Philippa Garson talks to an adviser who is determined to help turn South African universities into world-class institutions The drive by South African universities to become world-class institutions is endangered by the number of top administrators leaving their stressed jobs for greener pastures, according to a top American educator who has been advising these campuses. […]
Chris McGreal attends the bizarre trial of two Russian pilots in Kinshasa THE judge rattled his bell in a vain attempt to restore order in the crowded Kinshasa courtroom. But most eyes were on the Zairean television reporter who had marched to the bench and fired off the question on many lips. “Everybody knows these […]
For some people just telling their story is a comfort, but the truth commission is finding it harder to solve some of the other problems, writes Eddie Koch TWO very different people walked into Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Church this week and, beneath the stained-glass images of Christ on the way to Calvary, sat to tell […]
Rehana Rossouw President Nelson Mandela’s dream of a museum near his birthplace – Qunu in the Eastern Cape – has been given the green light, and should open to the public early next year. The museum is not intended as a shrine or a living monument to the president – its primary purpose will be […]
Hazel Friedman and Janet MacPherson Pact unions have produced evidence suggesting that two of their representatives were involved in a sweetheart deal with Pact management to sell their comrades down the river. The Mail & Guardian is in possession of a cheque for R15 000 made out by Pact’s legal advisors to one of two […]
Shilowa Jacquie Golding-Duffy THE Congress of South African Trade Unions said it will “definitely not apologise” to Democratic Party leader Tony Leon after his assault by a protester during a Cosatu demonstration in Cape Town on Tuesday. Cosatu general secretary Sam Shilowa says: “No, we will not apologise to Tony Leon. I have made a […]
Amy Lawrence talks to the proud men of Croatia, a nation that has emerged from the ravages of war to create a team capable of challenging Europe’s finest SINGING the cherished national anthem with hand on heart, wearing the red and white check shirt of Croatia, is a feeling beyond description for the 11 men […]
Former Pact CEO Louis Bezuidenhout was given a secret “severance package” before being immediately re-employed on contract by Pact. And the amount – estimated at around R500 000 – was never reflected in Pact’s financial records. These are the findings of an investigation into the existence of a secret trust fund set up for senior […]
Norman Kempster AT least three Liberian gunmen were killed by Marine guards this week when they tried to invade the US Embassy compound. Monrovia was swept by factional fighting and lawlessness after the breakdown of a 10-day- old cease-fire. The Pentagon said unidentified Liberian assailants fired on the embassy on three occasions, drawing return fire […]
Gaye Davis reports on the dramatic scenes behind this week’s constitutional impasse SCENES of high political drama played out in Parliament’s old Assembly chamber early on Thursday morning when African National Congress negotiators declared deadlocks with the National Party on single-medium instruction, property rights and the employers’ right to lockout. The crisis, culminating at the […]