African journalists are struggling to find a unique=20 voice in the face of Western stereotypes and diverse=20 beliefs, writes Chris Louw Kenyan journalist Charles Wachira walked around in the=20 streets of Harare last week, shaking his head in=20 disbelief. “I never knew an African state like this=20 existed,” he muttered. “Look at the roads, man. […]
Reg Rumney reports on the labour market gospel according to the World Bank A World Bank report on labour warns against the the kind of amendments the union negotiators have proposed on compulsory centralised bargaining in the draft Labour Bill. Labour is the theme of the 1995 World Development Report: Workers in an Integrating World […]
Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, =20 rejects the claim that his is the least effective=20 government department, reports Rehana Rossouw=20 South Africans are still extremely parochial and the=20 Department of Foreign Affairs cannot be expected to act=20 aggressively to protect human rights internationally if=20 its citizens are complacent, says Deputy Minister of=20 Foreign […]
Rugby is in the Afrikaner soul: It has De Klerk’s cunning, Boer defiance and the fury of their world cup team. Andre Brink argues that its worst traits still shape the new South Africa
Jon Swift THE tragedy which befell Max Brito cast a pall over the World Cup and the Ivory Coast threequarter’s broken neck and subsequent paralysis will be one of the sad memories of South Africa ’95. But there were other moments to remember. Kicks of the tournament: A toss-up between Joel Stransky’s matchwinner in the […]
Pat Sidley SOUTH AFRICAN wearers of disposable soft contact lenses=20 are at risk from a rare but devastating condition which=20 can lead to blindness. The condition is caused by an organism carried in water=20 (including tap water), dust or air, and it causes a=20 disorder called Acanthamoeba keratitis. Although uncommon, sufferers can go blind or […]
Aspasia Karras speaks to Vodacom general manager Joan Joan Joffe, general manager of Vodacom’s marketing and sales department, is no newcomer to media attention. Since she first stepped into the business world, she has been a well-documented phenomenon in the computer industry — an industry she describes, in apocalyptic terms, as an opportunity that appeared […]
Jon Swift THE inherent weakness in picking a World XV is that it remains a paper exercise made more difficult by pulls of patriotism and the dictates of producing a line-up which would not necessarily gel in real life. There were, however, some truly stand-out players in the World Cup where no dispute can be […]
Ex-policeman Paul Erasmus tells of a post-1990 security police campaign to discredit Winnie Mandela in the world’s media, reports Stefaans Brummer
Jonathan Ancer He attacked policemen in court; he had nine different=20 lawyers; he called Springbok rugby wing James Small as=20 his witness; he made an obscene gesture to the judge,=20 tried to force his recusal and yelled at him ”I’ll see=20 you right”. Now Gary Beuthin is going to the Constitutional Court=20 to continue his […]