Gaye Davis SOUTH Africa has not yet begun to wrestle with the question of whether the country should become a safe haven for, and even help, exiled movements fighting for democracy in their home countries — but the issue is at least on the Members of the Nigerian grouping Democratic Alternative met members of Parliament’s […]

Chris McGreal The Rwanda war crimes tribunal has issued its first international arrest warrants for eight men accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the organised extermination of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis last year. The chief prosecutor, South Africa’s Judge Richard Goldstone, declined to name the accused while their arrest is sought in […]

The attack on the Koeberg nuclear plant was a chilling demonstration of the vulnerability of an atomic installation to attack as well as a reflection on the incompetence of South African security. The authorities at Koeberg have since made the extraordinary claim that they not only anticipated the attack, but had pin-pointed the date. In […]

Justin Pearce When the Griqua people call for the return of Saartjie Baartman, they are seeking more than a load of human remains. Baartman’s body, preserved in French museums since she died in 1816, has become a symbol for the marginalisation of the Griquas from colonial times until the present day. The Griqua National Conference […]

After over-racing in previous years Martin Ndivheni is going for quality instead of quantity and hoping to achieve his Olympic Athletics: Julian Drew AN all-too-familiar story in South African athletics is the waste of talent brought about by over-racing in the pursuit of meagre earnings on the local road running circuit. The truth is that […]

Simon Segal Leslie Boyd, new chairman of Business South Africa (BSA), is used to the trenches of business politics. It was he who played no small part in the merger between the then Association of Commerce (Assocom) and the Federated Chamber of Industries (FCI) to form the South African Chamber of Business (Sacob). Boyd, also […]

The new Police Act may make provision for public participation, but the effectiveness of this community policing is questionable in a still white-dominated police force, argues Pule CURRENT debates and discussions around crime and policing in South Africa tend to focus on the inability of the newly-elected democratic government to curb crime and the incompetence […]

David Beresford tells the extraordinary story of how a young white South African couple, one a national sportsman, bombed the nuclear The inside story of how the African National Congress made a mockery of atomic security to pull off one of the most dramatic coups of the apartheid struggle — blowing up the Koeberg nuclear […]

Hazel Friedman “ORWELLIAN state interference,” claims Helen Suzman’s new liberal foundation of draft legislation proposing tighter control of South Africa’s NGO-sector — but many of the organisations who would be affected say the red alert is mostly a red herring. Formed to promote liberal democratic values, the Helen Suzman Foundation — due to be launched […]

Energy Africa Limited is Engen’s hope for future market improvements, reports Lynda After a lacklustre year, Engen has revived market interest with the decision to go ahead with plans to list its exploration and production business on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The new company, to be known as Energy Africa Limited, is expected to […]