The Constitution was signed this week at Sharpeville. Guest writer Pippa Green takes a look behind the scenes THERE is a moment in the making of the Constitution when Sheila Camerer of the National Party asks, “What are universally accepted fundamental rights? Perhaps we need a workshop to discuss them?” It is a moment way […]

There are plenty of surprises at the top of the Premier League table with only Kaizer Chiefs representing the big names SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi WHEN the Castle Premiership kicked off last August, traditional giants Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Sundowns were expected to lead the chase for a record R500 000 first prize. As the […]

Contenders for Gauteng’s only medium wave licence are eagerly awaiting the IBA’s decision, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy THE Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) faces a tough decision as the time draws near for it to award the single medium wave (MW) licence up for grabs in Gauteng. According to an IBA representative, the licence for Gauteng will […]

POP & ROCK CDs: Shaun de Waal CHRISTMAS looms, and thus it is the time of the greatest hits compilation. There are various straightforward collections — Simply Red, Fine Young Cannibals, Van Halen, Queen, Roy Orbison, even Boney M — and then there are variations on the theme. Rod Stewart, for instance, has followed the […]

Mail & Guardian Reporter IT appears some unusually colourful curricula vitae have been thrown at the Judicial Services Commission which is selecting new permanent judges in Cape Town this week. In his enthusiasm for a seat on the Bench, one of the applicants, Solly Sithole of the University of the North, apparently flagged some of […]

Commentators believe Cosatu’s latest document is out of step with the ANC and worldwide economic trends, writes Madeleine Wackernagel THE latest submission to the economic debate by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) – A Draft Programme for the Alliance – has been largely ignored by the business community, but not for very […]

Marion Edmunds THE National Party is not interested in recruiting African National Congress renegade Bantu Holomisa, says NP deputy secretary general David Malatsi, as he is on his way down. “He is not on our recruitment list,” he told the Mail & Guardian. “Personally, I am suspicious of his staying in power because to be […]

Lara Marlow in Algiers IN the manner of Michael Collins, invisible to British security as he rode his bicycle through Dublin, Abu Mohammed blended into the hotel, passing under the noses of dozens of armed plainclothes men in the lobby. In his twenties, cleanshaven and in stylish clothes, he looked more like a member of […]

Controversy surrounds the killings at a platinum mine near Rustenburg last weekend. Joshua Amupadhi reports EVERY man was “a potential corpse” when violence spread last weekend near a Rustenburg platinum mine, resulting in the death of 32 men. Mine worker Solly Kokone, who was enjoying a mug of beer when the fighting began, told the […]

Until now, Home Affairs has not had to explain its decisions to refugees. It now must do so, writes Marion Edmunds FOUR Angolan refugees and the Human Rights Commission (HRC)have won a decisive legal victory over the Department of Home Affairs, forcing officials to explain why they accept some refugees as legitimate asylum-seekers, and reject […]