PRESSURES for the reintroduction of the death penalty in South Africa continue to rise. With something of a campaign on the issue led by the National Party, The Star claims a survey it conducted shows that 93% of the population has joined the “hang ’em high” brigade – at least to the extent that they […]

An inquiry into mine violence has lost momentum with the absence of Uwusa, report Bronwen Jones and Stuart Hess IN the week when at least 24 mineworkers were slain, fears are mounting that a major judicial inquiry into mine violence will be torpedoed by the absence of the United Workers Union of South Africa (Uwusa) […]

ART: Hazel Friedman IF there is one process with which South Africans are intimately, agonisingly familiar it is branding. Remember apartheid? You’d be hard pressed to find a more appropriate example of political cattle- branding. But the repetitive, mechanical action whereby a motif is burnt into an object as a sign of identity, ownership and […]

Angella Johnson AN investigation has been ordered into allegations by a female foreign journalist that she was sexually harassed by a member of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki’s office. Suzanne Daley, a correspondent on the New York Times, has made a number of allegations that Ricky Naidoo, press officer to Mbeki, attempted to sexually harass her […]

SAA is now a `global player in a global market’ and Zukile Nomvete is going to lead the airline into the 21st century, reports Max Gebhardt ZUKILE NOMVETE is working himself out of a job. If at the end of five years he is still leading the transformation of South African Airways (SAA), he believes […]

Stefaans Brmmer WHEN the National Party walked out of the African National Congress-dominated Government of National Unity earlier this year, the Afrikaner Broederbond – now called the Afrikanerbond – lost its last members in Cabinet. A body that for almost half a century had direct access to the levers of Afrikaner nationalist government power, and […]

DANCE: Thule Malgas THE international showcase on the Arts Alive dance programme, celebrated United States company Donald Byrd and The Group, was received with resounding critical acclaim. A performance highlighting the marriage of American modern dance and classical ballet opened with a send-up of Giselle, a “romantic ballet”, and had a good part of the […]

Despite losing, Transvaal and Western Province proved they can still provide tough competition in the Currie Cup, but some of the lesser unions are not so fortunate RUGBY:Jon Swift IT IS perhaps one of the supreme ironies that so often mark man’s sporting endeavours, that the nub of last weekend’s rugby came from the performances […]

As the city of gold looks forward to Baba Maal’s concerts, our critic considers other recent shows HE was picked up from the airport in a limo, because that’s what he requested. And he’s over half an hour late for the interview. In fairness, his flight was delayed by three hours. He walks into the […]

Madeleine Wackernagel THE European Commission has not blocked a $74-million loan to the Saldanha Steel project, merely reserved judgment, says Erwan Four, the European Union’s ambassador to South Africa. The EC has sent the file back to the European Investment Bank, says Four, for further consideration; the EIB will review the issue and then decide […]