Steuart Wright in East London FORESTRY officials are racing against the clock to find a mate for the sole surviving elephant of the world- famous herd which roamed the Knysna forest at the turn of the century. Trouble is, they’re not sure of the sex of the Three young Kruger National Park cows were relocated […]

SOCCER: Clinton Asary WITH educational facilities around the country in the news as they fight for transformation, Wits University, at the forefront of the struggle, will be pleased to know that it’s soccer side has completed the process with unqualified success. On Saturday the “new” Wits face their first real challenge when they meet Kaizer […]

Eastern Cape Premier Raymond Mhlaba sent an uncompromising signal to civil servants throughout the country last weekend, reports Steuart Wright THE quelling of a police strike in Transkei at the weekend is the first decisive step the government has taken to bring the troubled former homeland to heel. The siege of Umtata by about 200 […]

Dr Olive Shisana, special adviser to the minister of health, discusses the reasons behind the parlous state of health services — and the way forward THE health status of the majority of South Africans remains poor, and the distribution of death and disability reflects the inequities of the past. In 1992, the number of children […]

Tales of incompetence emerged during the trial of the 26 rightwingers who allegedly went on a bombing spree on the eve of the April elections, reports Gavin du THE rightwing bombing campaign on the eve of South Africa’s first non-racial election, in which at least 20 people were killed, proved to be as vicious as […]

# What about coloured fears, Mr President? THE ANC has failed to heed the concerns raised by activists from the coloured community. These concerns centre around the continued marginalisation of the community and access to resources. Fears around affirmative action are not taken seriously, yet the ANC has bent over backwards to address white fears […]

Opinions differ widely on how Muslim law can be brought into line with the new constitution, writes Justin Pearce When Nelson Mandela visited Cape Town in 1993, he made sure his itinerary included a turn through the Bo-Kaap, that venerable neighbourhood which is home to South Africa’s oldest Muslim community. Here the president- in-waiting assured […]

Julius Kaliya in Blantyre Malawians are up in arms over a unilateral decision by the government to triple the producer price of the staple maize. The government announced the producer price of maize will go up from April 1, but did not indicate how much the retail price will be. ”I don’t think most people […]

Mapula Sibanda A ONE-MAN strike by a University of the North (Turf- loop) academic has plunged the university’s optometry faculty into a crisis. Deputy dean Sipho Ndlela, who has worked in the department for 21 years, was suspended in the middle of January after refusing to mark 1994 third and final year examination papers. His […]