pace Antony Barnett It’s 2010. You’re travelling through a remote part of the world. You have a phone with you – one of the latest generation mobiles, complete with a screen and Internet connection – the phone that you use at home and at work. It rings. It’s your estate agent. He has found the […]

Caitlin Davies Sun International is about to fight its biggest battle yet in Botswana as community leaders, church followers and the public join forces to oppose the issuing of a casino licence in the northern village of Maun. “We are shouting to the international community to invest, but a casino is dangerous. We need to […]

ALGERIA WANTS ROOIVALK PARASTATAL arms manufacturer Denel has been invited to Algeria to demonstrate the Rooivlak attack helicopter, Denel said on Friday. The invitation came from the Algerian Ministry of Defence, which has also shown an interest in acquiring the Seeker surveillance system. CASH FOR EL NINO WATER Affairs Minister Kader Asmal announced on Friday […]

The truth commission has its own gravy train -but it’s not for victims, writes Lizeka Mda Joyce Mthimkhulu is turning 61 on Sunday. She’ll go to church, but that’s the extent of her celebration. This Port Elizabeth family has very little to celebrate these days. Not when living from one day to the next is […]

Lizeka Mda Forget Zama-Zama. These days, the easiest way to make quick money is to represent former security officers in their amnesty applications. Several hundred applications have already been processed and more are to come. And the taxpayer, through the relevant government departments, is footing the legal bill for these applicants. To date, the Department […]

The government’s Wild Coast initiative is being criticised as a new form of imperialism, writes Craig Bishop Wild Coast communities and environmental experts are up in arms over an investment conference to be opened by President Nelson Mandela in East London on November 7. The conference is being hailed as the first of its kind […]

From farm child to multi-millionaire, entrepreneur of the year Sisa Bikitsha will represent South Africa at the Californian awards, writes Sechaba ka’Nkosi Sisa Bikitsha refuses to see himself as a multi-millionaire. He still believes he is that ordinary rural boy who was sent by his folks to look after his grandparents — a tradition, he […]

trouble Wonder Hlongwa Department of Public Works Director General Sipho Shezi had to intervene this week to rescue a R5-million project halted by Richmond violence. The Ndaleni school-building project came to a standstill after alleged warlord Sifiso Nkabinde’s expulsion from the African National Congress earlier this year. Nkabinde, who then joined the United Democratic Movement […]

Craig Bishop While Western medicine grapples with alternative treatments for people, a Fort Hare University researcher is determined to put to rest the myth that traditional forms of healing are outdated or inefficient – for animals. For the past three years he has been studying the ways in which plants can be used to treat […]