Brenda Atkinson For the past few months, Africus Institute of Contemporary Art director Bongi Dhlomo has had a favourite saying: The light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train. While the fate of the second Johannesburg Biennale has at times seemed uncertain due to distinctly anaemic local funding contributions, the past […]

With government finances under pressure, the ANC is looking for ways to shift the debt burden, write Mungo Soggot and Madeleine Wackernagel The African National Congress has recruited consultants to find a way round the mounting public debt problem in a bid to free up government finances. Professor Peter le Roux of the University of […]

Nigeria Guinness Ohazuruike The first day of October marked 37 years since Nigeria gained independence from Britain. Of this, the military has been in power for a cumulative period of 28 years. And at present Nigeria is still suffering under the burden of military dictatorship which annulled the June 12 1993 presidential election, reputed to […]

Marion Edmunds One of the staunchest supporters of the principles underlying Minister of Health Nkosazana Zumas controversial medical Bills has crossed swords with the minister over her bid for more power. The Medical Control Council (MCC) chair, Professor Peter Folb, is to petition ANC parliamentarians on Monday to oppose Zuma, her director general Olive Shisana […]

Wally Mbhele The African National Congress should radically change its national executive committee (NEC) to accommodate more than double the number of current officials, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Peter Mokaba will propose to its December conference. In the discussion document on leadership that he prepared for the conference, Mokaba calls for the […]

prisoners Tangeni Amupadhi A team of prison guards charged with beating and robbing inmates in three Western Cape jails this year could go free because their superiors refuse to discipline them. The task team members trained to contain riots and identify weapons and explosives allegedly assaulted prisoners during raids on Pollsmoor Prison in May, Voorberg […]

Mail & Guardian reporters The arts void on the box could soon be filled. SABC3, which recently axed all its arts programming in line with cost-cutting, is looking for a replacement. The quality channel will today begin sifting through proposals from independent producers punting for the new programme. This is the first time that the […]

The Angella Johnson Interview They call her the bible puncher. Late- night Johannesburg revellers dragging their weary bodies home know they are likely to get a sermon if they end up in the back of Cathy Dermedgotlous taxi. At least you know youll get home safely, says one regular. Yes, but how safe is a […]

Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer For decades the Tricolors and the Springboks have hunted an oval ball in the struggle for rugby supremacy. Now it is the turn of those highly paid gentlemen who prefer the round ball. The friendly on Saturday evening at Stade Felix Bollaert in the north-east city of Lens marks the first […]