NICHOLAS PHYTHIAN, Abidjan| Friday PRESIDENT Laurent Gbagbo has taken office preaching reconciliation in Ivory Coast, hours after its people’s power revolt degenerated into bloody ethnic feuding, but he rejected calls from around the world for a new election. Gbagbo also ruled out any rewriting of a constitution which excluded Muslim former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara […]

A YOUNG Black Rhino bull and cow will be flown from Skukuza to the Liwonde National Park in Malawi this weekend to establish satellite populations of the endangered species in Southern Africa and to facilitate the development of the eco-tourism industry in the region, says the South African National Parks (SANP). The Black Rhino was […]

Cedric Mayson Spirit Level Banishing poverty is simple, but not easy. It is a spiritual problem, not merely economic, when prosperous South Africa allows half its population to live in desperate need. No human being should be forced to endure constant hunger, live in a crowded, leaking shack, dice with disease and death as a […]

Neal Collins soccer Lucas Radebe’s career has been thrown into doubt after two serious head injuries. The Bafana Bafana and Leeds United captain has been knocked out twice in less than a month – and admits he fears further problems after a series of brain scans. First he clashed heads with team-mate Michael Duberry in […]

Greg Bowes CD OFTHEWEEK The mother city has its designation as a prime party destination confirmed with a scintillating set from Dave Seaman, simply called Cape Town(Global Underground). The mix, a cross-section of the tunes that wowed audiences here earlier this year, emerges all hazy and dubby but by track four – a Futureshock mix […]

David Le Page An extraordinary new vehicle with a unique power source is lined up for production in South Africa, offering hope for those incensed by the cost of hydrocarbons. The car, called the Taxi ZerO Pollution (TOP), runs off motive energy stored as compressed air in tanks resembling those of scuba divers. The compressed […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A principal at a North West middle school is facing the axe after he admitted to beating students for failing to contribute towards the salary of a teacher at the school. This follows a report in the Mail & Guardian last week in which LS Thwane, a headmaster at Montshioa Memorial […]

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe may finally be on his way out as the opposition and the population turn against him Mercedes Sayagues As impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe got under way this week, a major new opinion survey has found that a clear majority of Zimbabweans support the opposition Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC) […]

Howard Barrell Presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana died on Thursday morning, as persistent suggestions in political circles that he had been suffering from Aids remained officially unconfirmed. The presidency skirted the nature of Mankahlana’s illness in its announcement of his death at midday on Thursday. Later, the communications department in the presidency, which Mankahlana had headed, […]

One of the more important themes to emerge from this week’s Judicial Service Commission hearings was the extent to which many judges are still failing to appreciate the importance of the 1994 Constitution. Having been steeped in Roman Dutch and English law for so long, they are still wary of a document that forces them […]