INVESTIGATIONS into thousands of criminal cases at Windhoek’s main police stations have ground to a standstill, while others are moving at snail’s pace, because only three vehicles are operational in an area with more than 200 000 inhabitants. One of the excuses given by the National Police Headquarters for the long-running transport problem is that […]

Rob Davies For the majority of South Africa’s rural communities change is a slow process sometimes so slow that catching up becomes almost impossible. Old Mutual’s rural economic development initiative (REDI) aims to address this problem through the development of rural communities in partnership with the communities themselves and the Small Business Project a Section […]

Jaspreet Kindra African National Congress secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe said this week that the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) had launched an offensive on ultra-leftists allegedly dividing the tripartite alliance because “we want to show we are not weaklings”. Motlanthe said ANC branches were aware of the ultra-leftist “tendency” singled out in a leaked NEC […]

Barry Streek The controversial National Convential Arms Control Bill was resubmitted to Parliament this week but like last year, encountered heavy flak over its secrecy provisions and failure to deal with small arms. The Bill, intended to regulate arms production and trade, was withdrawn last September after it was attacked by NGOs, among others, who […]

Paul Kirk A controversial companythathas a major stake in the R60-billion arms deal has reneged on an agreement to donate money to a Durban charity set up toeducate the poor. More than two years after promising to fork out about R1-million to kick-start the Archbishop Denis Hurley Educational Fund, Nkobi Holdings, which is headed by […]

The record reveals President Thabo Mbeki ‘s true stance on Aids, writes Drew Forrest “And thus does it happen that others who consider themselves to be our leaders take to the streets carrying their placards, to demand that, because we are germ carriers and human beings of a lower order that cannot subject their passion […]

Drew Forrest and Jaspreet Kindra Business leaders across the racial spectrum reacted with caution this week to the labour movement’s plans for an economic summit, while a key representative of big business was positively disparaging. There was little indication that organised business believes much can be achieved by its participation on economic matters, but there […]

Jaspreet Kindra Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa is facing unexpected competition for the post of African National Congress chairperson in the province, to be filled at the Gauteng ANC conference next weekend. The conference will elect office-bearers to replace the “interim” ANC leadership installed after the national ANC disbanded the Gauteng executive committee 17 months ago […]

The Movement for Multiparty Democracy is unpopular, but it is still likely to win in the upcoming elections Gregory Mthembu-Salter As Zambia prepares to go to the polls in landmark presidential and parliamentary elections, President Frederick Chiluba marked the country’s 37th independence anniversary on Wednesday with a strong warning to the international community not to […]