Marianne Merten Guilty of tax evasion? Call on the People for Justice to raise public support while your appeal is pending. Dozens of posters sprang up in the Cape Town CBD on Wednesday in support of reputed crime boss Colin Stanfield, who is out on R100 000 bail pending his appeal against a six-year jail […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo baseball Having your child represent South Africa in a sport is a source of great pride to a parent but it can also come at a high price. The South African under-16 baseball team will be competing against the best in the world at the world youth championship in Mexico in August. The […]
Marianne Merten Appearing in the dock with a black-and-white chequered scarf across his shoulders, and a white scarf and kaffiyeh covering his head, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) leader Abdus-Salaam Ebrahim has taken on all the trappings of a martyr. Turning to supporters in the public gallery, he raises his hand. A leather Qur’an […]
Greg Mills and Tim Hughes Amid the controversy of power plays among South Africa’s political leadership, it is too easy to neglect the huge strides made by the country since 1994 not just in consolidating its democracy, but in addressing core socio-economic issues. Comparisons with other emerging markets in East Asia not only bear this […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The newly elected first black vice-chancellor of Pretoria Technikon has vowed to transform the historically white institution to reflect the new democratic South Africa and the values articulated by the African National Congress-led government. Professor Langalibalele Ngcobo, whose appointment was confirmed by the technikon council last week, said his appointment to […]
A Kokstad prison has been ready for occupation for several months, but cannot be used because of a lack of services Paul Kirk While prisons throughout the country are overflowing with inmates, the Department of Correctional Services has available but unusable accommodation for thousands of prisoners. There is nothing wrong with the way the super […]
Tim Wood American Notes The air around corporate South Africa has been blue with indignation since Business Report’s Ann Crotty muckraked Nedcor’s annual report to turn up a dubious share option scheme. The ire is understandable, but suggestions that this sort of gratuitous executive self-enrichment wouldn’t happen in the United States or United Kingdom are […]
Andy Capostagno South African Rugby Annual 2001 edited by Andy Colquhoun (Sarfu and MWP) The South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) is a paranoid beast. So much so that on page two of this annual it states: “The views represented in this annual are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Sarfu.” This […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION With the advent of satellite television, those with the wherewithal to buy and have installed dishes, decoders and all the rest of it are offered what seems at first to be a plethora of wonderful entertainment and information. It’s a far cry from the early days of South African television when the […]
Glenda Daniels The Office of the President is expecting the first application for a presidential pardon for a woman who killed her abusive husband. The application is currently with the Department of Justice. Four more applications will reach the president’s office in the next few months. Should these applications be successful, it would set a […]