Rhoda Kadalie argues that the anti-abortion arguments=20 of Christian fundamentalists are biblically unsound THE march to Parliament in the last week of May was not=20 only to protest against the exclusion of the words=20 ”Almighty God” in the final Constitution, and the=20 liberalisation of the Constitution with regard to=20 abortion, pornography and prostitution — it […]
Scurvy, an exhibition at Cape Town’s Castle, penetrates=20 the heart of that archetypal symbol of colonial=20 authority, writes NEVILLE DUBOW INTERESTING things are happening in the Cape Town=20 Castle. Currently it is the site of an outbreak of=20 Scurvy. Its pathology is concerned not so much with=20 tenderness of the gums, but a subcutaneous eruption […]
Andre van Zyl=20 Aircraft manufacturers’ eyes are on South African=20 Airways (SAA) as it prepares to announce details within=20 the next two months of its billion-dollar fleet=20 SAA’s Leon Els said aircraft manufacturers Airbus=20 Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have put=20 forward written proposals for what they saw as the=20 ideal fleet composition for the […]
ONE expected fierce debate to arise out of a push from=20 the Conference of Editors to strengthen the freedom of=20 speech clause in the Constitution.=20 Editors have argued that this clause does not have the=20 level of protection of other fundamental rights, making=20 it too vulnerable to dilution in the future. In the=20 interim Bill […]
Charles Villa-Vicencio, a theologian, takes issue with=20 the pro-life lobby and pleads for a more realistic and=20 humane abortion law Right-wing Christians who once spent their energy=20 condemning religious groups for their stand against=20 apartheid, are now regrouping around the abortion=20 Some well-meaning Christians will no doubt feel=20 compelled to join their campaign. Most Christians=20 […]
It has been a bad week for Derek Hanekom with=20 opposition to his land reforms coming from several=20 fronts, writes Eddie Koch LAND reform has come under siege from four fronts as=20 officials battling to reshape apartheid’s rural=20 geography were hit this week by the simultaneous=20 prospect of land invasions from labour tenants, civil=20 disobedience […]
It is possible to rehabilitate=20 criminals, rather than simply incarcerate them, reports=20 Rehana Rossouw Between the ages of eight and 16, a New Zealand girl=20 was repeatedly raped and sexually abused by three=20 brothers. When she was 24 years old, she reported the=20 crime to her Maori community.=20 The three men were summonsed, listened to […]
Chris Louw More than a year after the inauguration of the ANC- dominated Government of National Unity, diplomatic ties=20 are still maintained with the small island of Taiwan,=20 whose independence is not recognised by China. This, despite the African National Congress’ official=20 policy to establish diplomatic ties with China, an old=20 ally in the struggle […]
Simon Segal reports that though fixed investment has slowed it will continue to underpin economic growth this year Growth in fixed investment slowed in the first quarter of this year. The slowdown in the growth rate of gross domestic fixed investment (GDFI) to 5,2 percent (annualised and seasonally adjusted) follows heady rises of 19,5 percent, […]
He made his money from fertilizer and he always seems to be putting his foot in it, but there are a couple of redeeming features to Louis Luyt, writes Jon Swift FOR many in this country, rugby lovers or not, there is something about Louis Luyt which evokes the twitches of a nasal nasty. But, […]