Justin Arenstein PROVINCIAL government dithering is hampering plans for a multi-million rand international airport in Mpumalanga. Two rival groups have tabled proposals to build an airport, and both claim the provincial government gave them the green light for their plans nearly 12 months ago. But officials say neither plan has been approved, and that the […]
In his testimony to the Tebbutt Commission, Mangope laid blame on everyone but himself for the violence that engulfed Bophuthatswana in the last days of his regime, reports Stefaans Brmmer IN the old Bophuthatswana, the buck stopped a few desks short of Lucas Mangope’s. If it reached the top, it was handed back down again. […]
Mpumalanga government officials have repeatedly glossed over corruption in their ranks, reports Justin Arenstein INSTEAD of being charged or being held publicly accountable for the widespread maladministration which forced the government to dismantle the Mpumalanga Development Corporation, its CEO, Patrick Mogorosi, was granted a “generous settlement” and a promise not to discuss the issue by […]
As different interest groups are called to account by the truth commission, Claudia Braude challenges the Jewish community to confront its role in apartheid THIS piece was born over a year ago as I watched the televised documentary of President Nelson Mandela’s meeting with Dr Percy Yutar. It was part of Mandela’s post- apartheid national […]
Kiss your browser goodbye, Webcasting will facilitate easier access to the Net and appeal to advertisers, writes Jacquie Golding-Duffy THOSE fumbling with the Internet need no longer worry as a medium called Webcasting/Push technology will make a dramatic entry into the world of computers by pushing information on to a desktop without the need to […]
True revival of the Johannesburg CBD will take more than new institutional investment. A holistic approach to managing the city is vital for its survival, writes Ferial Haffajee THE tales about Johannesburg grow more fantastic every day. Did you hear the one about the cheeky gang in Smal Street Mall? They’re so brazen, all they […]
Phil Gunson in Panama IF Balbina Dennis (right) had a computer she could visit a web site belonging to an organisation called Peoplink and see her picture on the screen. She lives, on a tiny island off the Panamanian coast called Kuna Yala, from where the inhabitants staged a decisive rebellion against the government 72 […]
A remote-control robot that will pack them in at theme parks could also prove whether life on the moon is viable. Robin McKie reports IN a few weeks, a strange driverless vehicle will be dumped in the Atacama desert in northern Chile and sent trundling over its dunes in a two-month, 200km odyssey. The test […]
Allister Harry in Hollywood QUEEN LATIFAH is something of a repeat offender. The rapper-turned-actor repeatedly steals scenes from her co-stars Jada Pinkett and Vivica Fox in the new heist movie Set it Off, about four female bank robbers with attitude. Latifah is just one in a long line of rappers now making waves in Hollywood. […]
Chris Dunton THE OPEN SORE OF A CONTINENT: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE NIGERIAN CRISIS by Wole Soyinka (Oxford University Press, R161) IT has been a steady, cynical process over the last few years, Soyinka’s harassment by the Nigerian authorities, the confiscation of his passport and the attempt to seize the United Nations documents he […]