Injuries, bans and retirements have caused a high turnover of personnel, but the new Proteas have blossomed Peter Robinson A few years ago BC (Before Cellphones), cricketers would take themselves off to the golf course for a few hours to get away from it all. For better or worse, this is no longer the case. […]

Thuli Nhlapo The Free State town of Sasolburg was stunned this week by a horrific incident in which a black man was allegedly dragged to his death behind his white employer’s bakkie. Pieter Odendaal, the owner of a construction company, allegedly killed his employee, Mosoko Rampuru, apparently after the two had been drinking. A post-mortem […]

Glenda Daniels For the first time in South Africa domestic workers will be given accredited training once a new research project about to be undertaken by the Ministry of Labour gets under way next week. The Department of Labour is doing research after it was approached by the South African Domestic Workers’ Union to upgrade […]

show again Deon Potgieter boxing Cassius Baloyi might be softly spoken but he’s no longer the “shy guy” of his nickname. He provided the most scintillating action in the last triple- world-title bill held at Carnival City in May and intends stealing the show again on Friday, September 1. Although his opponent this time round […]

The HRC’s conference was characterised by much soul-searching about the definitions of racism Sechaba ka’Nkosi South Africa’s whites went on trial this week on charges of racism when black leaders attending the Human Rights Commission (HRC) conference on racism questioned their attitude towards black citizens and their willingness to reach out and reconcile. Unease and […]

Ivor Powell Abattle is developing between the government and Parliament as the state prepares a package of new laws to remove checks and balances introduced in the armaments industry to prevent corruption. If accepted, the already tabled Conventional Arms Control Bill and the draft Armscor Bill and Defence Related Industries legislation will allow the government […]

Jaspreet Kindra The tensions within the tripartite alliance are increasingly being blamed on President Thabo Mbeki, who is perceived by other alliance leaders as having systematically cut them off from debate on economic policy. Notwithstanding this view, expressed by several senior members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)and the South African Communist […]

Nawaal Deane and Ntuthuko Maphumulo Statistics show that over the past 15 years South African youth have been having sex at an increasingly younger age. Of sexually experienced children polled in the Beyond Awareness Campaign survey, 10% said they had had their first sexual experience at or below the age of 11 years. In the […]

Neal Collins olympics For those of you who think nandrolene was the bad guy with a cheap torch in Captain Scarlet, think again. It is, in fact, a steroid which helps build muscle, reduce fat, increase stamina, and disappears from the system in two weeks – and has been an enduring Olympic star. That said, […]

Nawaal Deane and Ntuthuko Maphumulo The first in-depth investigation into the efficacy of South Africa’s Aids awareness campaigns on the country’s youth shows that while the information is getting through, few believe it applies to them. The survey, conducted by the Beyond Awareness Campaign, reveals that most young people see HIV as a threat to […]