Mail & Guardian reporter March 1993 signaled the end of an arduous struggle for the shareholders of New South Africa Fishing Enterprises (NSAFE) who were finally granted a hake quota of 1 000 tonnes after 26 years of unsuccessful applications. The company is headed by Pedro Williams and his life and business partner, Diana Williams. […]

The US president has tough choices to make, writes Julian Borger in Washington President George W Bush faced a defining moment in his presidency this week, only eight months after taking office, as he sought to muster an international coalition against the terrorists responsible for Tuesday’s devastating onslaught. Talking to reporters after a meeting of […]

The elusive G-spot doesn’t exist after all BODY LANGUAGE Tim Dowling So farewell then, G-spot. This well-known if poorly charted bit of female geography, first discovered in 1944 and popularised as the seat of sexual pleasure throughout the 1980s and 1990s, is now said to be a complete myth. A report by Dr Terence Hines, […]

Marianne Merten Vito Palazzolo, the Cape-based alleged Mafia boss, has halted an investigation into his possible involvement in international money-laundering and won a stay of prosecution related to his illegal 1986 entry into South Africa. Two Cape High Court orders last Friday effectively stalled years of efforts by South African authorities to investigate the alleged […]

comment Khadija Magardie I have it on the strictest authority from one of the interpreters accompanying the Latin American delegation to the World Conference against Racism that the following exchange actually took place. A poor woman from a remote tribe of indigenous people in Peru had just told an assembled panel a harrowing tale of […]

REVIEW Gavin Foster Toyota Camry, R175 651 to R270 320 The new Australian-built Toyota Camry is here, and it offers pretty well what its predecessor did spacious, safe, reliable motoring in a conservative package. Toyota says that the car is aimed at existing and previous Camry owners, and will be marketed as a family car […]

in my beloved country this week from South Africa, which I have come to call home, has forced me to reflect on these catastrophic events in a way that is probably different from most of my fellow citizens living back home. While on the one hand millions of people around the world are horrified by […]

Barry Streek The former managing director of a major fishing company, Tony de Silva, and a Democratic Alliance MP, Antoinette Versfeld, have clocked up more than 7 000km since July 25 to help 16 fishing communities in the Western Cape to form companies to obtain fishing quotas. Versfeld says they have only worked with communities […]

Mail & Guardian reporter To meet Harry Mentor is a delight. He is a small man with a large and irrepressible love and passion for the only thing he knows the sea. A product of his mother’s influence, with more than 40 years of being at sea, he is rock steady in his vision for […]

An entrepeneur plans to provide much-needed infrastructure for small fishing enterprises Barry Streek Costly and time-wasting experiences with larger companies in the fishing industry have provoked Cape Town entrepreneur Sam Montsi, whose company has had a quota for six years, to open a multifaceted service to serve small and medium fishing enteprises. Montsi’s partner, Francois […]