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 […]

His body wracked by drugs, Diego Maradona would love to return home to a quiet life – but it will never happen Simon Kuper ‘It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team,” writes Diego Maradona in his new autobiography. “Although we had said before the game that football […]

Matthew Engel in the city going crazy over a game of baseball If you wander around the cheapo art shops on Seventh or Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, you can probably still find a framed print of the famous old New Yorker cover which plays tricks with perspective to depict the world as seen from the […]

David Le Page The abundance of unscrupulous players in the fitness industry, and its failure to set about self-regulation, could make life a lot tougher for the new owners of the Health and Racquet Club (H&RC), whoever they may be. The Department of Trade and Industry has proposed regulations in terms of the Unfair Business […]

Lehlohonolo Shale Buchaki Theatre’s projects have always had the ability to infuse comedy in order to penetrate some of our social taboos – principally betrayal in relationships. This is the line that runs through Wrong Day, its current offering at Hillbrow’s Windybrow Theatre. Formed during the turmoil of the Eighties, the company produced some of […]

Rupert Neethling Invasion of privacy is a hotly debated topic on the Web. Which is not surprising, since surfers’ personal details are of interest to anyone from government agencies to marketers. This may not be a big deal to many users, but it is the debate between privacy advocates and marketers, in particular, which is […]

Ten people were killed on the R66 route to Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal after a taxi driver allegedly overtook on a barrier line in rainy conditions and crashed head-on with an oncoming truck. Five men, including the taxi driver, and five women died instantly. Four other women were taken to hospital in a serious condition. The […]