MUSIC: Glynis O’Hara SATURDAY morning it was a case of: Don’t call me, I’m recovering from Senegal’s Baaba Maal. Everyone who attended his show at Mega Music last Friday night deserves a little medal with the citation: “I endured heat, sweat, crushed toes, squashed ribs and conquered claustrophobia – all for my little Baaba.” The […]
Chris McGreal in Arusha, Tanzania LUC DE TEMMERMAN’S defence strategy is as brazen as the crime itself. Standing before the first genocide trial since Nuremburg, the Belgian lawyer denied there ever was any slaughter of Rwanda’s Tutsis. And if there was a genocide, then the world has got it all wrong. The real victims were […]
Much delayed, the new Labour Relations Act could fall flat if a key element, the CCMA, fails to fulfill its brief, reports Max Gebhardt BUSINESS and labour are worried that the new Labour Relations Act (LRA) could trip up before it even gets off the starting blocks on November 11. Its success hinges on whether […]
SPEAKING of marriage, South African religious leaders say they would fully support President Nelson Mandela if he chose to make Graca Machel the next first lady of South Africa. While most religious leaders who spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week said they didn’t want to interfere with Mandela’s “democratic rights”, the general consensus […]
THERE are strong arguments for South Africa’s withdrawal from the arms trade. But – the decision having been made that we cannot afford to shut down the industry – it is difficult to understand the furious objections from some quarters at the proposed sale of weapons to the Rwandan government. Critics who oppose weapons shipments […]
THE Athletics South Africa rigging scandal broken by the Mail & Guardian last week was followed up by the rest of the media. Officers of ASA went on radio to defend themselves against the charges. The following are some extracts from the broadcasts: * “I haven’t read the article from this morning.” – Bernard Rose, […]
Alex Brummer in Washington WHOLESALE reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) moved a step closer this week as plans were unveiled to give the world financial agency more cash and more power. A British initiative to broaden the IMF mandate, allowing it to police capital flows, won support from financial leaders. Under the new […]
Although steps are being taken to curtail illegal liquoe exports and imports, wine producesr are still faced with the problem of excessive excise duties, writes Lynda Loxton HEAVILY taxed at home, South Africa’s wine producers are increasingly concerned about illegal imports and exports of spirits, which could be costing the country about R9- billion a […]
Gaye Davis MOVES to convene a summit between the African National Congress and its alliance partners, the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), have been given fresh impetus by a call for such a parley from one of the country’s most powerful trade unions. The call – […]
SOCCER:Andrew Muchineripi LAST season’s losing finalists Pretoria City (now Supersport United) are no more, but defending champions Cape Town Spurs should have little difficulty in advancing to the quarterfinals of the Bob Save Superbowl when they meet little known Tembisa-based first division side Classics, at the Athlone Stadium on Friday night. There is little liklehood […]