Stewart Hennessey Body Language >From Samuel Richardson’s instructive novel for young women, Clarissa (1747), to What a Young Woman Ought to Know (hot in the early 1900s), to the modern dating bible, The Rules, all the oh-so-earnest advice being dispensed to young women can be distilled into one dull command: don’t put out. This is […]
Thuli Nhlapo The director of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), South Africa’s top labour body, has been called to explain her remote German ancestry before a commission of inquiry following allegations of racism by disgruntled staff members. The bizarre decision to call the director, Thandi Orleyn, to testify about her ancestry was […]
Durban’s Ocean View place of safety faces allegations of rape, assault and child abuse Paul Kirk Police are investigating six cases of sexual assault and several instances of child abuse and neglect at a place of safety in Durban. One of the sexually motivated assaults, a rape, occurred during a supervised visit to the beach. […]
Glenda Daniels The tardiness of employers in registering and paying their skills development levy to get training going is behind their inability to meet affirmative action targets. While more than R100-million a month is rolling in to the South African Revenue Service (Sars), which gives the money to the Department of Labour for training and […]
Barry Streek A controversial proposal by the board of the SABC to refer senior appointments to the Cabinet for approval is likely to be challenged in Parliament. Chair of the SABC board Vincent Maphai told the National Assembly’s portfolio committee on communications in Parliament this week that the appointment of three senior executives, including its […]
He is one of the greats of 20th century music, but his career has soared and dipped, as has his personal life, encompassing political protest, religious conversion and rumours of secret marriages. Adam Sweeting on a ‘Byronic hero’ who, in his 60th year, is surprised to find himself winning over a new generation It would […]
Paul Kirk Amid growing complaints about unchecked air pollution, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Mohammed Valli Moosa has vowed to crack down on one of the country’s worst offenders – Eskom – as part of wide-ranging plans to combat the problem. Moosa said: “It would be unfair for us to crack down on industry […]
Barry Streek At least 1,5-million African people fled their homes during the first eight months of this year – an average of 50 000 new refugees every week – because of war, violence and political repression, says the United States Committee for Refugees (USCR). At least 10 African countries suffered significant population flight between January […]
President tells party caucus that Western interests are seeking to discredit him and South Africa Howard Barrell President Thabo Mbeki believes the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is part of a conspiracy to promote the view that HIV causes Aids. Mbeki also thinks that the CIA is working covertly alongside the big US pharmaceutical […]
A recent article has highlighted how Aids statistics can be manipulated by dissidents to prove their point of view Belinda Beresford There are damned lies. There are statistics. And then there is noseweek. That venerable organ of expos’s and investigative journalism has itself been used in a malicious distortion of facts to advance the arguments […]