Pule waga Mabe ‘Through positive and creative campaigns, you are showing that when you mobilised for militant action against apartheid education, you did not see this as an end itself. When you refused to succumb to apartheid’s jackboot, it is because you knew you had a role not only in eradicating racist education, but also […]
Martin Gillingham athletics The preparations of more than 30 South African athletes for this year_s world championships have been plunged into crisis following allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement against senior Athletics South Africa (ASA) officials, which prompted the postponement of the team announcement. The announcement, which was to have included the launch of the […]
Four teams are still in the hunt for the premier league title Ntuthuko Maphumulo A week ago Sundowns seemed set to claim the Premier Soccer League (PSL) trophy for the fourth time in a row and top it with the Bob Save Super Bowl on June 9 at Soccer City when they face Santos. But […]
Michele Pickover and Verne Harris Brought into operation on March 9 this year, the Promotion of Access to Information Act is intended to be the legislative cornerstone of freedom of information in South Africa. Technically it is sound, drawing on the experiences of drafters and implementers of such legislation in a number of other countries. […]
Khadija Magardie Victims of violent crime in South Africa may in future receive financial restitution for their pain and suffering. This is if a recent discussion document, released for public comment and submitted to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Penuell Maduna this week, is favourably received. The South African Law Commission has mooted […]
Marianne Merten ‘We are divided and we will remain divided. Let’s vote and go home,” an African National Congress member of Parliament’s ethics committee proposed. And for the first time ever the committee voted mostly along party political lines. Minutes earlier Pan Africanist Congress MP Patricia de Lille had also called for a show of […]
Khadija Magardie The Eastern Cape MEC for health this week admitted his department kept a lid on information that peanut butter being fed to indigent children on its school feeding scheme was toxic. Bevan Goqwana said this was because the department lacked evidence that certain suppliers were passing on contaminated peanut butter, and because they […]
For the third time in six weeks a Cape Town court has wrapped up a rape and attempted murder case with tough sentences Marianne Merten Karriema Viljoen* was not in court this week when the men who raped, stabbed, slit her throat and left her for dead were sentenced to long periods of imprisonment. The […]
There is market concern that DiData is offering too much for the Nasdaq-listed Proxicom Belinda Anderson If DiData’s bid for Proxicom goes through it will end up with a significantly enhanced global presence in the interactive commerce arena, with numerous world-class clients such as General Electric, Merrill Lynch and America Online. But if its bid […]
Niki Moore They are known as the Bee-Team: a group of about 60 rural youngsters who make a living from selling the fragrant honey from the wild bees that nest in the eucalyptus plantations in Zululand. The teenagers stand by the side of the road, selling wild honey in a variety of containers, including trays, […]