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South Africa’s leprosy hospital, which dates from the Victorian era, will close next month, writes Dawn Blalock MONICA MAZIBUKO, a beautiful young woman with a shy smile, sits knitting in a patch of sunshine next to her hospital bed. Though she doesn’t appear sick, decades ago she would have been a virtual prisoner in this […]
beef RUGBY: Steve Morris THERE is something about a Springbok side without Kobus Wiese and Hennie le Roux that brings thoughts of a hamburger without the full beefiness of the patty, sans the lip- smacking enjoyment of the relish, immediately to mind. This is not to say that coach Carel du Plessis has done a […]
Claudia Braude CUTTING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN: INTERVIEWS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH ACTIVISTS edited by Immanuel Suttner (Viking, R150) REVIEWS of Cutting Through the Mountain, a book of wide-ranging interviews with South African Jewish activists who contributed to the struggle against apartheid, have covered obvious questions: what is a Jew, what inclusion criteria were used, what’s […]
Approaching the centenary of the Anglo-Boer War, Benjamin Pogrund recalls the tale of how Edgar Wallace scooped the British government NINETY-FIVE years ago last Saturday, Boers and Britons reached agreement on a peace treaty to end their nearly three-year war. The news of it caused consternation – not so much because it had been so […]
The Northern Province is witnessing an extraordinary fight between two of it’s provincial officials, writes Marion Edmonds TWO senior ANC officebearers in the Northern Province are publicly trading accusations over alleged irregularities linked to the Semenya investigation into corruption in the province. The speaker of the provincial legislature, Robert Mathavi, claims the finance MEC, Edgar […]
FRIDAY, 10.30AM MINING house Gencor is to sell certain of its local and Ghanaian mining interests to Canadian company Eldorado Gold Corporation in a R193,6-million deal, the companies said on Friday. The assets include two mines, Fairview in Mpumalanga and Bogosu in Ghana, as well as nine exploration projects. “Eldorado’s participation in a South African […]
THE Electronic Mail & Guardian won a Loerie trophy, the media industry’s most prestigious prize, at an awards ceremony at Sun City at the weekend. This was the first time that an editorial product has won a prize at the advertising industry-dominated Loeries. There were 99 entries in the newly created Internet category, for which […]
FRIDAY, 3.00M KWV responded to the M&G report on Friday by saying the “unfounded allegations” are of a serious nature and potentially damaging to its goodwill and reputation. “Obviously KWV will have to consider its legal options with regard to this matter.” “Similar allegations appeared in the local and international media as far back as […]
Motheo’ Justin Arenstein MPUMALANGA Housing Board members insist this week that they were never briefed about Motheo Construction’s controversial R185-million housing project. A National Party board member, Jakkie van Heerden, conceded that he had missed one board meeting in January where Saths Moodley – the former head of the province’s housing board – claims the […]