Issues have emerged in Durban that will not be stopped by logical debate Comment Margaret Legum The NGO gathering at the United Nations’s World Conference against Racism was a good place to test the future in terms of ideas that will not go away. Such ideas represent movements of people that have a universal moral […]

RUGBY Andy Capostagno The southern hemisphere international season is over and the Springboks came through with a record of played seven, won three, lost three, drew one. One of the best cures for a sense of inadequacy is to follow the old dictum and “pick on someone your own size”. Accordingly, it is time to […]

JOEL OLATUNDE AGOI AND OLA AWONIYI, Abuja | Friday ZIMBABWE agreed at a Commonwealth conference in Nigeria late on Thursday to end illegal occupation of farmland by landless blacks, which have plunged the nation into a political and economic crisis and threatened to destabilise the region, and promised action to restore the rule of law. […]

Strasbourg | Friday THE European parliament has condemned “acts of terrorism” carried out by Unita rebels in Angola, notably an attack on a train last month which left 259 people dead and 150 injured. The EU parliament also cited an attack on a bus on August 24 which left 50 people dead and another on […]

As a Zionist Israeli and South African-born physician who has done humanitarian work in KaNgwane and in Gaza and Ramalla, I protest against the comparison of Zionism to racism/apartheid. I bear witness that Palestinians, Israeli citizens or not, receive care side by side with Jews in the finest Israeli hospitals and are treated with respect […]

Almost R1-billion has become available for disbursement from next year Thabo Mohlala The R855-million generated from the proceeds of the demutualisation of insurance giants Old Mutual and Sanlam to fund youth development programmes will be disbursed from early next year. The Umsobomvu Youth Fund’s office opened its doors for business last week, following a lengthy […]

A bitter battle over words Efforts to broker a joint declaration were hardly congenial, say Mail &Guardian reporters. In private, the South African government must be bitterly disappointed with events in Durban this week. It had hoped that the Third World, and particularly Africa, would speak with one clear voice at the United Nations conference […]

Wits University has become the first South African tertiary education institution to have a golf driving range, writes Ntuthuko Maphumulo. Retief Goosen’s victory at the United States Open and the Tiger Woods phenomenon have brought golf to the attention of people who never before would have been interested in the sport. Wits has decided to […]

Rowan Callaghan Hundreds of women in townships around South Africa who are fed up with failed diets are resorting to the drastic measure of wiring their jaws for a few weeks and consuming only liquids. The practice is so popular that one dentist claims to have performed the procedure at least 80 times in the […]

David Helfgott, the legendary pianist whose life was immortalised in the Oscar Award-winning film Shine, is in South Africa. This Australian piano virtuoso showed extraordinary talent from an early age. He won various competitions in Australia and went on to study at the Royal College of Music in London. His tutor likened him to Vladimir […]