A strange affliction in the hills of KwaZulu-Natal still evades medical science, writes Simon Pooley DRIVE up into the remote Mseleni area in the Ubombo district of northern KwaZulu- Natal and you could be forgiven for thinking you had returned to an African Eden. The rural people live in small kraals, linked to the small […]

Amid uproar at South Africa’s universities, evidence of state manipulation emerges Ann Eveleth MINUTES of a secret meeting allegedly between Education Minister Sibusiso Bengu, University of Durban-Westville (UDW)council members and high-flying Durban attorney Linda Zama suggest a clear political agenda lies behind an ongoing probe into campus conflict. Attorneys acting for UDW’s Combined Staff Association […]

Mungo Soggot THE adoption of kidnap victim Timothy Funnell could have breached a key clause of the Child Care Act, laying the grounds for a police investigation. The child’s adoptive parents – Barry and Julia Funnell – who live in Malawi as Baptist missionaries. They registered a Pretoria address when they adopted Timothy in Pretoria […]

Jacquie Golding-Duffy SEVERAL members of the government’s communications task group, Comtask, have accused the Cabinet of endorsing a “stage- managed operation” to ensure the survival of the old-guard South African Communications Service (Sacs). Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, who established Comtask last year to investigate the government’s relationship with the media, last week rejected its recommendation […]

With newspaper sales dropping even further, publications will have to become more innovative, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy The downward trend in newspaper circulation has once again been reflected in the Audit Bureau Circulation (ABC) sales figures for the last six months of 1996. The freefall seen during January to June 1996 among most mass targeted urban […]

GWEN ANSELL speaks to Zim Ngqawana about his moves and shakes.

MARIA McCLOY discusses fame with Molo Fish star David Meyer ‘I’m not very good at this, am I?” says Molo Fish’s David Meyer half-way through our interview. After three years as a TV presenter, five months on the series set as young Daryl Malgas and three episodes, he’s shocked that people in the street want […]

increases Afrikaans Newspapers The latest circulation figures indicate once again an increase in the Afrikaans press — both dailies and weeklies — with Die Burger showing the highest increases (5,2%). In light of the political divisions among Afrikaans readers, this increase in Die Burger’s readership is particularly significant and says much about the beleaguered National […]

SOUTH AFRICA’S second annual Adult Learner’s Week will be celebrated from March 3 to 9, run by the National Literacy Co-operation (NLC). The NLC views Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) as a fundamental right of all our citizens, though only 1% of the country’s R32-billion education budget is spent on ABET. On February 20, […]

Multi-directorships are still a concern despite recent efforts to expand the field, reports Max Gebhardt Anglo American again leads the field with the largest number of multi-directorships, according to the latest information from McGregor’s Who Owns Whom for 1997. Michael King and Leslie Boyd from Anglo share top billing with 24 directorships each. Out of […]