The government has set stiff guidelines for non-profit organisations which hope to seek tax breaks Barry Streek Registered non-profit organisations (NPOs) are to be compelled to provide extensive information to the government on their activities if they want to retain their registration and qualify for tax incentives when these are extended to the non-profit sector. […]
Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH Tuesday night saw two of the most outstanding African diplomats of our time – Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations, and Emeka Anyaoku, secretary general of the Commonwealth – on the same podium in London. Annan, of course, will go down in history as the man whose […]
Donald Trelford was on the brink of being sacked as Observer editor by tycoon Tiny Rowland after he exposed atrocities in Zimbabwe. Sixteen years later, he reveals the full story of the scandal that may yet end Robert Mugabe’s presidency It began in the parched earth of Matabeleland, among the cactus and the baobab trees, […]
accounts Rodney Victor The Pretoria City Council this week called for “bright ideas” for an incentive scheme to reward residents who are up to date with their municipal accounts and encourage those who aren’t to start paying off their arrears. Pretoria, like all South African local authorities, is battling a culture of non- payment for […]
police Mercedes Sayagues As the rule of law continues to break down in Zimbabwe, the country’s law enforcement agencies have shown they are still on the beat – at least when it comes to protecting the public from pictures of naked men. The editor and deputy-editor of the weekly The Independent have been summoned by […]
Barry Streek A new mental health policy, which strongly protects the rights of “mental health care users” to fair treatment, has been spelled out in proposed legislation that is due to come before Parliament later this year. The Mental Health Care Bill, which has been published in the Government Gazette, states, in line with the […]
Grant Shimmin ATHLETICS The pre-event hype has understandably all been about Michael Johnson. After all, he is a double Olympic champion and dual world record holder, with two marks that look well nigh impregnable to his name, so it’s no more than he deserves. But in truth, the Engen Grand Prix Summer Series, which gets […]
After discovering that HIV/Aids is killing up to three truckers a day, the road freight industry launched a sex education project Khadija Magardie It is early evening and there are already more than 15 prostitutes standing around the rest area for truckers at Warden, along the N3 highway to Durban. With a deafening hoot and […]
Paul Kirk Durban’s senior public prosecutor, Barend Groen, this week withdrew one of the criminal charges facing Piet Meyer, the disgraced former provincial commander of the organised crime unit, after the prosecution’s star witness was murdered. Groen withdrew criminal charges relating to the disappearance of a suspected drug dealer and a quantity of cocaine. Meyer, […]
Colin Blackstock There is always a twist in a Stephen King story, and his latest work is no different. Having just tipped his hat to publishing’s past with a serialised novel, The Green Mile, the master of horror embraces the future by offering his latest story exclusively over the Internet. King describes his latest story, […]