Barry Streek An apartheid-era proposal to licence journalists in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been incorporated into a protocol that was signed by the heads of state of its 14 member countries in August. “State parties shall establish a regional and internationally recognised SADC accreditation system or procedure for media practitioners with specific […]

I do not like to bore readers with slanging matches. But allow me to make an exception with Ebrahim Rasool’s letter of October 26 (“Does Rhoda Kadalie want a job with the DA?”). Let me respond to Rasool’s main charges. First, the African National Congress’s “coconut” advertisement is racist. It is a cheap shot that […]

Neal Collins Lucas Radebe faces an uncertain future in the game that has been his life. According to sources at Leeds United, the Soweto-reared centre-half might never be able to train properly again, such is the state of his creaking 32-year-old knees. The Chief, Rhoo, Lucas, call him what you will, but life has been […]

Although he pioneered the PlayStation 2, the favourite toy of Sony chief Ken Kutaragi is not its games console, as Steven Poole discovers ‘Plus plus plus plus plus plus!” That, according to Ken Kutaragi, is the videogame business. The smiling, dapper president of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc is talking, in his charmingly idiosyncratic way, about […]

analysis Judith Streak In principle all children in South Africa have a set of socio-economic rights that includes social security. The Bill of Rights and signed international treaties give children the right to social services, including social security, basic health and nutrition, basic housing and shelter, and basic education. A recent study commissioned by the […]

Marianne Merten At the end of a week of bizarre zig-zags in the Western Cape politics, Premier Gerald Morkel stands alone in the political wilderness while axed Cape Town mayor Peter Marais looks set to stage a political comeback. Hours after Morkel was suspended from the New National Party for defying his political bosses and […]

NO blows BARRED Sipho Seepe To defend the indefensible one must resort to some twisted logic. To maintain and reproduce its values the apartheid government relied on the big lie of white supremacy. To sustain this big lie it had to marshal other lies. This included misrepresentation of the Bible to provide theological justification of […]

Simon Kuper Luxembourg were on a roll. They had just taken a 2-1 lead in Belgrade and were being cheered on by the Yugoslav fans. But then, in an unfortunate 14-minute spell, they conceded five goals and it was all over. Last month, just three days after that match, Luxembourg manager Paul Philipp was called […]

How keeping fit is different for girls BODY LANGUAGE Rachel Cugnoni Men are weird in so many ways but they are at their weirdest when they play football. I’m not talking about the freaks who make a living out of it but the kind who spend their Sunday mornings shouting things like “man on” and […]

Marianne Merten Teenagers are wearing it. The elderly are wearing it. For weeks the only visible member of Muslims against Illegitimate Leaders, Abduraghman Khan, has been sporting it while claiming to have signed up about 1 000 volunteers for the war against the United States. It is, of course, the Osama bin Laden T-shirt. Various […]