John Matshikiza explains why the Japanese are heading for the hills Thank goodness we South Africans only believe in crime and witchcraft. While older countries have been going mad over the coming of the new millennium for several years, we have hardly even started bothering. Local councils around the country have already surrendered to the […]
A structural shift has occurred in the productive base of the South African economy over the past 25 years. The share of agriculture in the gross domestic product (GDP) fell by about 4% since 1970, while mining’s contribution declined by 3%. The decline of these two primary sectors, though, has been matched by a significant […]
Schoolkids have a tendency to turn the magazine section of the CNA store in Melville into a library. The other day two black boys of about eight were sprawled on the floor in front of the magazine shelf. Next to them was a stack of different gun magazines from South Africa, the United States and […]
Marianne Merten looks at the many reasons why males turn to a life of rape and murder The gang rape and murder of Valencia Farmer (14) shocked many ordinary South Africans. But within days there were whispers in her community that she had been in a shebeen before she was attacked – tantamount to saying […]
The mad emperor of South Africa’s avant garde, Chris Pretorius, now lives in the United States, but he’s back in Grahamstown with Dark Continent, writes Matthew Krouse.
‘Dead men can’t rape’ is the premise of <i>A Gun for Jennifer</i>. Lauren Shantall wonders if it’s really that simple
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: CLIVE WOODWARD, coach of the English rugby side that arrived in South Africa on Monday for a one-off Test against the Springboks at Newlands on Saturday, has lashed out at “the thickheads” who organised the ill-fated English tour of the Southern Hemisphere. Woodward said his team will have time for only two training […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: THE winelands of the Cape will play host to the European golf tour for the first time when the 1999 Mercedes-Benz Vodacom SA Open is staged at Stellenbosch Golf Club. The South African Open forms part of the European Tour and will see world number two Ernie Els defending his home title, an […]
THE Tanzanian government is looking for potential buyers worldwide of the state-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited, PSRC (privatisation authority) Executive Chairman John Rubambe declared in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. The TTCL currently has only 127000 lines connecting its customers and has been offering telephone services to about 2% of Tanzanian families, he stated. He […]
SHARON HAMMOND, Nelspruit | Thursday 2.45pm. MOZAMBIQUE will lift its ban on elephant hunting in the next month and start selling off 1,8 tonnes of ivory seized from poachers. The ban was introduced in 1990 after the government signed the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species. The convention was amended this year to […]