The truth commission is to question business about its apartheid role, writes Charlene Smith Was business an innocent bystander or active participant in apartheid? What was its role in South Africas defence industry, security apparatus, sanctions campaign and homeland system and how did this impact on political conflict both directly and indirectly? These are just […]

Young Afrikaners swing to the right or to Roelf as racial incidents rise, writes Gustav Thiel Student leaders at Afrikaans universities across the country say the days of National Party domination of campus politics are over. Both the Freedom Front (FF) and Roelf Meyers New Movement Process (NMP) are gaining ground at Potchefstroom, Stellenbosch, Orange […]

The jurys still out on what kind of contribution Hans Jurgen Eysenck, who died last week, made to psychology, writes Joan Freeman No one could have accused Hans Eysenck, who has died aged 81, of being short of courage. All his life he had been, if not caught up in confrontation, then the instigator of […]

Biko Steve Bikos tormentors protest their innocence, but if that is true they need not have applied for amnesty, argues Lizeka Mda Steve Bikos torturers came to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions amnesty hearing in Port Elizabeth to persuade the gathering they had come to finally tell the true facts about the circumstances in which […]

contaminated. Andy Duffy The base created for 32 Battalion, the notorious army unit that fought on the frontline of South Africas dirty wars in Angola and Namibia, is to be closed amid fears that it is a potential death trap. The army said this week that Pomfret military base, home to nearly 5 000 soldiers […]

Paul Hayward : Soccer David Beckham is a 22-year-old millionaire with a Spice Girl on his arm and a Porsche in the garage. Talk to him about Glenn Hoddle, though, and he still sounds like a youth training scheme trainee with a line of mucky boots to scrub. The first time I came to the […]

Duncan Mackay : Athletics In distance running it takes a lot to impress a Kenyan, especially if that Kenyan happens to be Moses Kiptanui, acknowledged as one of the best athletes to come out of Africa. The most articulate and thoughtful of men, Kiptanui is not given to hyperbole, but when recently asked to rate […]

Carel Du Plessis Steve Morris : Rugby The demise of Carel du Plessis as national coach marks more than just the relegation of a moral and well-intentioned man to the relative obscurity he suddenly arrived from, it leaves the man who steps into the hottest seat in world rugby a task that is unenviable by […]

Mungo Soggot Justice Minister Dullah Omar has blocked attempts by hundreds of his long-serving officials to take voluntary retrenchment. His ministry confirmed this week that 742 of its 13 400 workforce had applied for retrenchment packages, but only 43 had succeeded. Omar, who has been accused of gunning for white justice employees, told the Mail […]