Natal accountancy lecturer who has been found guilty of plagiarism was charged with housebreaking and slapped with a restraining order by the terrified lecturer who blew the whistle on his fake degree. The Mail & Guardian reported in March that Ian dey van Heerden’s PhD in business management was withdrawn […]
Ngwako Modjadji National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi is probing allegations of corruption, drunkenness, incompetence and maladministration at the Ennerdale police station, south of Johannesburg. The investigation was launched this week after Ennerdale residents forwarded a complaint to Minister of Safety and Security Steve Tshwete regarding alleged corrupt practices at the police station. Police officials in […]
Elvis and John Lennon have monuments, museums and disciples, but Bob Marley’s legacy is less clear. John Aizlewood travels to Kingston to ask his friends and collaborators: what does Marley mean now, 20 years after his death? Native Jamaicans call the administrative district of St Ann, north-west of King-ston, the “Garden parish”. They have a […]