Mike Berger We, the undersigned white citizens of this country, wish to unequivocally acknowledge and apologise for the harm caused by Europeans to the indigeneous inhabitants of the African continent and to all our fellow South Africans of colour. We recognise that slavery, colonialism and apartheid are part of a continuum of exploitation inflicted by […]

A 20-year-old classification error has led to the impending closure of a facility that provided for children with special needs Nawaal Deane and Roshila Pillay ‘Thank you for the world so sweet …” Two voices pipe up while the other children either hum along or listen intently. There are six children sitting in a large […]

Health workers face a difficult choice when deciding whether to disclose patients’ HIV status to a third party Tracey Farren Nokwakwa screamed from the pain in her feet and shook convulsively, but the doctor was unable to find a cause. The hospital ran tests and admitted her for tuberculosis (TB), a pelvic infection and an […]

ED STODDARD, Sasolburg | Friday BLACK protesters and police have clashed outside a Sasolburg court after a magistrate remanded a white man accused of dragging a black employee to his death behind a truck for psychiatric tests in a secret hearing. Businessman Pieter Odendaal, 44, had been scheduled to appear before a Sasolburg court this […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday YOU’RE not even safe from the taxman’s prying fingers in cyberspace. For the first time, tax returns will require full disclosure of sales and purchases made over the Internet. The SA Revenue Service has moved to close a loophole that may have seen billions of rands slip out of country, […]

LUNGA MASUKU AND OWN CORRESPONDENT, Manzini | Thursday SWAZILANDS’S police have threatened to use force when workers embark on a crippling nationwide strike to protest against a controversial industrial relations law. The Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) called for a work stoppage on September 28 after the government failed to meet a deadline to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT and REUTERS, Paros, Greece | Thursday AT least six South Africans are known to have survived the Greek ferry disaster near the Aegean Sea island of Paros, in which the death toll has risen to 62 as rescuers continue to pull bodies from the water. They are Charlene Cooper, Louis van Wyk, Pieter […]

PETER CUNLIFFE-JONES, Abuja | Thursday ONCE rivals, South Africa and Nigeria are now partners in economic development, with South Africans leading the new foreign investors in Nigeria’s almost untapped non-oil economy, officials say. “There is a consensus in South Africa that there is a tremendous potential in Nigeria. It is still uncharted waters, but the […]

JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Thursday MPUMALANGA’S “obscene” R800m budget for a lavish new legislature complex – including 350 imported executive chairs at R12_ 000 each – could instead have been used to repair all flood damaged roads in the province, says Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. Leon said it was obscene that “people living less […]

ADE OBISESAN, Lagos | Thursday NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has come under fire for failing to back his anti-corruption talk with action, will this week take his first major step to repair his country’s battered reputation by inaugurating an anti-graft commission. Many Nigerians, including human rights activists and local journalists, have criticised Obasanjo for […]