Rehana Rossouw and Ann Eveleth AN obscure law dating back 169 years could cripple the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) amnesty process, Cape Attorney General Frank Khan said this week, announcing that he will challenge a landmark ruling based on the law which was made this week in the Cape High Court. In what could […]

What is reconciliation? Who does it benefit?Antjie Krog probes differing views on the concept THERE was Tom and there was John. Tom lived opposite John. One day, Tom stole John’s bicycle and every day John saw Tom cycling to school on his bicycle. A year later, Tom walked up to John. He stretched out his […]

Shine has been called the ‘best film you’ll see in 1997’ but its dramatisat= ion of the truth has been questioned.=20 Mike Hutchinson ADELAIDE, Western Australia, May, 1986: Kerry Hicks had a memorable birthda= y t hat year. She and her husband Scott were expecting friends for dinner, to c= ele brate. The scene was […]

We cannot afford to react to the market clamour by lifting exchange controls too quickly, writes Madeleine Wackernagel WITH the recent strengthening of the rand, the issue of lifting exchange controls is once again on the table. Every time the market rumours gain volume, the Reserve Bank rapidly quashes them; this time was no different. […]

James Rupert in Abidjan LIBERIANS who have fought a civil war for seven years hurried last week to hand over guns and bullets to a peacekeeping force before a deadline for warring factions to disarm. The last-minute rush raised some hopes – the most substantial in years – that a peace plan is making real […]

The ‘spy’ alleged to have known about Chris Hani’s assassination spoke to the M&G this week, reports Stefaans Brmmer MOHAMMED AMIN LAHER, whom the Mail & Guardian identified as the mystery “double agent” who had advance knowledge of Chris Hani’s assassination, this week claimed the death plot had been “a conspiracy on both sides of […]

Cutting wages is not an effective means to increasing employment, write Eddie Webster and Ian Macun CONTRARY to conventional wisdom the South African labour market is reasonably flexible. This is the conclusion reached by the South African Labour Flexibility Survey, conducted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Sociology of Work Unit of Wits […]

Gwen Ansell EVEN now, at 40, Andy Sheppard looks like the art student he never became. = His hair is spiky, his eyes focused on some distant, as-yet-unpainted, landsca= pe. What changed his 16-year-old life was the recordings of John Coltrane. Sud= den ly, he found his music – jazz – and his instrument, the […]

Glynis O’Hara INYOUREAR EVER sensitive to trends, especially constitutional ones, a few days of hor= izo ntality were spent listening to SAfm (104 to 107 FM), employing verticality= on ly under duress. And one was faced with some serious questions. Such as: Does Vuyo Mbuli really, really like the music he plays? Where did = […]