Howard Barrell Minister of Education Kader Asmal takes his controversial plan to rescue South Africa’s school education system before a special meeting of all Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers in Pretoria on Tuesday (July 18) amid resistance in the African National Congress and the Cabinet. The combative Asmal, who is thought to have the support […]
Steven Friedman WORM’S EYE VIEW When will we stop relying on others to do what only we can do ourselves? As the gloom which followed the frustration of our World Cup bid set in last Thursday, an apparently unemployed man who had been listening carefully to our team’s sales pitch exclaimed: “Now we will not […]
partners Jaspreet Kindra The African National Congress this week hatched an action plan to mend troubled relations with its alliance partners and to bolster links between the party inside and outside of the government. At the ANC’s national general council in Port Elizabeth this week, the ruling party announced plans to increase the capacity of […]
A series of art installations has been placed at key points in Johannesburg city. What will these mean to commuters who encounter them? Brenda Atkinson and Thebe Mabanga Whizz down Smit Street towards Braamfontein and your mind’s eye registers a billboard image that might be a mine dump, or perhaps a desert. Stroll down De […]
Belinda Beresford In the United States mother-to-child transmission of HIV has dropped by about 75%, according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). By far the largest number of infections of children are now in sub- Saharan Africa. Giving a short course of anti- retroviral drugs, such as AZT, has been shown to reduce […]
The first award remembering a black South African journalist should have been named after ‘Mr Drum’ Arthur Maimane A panel of judges is probably already considering who should be the second journalist to be awarded the Nat Nakasa Award for Courageous Black Journalism. The best of luck to whoever deserves to get it; but no […]
In just three years he has become the best sportsman on the planet. John Carlin charts the astounding progress of Tiger Woods from golfing prodigy to global phenomenon Tiger Woods was furious. He had just missed a 3,6m putt at Pebble Beach. The ball had drifted 15cm left of the hole. Teeth gritted, eyes murderous, […]
king David le Page and Mungo Soggot Some of the more controversial dealings of De Beers, the Oppenheimers and the United States government have been cast in a new light by a South African government request that the diamond conglomerate explain its ties with Maurice Tempelsman. Tempelsman, most renowned as a former consort to Jacqueline […]
Charlene Smith on being misquoted by the president who last week accused her of ‘racist rage’ How do you measure a president’s success or otherwise? By examining those he chooses to blame for his failures. President Thabo Mbeki and the Democratic Party’s Tony Leon have sent long letters to each other about HIV and rape […]
Paul Kirk KwaZulu-Natal has been hit by a wave of farm invasions in which thousands of squatters have stormed farms, stripping millions from the value of the province’s agricultural output. The invasions have destroyed at least 4E000 agricultural jobs in the Mangete area near Stanger on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, where most of the 63 […]