Khadija Magardie The decision last month by a magistrate to acquit 15 white parents on charges of assaulting black pupils in Vryburg, in the North West province, should be used to refocus attention on legislation bringing judicial officers to book for racist judgements. This was one of the issues raised at a public hearing this […]

Susan Chala Letty Motshwene (52) of Motsephiri in the Northern Province has come a long way from abject poverty to tending a vegetable garden in a school-yard. It took a few months to harvest and take the fresh produce home as a form of food security. Motshwene was not alone there were 30 women in […]

Marianne Merten A bill of at least R220 000 excluding legal fees of tens of thousands of rands is expected for the two official probes into whether public submissions on the renaming of two Cape Town streets might have been manipulated. The costs for the current inquiry by corruption buster advocate Willem Heath and the […]

If I interpret the buzz correctly, effort and money is being invested in getting the ailing sport of kings on its feet again. And not a moment too soon. By the time this column appears The Vaal racecourse will have had its meeting on its spanking new sand track, adding a new dimension to racing […]

Paul Kirk Parts of South Africa’s railway infrastructure are slowly being carted away piece by piece in shopping trolleys and home-made carts. Durban’s unscrupulous scrap metal merchants have, in the past, been known to buy all manner of metal much of it clearly stolen. The latest target for scrap metal thieves in the city is […]

Several dentists working in Eastern Cape hospitals have been sent from pillar to post as they try to find out why they haven’t been paid Glenda Daniels and David Macfarlane Ten dentists doing community service at various hospitals in the Eastern Cape have not been paid and are considering a work stoppage if their plight […]

A NEW oil pipeline fire is threatening to force Anglo-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch/Shell to cut exports by 200 000 barrels per day, a newspaper report said on Friday. The newspaper This Day quoted Shell representative Precious Omoku as saying production was threatened by the fire which Shell blamed on vandalism of its oil pipelines […]

KHADIJA MAGARDIE, Johannesburg | Friday THE frenetic pace of activity in Geneva around the finalisation of the draft declaration for the World Conference against Racism is being matched by those working around the clock to touch up the controversial “unofficial agenda”. As organisers limber up for the official conference, various NGOs, individuals and groups have […]

Johannesburg | Friday THE first steps towards creating a single currency and a single central bank for Africa were taken at a meeting of the association of the continent’s central bank governors, its newly elected chairman said on Thursday. South African Reserve Bank governor and new Association of Central African Bankers (AACB) chairman Tito Mboweni […]

MUNGO SOGGOT, Johannesburg | Friday IN what would be a first in modern times, South Africa is within reach of a budget surplus. Tax collections have far exceeded expectations during the first few months of the fiscal year. At the same time, government expenditure is not keeping up the pace amid ongoing concerns that several […]