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people, a Fort Hare University researcher is determined to put to rest the myth that traditional forms of healing are outdated or inefficient – for animals.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 […]

FRIDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA put up a brilliant performance on Thursday to win their opening match against Ireland 2-1 in the Alfred Dunhill Cup in St Andrews in Scotland. All three South Africans — Ernie Els, Rietief Goosen and David Frost — were under par, with Els beating Darren Clarke 66-71, Goosen beating Paul McGinley […]

Mahmood Mamdani reviews Comrades in Business, an examination of the economic politics of South Africa in the post- apartheid order Comrades in Business is an irreverent and outrageous book. Its argument, in a nutshell, is that black rule is the price white privilege had to pay to buy legitimacy. But the black leadership that was […]

incompetence Secret agents across the globe have become a laughing stock after a series of rather embarrassing gaffes. We report on the world’s second oldest profession Peter Hillmore and Ed Vulliamy Spying is not what it used to be. Gone is the ideology, gone is the efficiency. The FBI last week arrested three middle-aged former […]

Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer Somewhere between the overlavish praise and the unjustified criticism surrounding the friendly between France and South Africa in rain-lashed Lens, lies the truth about our national team. While defeat is never an enjoyable pill to swallow, a country competing in the international arena for just five years has no reason to […]

FRIDAY, 1.00PM: SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett has lashed out at overseas reports about Sarfu president Louis Luyt being involved in team selection for next month’s tour of Europe and the United Kingdom. ”It’s crazy, completely nonsense,” he said. ”No one can tell me or any of the Springbok selectors who we should pick or should […]