What my mother’s friends stumbled across came from observing their own lives, and those of their daughters and grand- daughters – is namely, that women (unless they are drunk, or mad, or abused, or prostitutes, or trying to prove something) are not generally sexually promiscuous. Neither are most men, but they probably would be, given […]
It is not an enviable position Superintendent Pieter Lategan, commander of the South African Police Service’s endangered species protection unit (ESPU), finds himself in (“`Cream Poachers’ are greatest threat to Africa’s wildlife”, Monitor, April 1 to 8). Lategan’s struggling unit was thrown a $460 000 lifeline by an ostensibly harmless supporter. This came about in […]
Aaron Nicodemus A leading Y2K expert says South Africa’s public hospitals are woefully unprepared for the January 1 2000 computer glitches that may disrupt the flow of medical supplies and cause life-support systems to malfunction. Private hospitals are only doing slightly better, says Mohammed Madhi, CEO of Cyberknowledge Systems and a national expert on Y2K. […]
Ian Clayton South Africa’s R23,7-million worth of agricultural products started changing complexion last year, with crops more conducive to small-scale farming showing growth and those which were heavily assisted in the past, such as maize, wheat and sorghum, all declining. The contribution of agriculture to the gross domestic product dropped to 4,1% from 4,5% in […]
Ferial Haffajee African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma will take the party’s manifesto to Free State’s Mangaung stadium tomorrow alongside Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Bets are on which leader gets the loudest vivas. Two weeks ago, ANC president Thabo Mbeki had to halt a crucial election launch speech as Madikizela-Mandela arrived late at Orlando stadium. An […]
THE Cape Bar Council on Friday amended its constitution to provide for the guaranteed minimum representation of women and black members. The decision was taken at a special meeting attended by all members of the council, CBC chairman Jeremy Gauntlett said in a statement. Gauntlett said the council apporved a year’s “experiment” where at least […]
A 39-year-old Nyanga resident appeared in court on Thursday on firearms charges following an attack on Malizole Diko, the Western Cape secretary of the United Democratic Movement. Diko claimed he was shot at while returning home to the KTC informal settlement after attending a political meeting on Wednesday. He returned fire before reporting the incident […]
AFRICAN leaders were to meet in Luanda on Wednesday to review widening wars in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angolan state radio said. The radio quoted senior officials as saying Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and President Sam Nujoma of […]
THE Oppenheimer family has purchased a Northern Cape nature reserve and lodge where they will continue a successful conservation project started by its previous owner, De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer said on Thursday. Tswalu Desert Reserve’s previous owner, Stephen Boler, in the space of three years introduced 6000 head of game, including the rare desert […]
David Davies Golf Westwood and Woods, two young tigers whose names tended to be on the top of leaderboards around the world last year, are not quite fulfilling their billing this year. It has been a while since either Lee Westwood or Tiger Woods has growled at anybody. In fact, all the roaring lately has […]