Thabo Mohlala Not so long ago, it was a rare sight to see a black person, let alone a woman, driving a train. This was because certain categories of jobs, including train drivers, were reserved for white people. However, as political change gains momentum, some black people have broken job barriers, but the beneficiaries are […]

A 21-year-old rape survivor has decided to pursue her attackers in a civil court action Sizwe samaYende An angry Mpumalanga woman who believes she has been betrayed by the country’s justice system is quietly making history by suing the two men who allegedly raped and impregnated her. The 21-year-old teaching graduate decided to take up […]

Justin Arenstein and Dumisane Lubisi Kruger National Park’s new intelligence unit has exposed and fired a “racist mole” accused of leaking damning evidence of corruption in the game reserve’s Satara Camp. Mariet Bodenstein allegedly stole and leaked a forensic report detailing corruption, mismanagement and theft by three black senior park officials that resulted in losses […]

Julia Beffon A couple of days ago, thinking about writing this article, I hauled out some pictures from the first Johannesburg gay march. The photos show a younger, rain-drenched me tarting a banner for the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (Glow) along the streets of Hillbrow. Eleven years down the line I cannot […]

By end of March 2001, Telkom had: * 129 ATM points of presence across the country. * Installed 374 062 Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) channels providing end-to-end digital connectivity to business. * About 1 196 000km of optical fibre in the network. * Installed 343-million kilometres of transmission circuits with 792 000 ports. * […]

Bongani Majola Vista University continues to appoint senior management personnel despite its imminent dissolution. This is prompting Vista academics to question the institution’s commitment to the National Plan for Higher Education. And Vista unions have formally declared a dispute with the university over the management appointments. Minister of Education Kader Asmal’s national higher education plan […]

Preying on public sentiment is the new line of virus attack Sarah Left It took just two weeks for the inevitable to occur: someone has written an e-mail virus that exploits the World Trade Centre tragedy, disguising itself as a call for peace. Security experts say that distribution of the virus is limited at this […]

I entirely agree with Robert Mattes (September 17) that there is no logic to blaming the United States for the terrorist attack on itself. It is contrived (by long-standing axe-grinders) and disingenuous to do so. The litany of sins usually brought against the US stem from, among others, real and perceived abuses during the Cold […]

Analysis Ian Urbina The United States is about to run into a minefield that could have catastrophic ramifications across the globe. Escalating military threats are increasing regional instability as many populations are growing resentful of US ultimatums. Terrorists have vowed to widen their attacks beyond US territories if a war ensues. It may be time […]

Americans are a great people, but do they have the vision to lead the world? asks Drew Forrest “The tempest bursting from the waste of time On the world’s fairest hope linked to man’s foulest crime” The lines, by American writer Herman Melville, capture the complex nature of the United States far more accurately than […]