Marianne Merten Nature conservation in the Western Cape gets a new face from April 1 when an independent statutory board takes over from the provincial government and the old Cape Nature Conservation ceases to exist. It has taken more than five years to transfer responsibility for two million hectares of protected land, water catchment areas […]

Paul Kirk and Jaspreet Kindra The National Intelligence Agency official responsible for recruiting Sifiso Nkabinde’s killer, Bruce Mhlongo, into the intelligence fold is Andre Pruis, a senior operative who works from the agency’s offices in Pietermaritzburg. This is one of several details of Mhlongo’s relationship with NIA that the Mail & Guardian established this week […]

Andrew Worsdale One of Afrikanerdom’s most favoured boys died last week in a bizarre car accident when he evidently fell asleep at the wheel and was thrown from his car, which rolled and crushed him to death. Country and western singer Bles Bridges, the first local artist to sell out the Sun City Superbowl, was […]

Jon Brodkin Ipswich Town fans shudder at the thought of it. Not even the idea of employing Nicolas Anelka as director of team spirit could fill them with more dread. ”It is,” says one supporter, ”a nightmare scenario.” And that is putting a gloss on matters. The scenario, of course, is ending up in the […]

A six-year long dream has become a reality as the North Sea Jazz Festival kicks into gear this weekend Karen Rutter It’s debatable who is more excited about the upcoming North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town – the organisers, the artists or the punters. All said, it’s certainly the most prestigious event on the […]

CHAKA Willemse will return to skipper the Mpumalanga Pumas against Namibia in Windhoek on Saturday. Willemse was axed from the side that lost to Griquas last week. Pumas team: Kallie Benadie; Marchello Solomons, Riaan Potgieter, Geoff Appleford, Billy Beukes; Lionel Ingram, Louis van Straaten; Charl Els, Ryan Jacobs, Francois Rossouw, Sarel Eloff, Chaka Willemse (capt), […]

THE fraud case against alleged Sicilian mafia kingpin Vito Roberto Palazzolo has been postponed to June 2 in the Cape Town Regional Court on Wednesday. Bruce Morrison, representing the local Directorate for Public Prosecutions told the court Palazzolo will at his next appearance be expected to plead to two fraud charges, one of forgery, one […]

JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Thursday 8.00pm THE Mpumalanga education department will have to shell out some R2,6-million to sacked department head Faith Sithole for as settlement for irregularly firing her. Sithole was dismissed after 20 years service in January after she was accused of complicity in the province’s 1998 matric exam results scandal. The scandal […]

NAMES of streets, towns and cities are set to change once the Language Policy Draft Bill has been passed by parliament. Dr Wally Serote, chairperson of the portfolio committee on arts, culture science and technology says however that every change will be subject to intense consulation with all concerned parties. He says the process will […]