Justin Pearce: Bloemfontein THEY always wait for the green man in Bloemfontein. Even if there isn’t a car in sight, pedestrians won’t step off the pavement while the signal is still red. To do so would be to disrupt the relentless orderliness of a city dominated by government buildings: sandstone monuments from the 19th century […]

plan THERE are 22 presidential lead projects for which a total of R1,06-billion has already been disbursed. Progress, as reported from the presidential office, is as follows: 1. Land restitution: Business plan approved on December 1, R5,1-million allocated. 2. Land redistribution: Business plan approved on December 1, R2,1-million allocated. 3. National capacity building programme: Business […]

Reg Rumney digs through the office pile of promotional junk and remembers the invitations and press releases he might have missed AS any good PR knows, attracting the attention of journalists is not easy. It is an open question whether this is because they are overworked, don’t have secretaries to organise their lives, or are […]

At last the WM&G is able to disclose the identity of the man behind the momentous Inkathagate scandal. David Beresford reports THE Weekly Mail & Guardian can finally disclose the identity of the man behind the Inkathagate scandal, who may have changed the course of South African history. He is Brian Morrow, a former member […]

So censorship has gone? Hustler magazine editor Jeff Zerbst discovers few people want to celebrate this new- found freedom of expression with him “The cummulative (sic) effect is an important factor when a publication like Hustler is discussed.” (The censors) “We agree.” (Hustler) THE Weekly Mail &Guardian has invited me to celebrate the death of […]

Reg Rumney provides an indispensable guide to framers of RDP-correct policy documents RDP may spell “rape, destroy and pillage” to some cynical business people, as Minister without Portfolio Jay Naidoo has suggested. To many businessmen and women it simply spells “money”, judging by the number of opportunistic press releases that linked the RDP to all […]

IT was a poignant moment: one veteran of the struggle acknowledging the contribution, over decades, of the other. Struggle-hardened cadres fought back tears as President Nelson Mandela, his own voice breaking with emotion, honoured “an outstanding revolutionary” who had “touched the lives of millions” by his example of “militant and unswerving commitment” to the ANC. […]

AT the tail end of a surreptitious visit to South Africa, a prominent Dutch rightwinger last week declared South African rightwingers as being “too lazy to work” and “not prepared to do kaffir work”. In an exclusive interview with the Weekly Mail & Guardian, Henk Ruitenberg (47), chairman of the rightwing CD-86 Party in the […]

Pat Sidley FINDING a school for your child that will give him a “good education” has to be one of life’s major decisions. Who would know better about good schools than the MECs for education in our nine provinces? And if they decide on a school, is that not likely to be an indication of […]