Cedric Mayson Spirit Level The Salvation Army is full of red tape. Being responsible for the lives and money of other people it has systems and procedures to be followed like any huge bureaucratic organisation. But Major Lena Jwili ignored it all when a young girl arrived at her home behind Baragwanath taxi rank in […]

Three separate stories in the news this week are worth tying together. The first is the case of Mosoko Rampuru (37), who was allegedly murdered in Sasolburg by being dragged behind a truck. His white employer has been charged with the killing. If the charge is substantiated and the employer is held to be mad, […]

Glenda Daniels Engaging the State and Business: The Labour Movement and Co- determination in contemporary South Africa edited by Glenn Adler (Witwatersrand University Press) This book offers a comprehensive and concise view of contemporary debates within the labour movement and alliance politics in South Africa today. It captures the essence of co-determination by airing the […]

Nicky Blumenfeld If you’ve ever visited Cuba, Colombia, Mexico or Brazil, you’d realise that there’s a lot more to the Americas than the United States and it appears that with the inevitable influx of aliens, the “developed” world seems to have realised that there’s rhythm beyond its mainstream borders. Likewise, the recent explosion of Latin […]

Rosanne Buchanan LIFESTYLE Convention centres are usually horrible, sprawling spaces with vast, dark meeting rooms and tasteless dining halls. But the newly opened R400-million Sandton Convention Centre (SCC) is modern, airy and impressive looking. The 10-storey SCC already has a line-up of important events until the end of the year, including the National Conference on […]

Rose Dingaan Thobela takes on Glenn Catley in a world title bout this weekend. But the Rose of Soweto’s opponent is not your average pugilist Gavin Evans When you see Glenn Catley in the ring you might decide this is the kind of fellow who expects you to drop your eyes when you pass him […]

New laws are soon to be introduced that will overhaul the billion-rand fishing industry Marianne Merten In an effort to root out widespread corruption and fraud in the fishing industry, Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) has launched one of the most decisive recent policy reviews and adopted “a carrot and stick” approach. It is understood […]

Fiona Macleod Southern Africa’s most newly endangered species on the verge of extinction is the winter impala lily, a plant used by traditional healers to treat stomach ailments. Conservationists warn that agriculture and development have virtually wiped out the plant in the wild and unless drastic steps are taken it will soon be extinct. Mpumalanga […]

Jaspreet Kindra The acting Minister of Intelligence, Penuell Maduna, has denied the existence of an investigation into an alleged plot to replace President Thabo Mbeki with Cyril Ramaphosa, the former secretary general of the African National Congress. In a separate comment, the Inspector General of Intelligence, Fazel Randera, questioned whether it would have been appropriate […]

Playwright and former exile Anthony Akerman’s career is symptomatic of the ruptures apartheid visited on us all Guy Willoughby Anthony Akerman’s latest play, Comrades Arms – a racy farce about an ex-leftie political exile reduced to running a bed- and-breakfast on the Garden Route – opens at the Wits Theatre this week after a rousing […]