Fifteen years ago Roger Price witnessed an event he will never forget. Today he is seeking answers to what he saw. Eddie Koch reports ROGER PRICE arrived in our office last week loaded with guilt, and a grey plastic bag under his arm filled with the paraphernalia he uses in a quest for the truth […]

John Vidal and Walter Schwarz THE Munich company Hofpfisterei Stocker is baker to the former Bavarian kings. It employs 900 people, has 700 outlets and uses 15 000 tonnes of cereal a year. Two years ago, it sniffed the winds of change, did its sums and converted its whole operation to organically grown. Competitors were […]

Angella Johnson VIOLENCE in the taxi industry is being fuelled by sinister “third force” operatives who encourage the use of hitmen to kill rivals, according to a programme to be aired on the SABC next Thursday (February 20). Violence For Hire, a 30-minute documentary looking at the bloodier side of the taxi business, shows that […]

A flurry of injuries, a James Small row, a huge fixture list and the singing Blue Bulls – it’s the start of a long, gruelling rugby season RUGBY:Jon Swift THERE is the distinct feeling that the rugby season has come upon us all too quickly. More so when a quick glance at the calendar shows […]

edge Suzy Bell THERE’S a new generation of journalists emerging and they’re not simply bristling with the cockiness of youth, but have a reassuring sense of social realism, and equally a sense of business sass charging through their veins. A group of trainee student journalists sensed an editorial niche in the market place to produce […]

Intelligence agent Arthur Kemp appears to have knowledge of a wider plot behind Chris Hani’s assassination, writes Stefaans Brmmer ARTHUR KEMP, the right-wing journalist who gave address details for a “hit list” to Chris Hani’s killers, had links with the old National Intelligence Service (NIS) – raising new questions about possible complicity or foreknowledge in […]

Documents leaked to the M&G reveal that BopBC is bordering on insolvency. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports on its status THE Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation (BopBC), which has for 18 months refused to integrate into the SABC, is begging the North West provincial legislature for funds, warning that it is bordering on insolvency. Documents leaked to the Mail […]

Chris Mihill OVERWEIGHT women have less chance of surviving breast cancer than thinner colleagues, researchers announced in the United Kingdom this week. Scientists from the Cancer Research Campaign (CRC) say a woman past menopause in the early stages of breast cancer has a better chance of survival if she weighs less than 60kg. The study […]

Last week we reported on links between senior women in the African National Congress and a privately run deportation centre contracted to the Home Affairs Ministry. On Tuesday the ANC reacted with a statement defending the “rights” of its members to “seek a stake in the mainstream of the economy of our country”. On Wednesday […]

action Tangeni Amupadhi JULIA BOPAPE was the mother of an alleged=20 criminal. Last week a crowd of 4 000 in=20 Mamelodi, Pretoria, stoned her to death for=20 the deeds of her son, Handsome Bopape. She was killed at a meeting during which=20 the community accused her of encouraging=20 her son to commit crimes, and of […]