Marion Edmunds FEAR of the arbitrary powers of the secretive Immigration Board is preventing a public outcry about the way Home Affairs officials process applications by foreigners for work, study or residence permits in South Africa. And for the first time the Transvaal Law Society convened a “desperation” meeting with officials this week to tackle […]
Bronwen Jones The old academic slanging match between excellence and relevance took on a new form this week when a South African scientist condemned the new Academy of Science of South Africa (Assa) as “elitist and unrepresentative”. Assa, launched this week as an initiative to unite South African scientists across ethnic lines, was lauded by […]
funds? Hazel Friedman Pact employees are adamant that Arts and Culture Minister Dr Ben Ngubane was fully aware that staff members who had received generous “severance pay packages” were still employed by Pact. But the minister denies it. The Mail & Guardian revealed the “slush fund” scandal on March 1. Ngubane responded by saying he […]
A new draft Bill will reopen the abortion debate, reports Gaye Davis DRAFT legislation giving women the right to have their pregnancies terminated on request is expected to go before Cabinet in April. Minister of Health Dr Nkosazana Zuma this week confirmed a draft Bill was being finalised by her department but said she could […]
The Davis/Pityana debate: The M&G has received a flood of letters on the issue, some of which appear below Peter du Preez, UCT Psychology Department YES, there are whacky liberals who believe they are without prejudice and prove it by condescending to those they are definitely not prejudiced against. There are also people who call […]
Rehana Rossouw ALLEGATIONS of corruption and nepotism in the allocation of fishing quotas will be investigated by the Public Protector, Advocate Selby Baqwa, following a request from the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Dawie de Villiers. The investigation follows mounting protests from fishing communities unhappy with the way quotas are allocated. Last month, fishermen […]
Questions are being raised about why Alfred Nzo’s Chinese visit included ANC MPs, writes Gaye Davis A POLITICAL row is brewing over Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfred Nzo’s visit to China, with questions to be asked in Parliament as to why his delegation included four African National Congress MPs. Questions have also been raised over […]
Ricardo Dunn The Department of Correctional Services will hold an inquiry into the death in custody of rightwinger Lood van Schalkwyk. Right-wing groups have accused the Government of National Unity of negligence after the death of van Schalkwyk. The groups claimed this week that the Correctional Services authorities knew of Van Schalkwyk’s serious gall-bladder infection, […]
lively in Rome TENNIS: Jon Swift THERE is, provided you are not a tennis player, something remarkably special about Rome. The city lives. This vibrancy in the very air you breathe in the Italian capital is in sharp contrast to the stadium where the nation plays its tennis. The Foro Italico is as dead as […]
Playing Francois Pienaar out of position was the wrong move, but Chris Rossouw moving from hooker to eighthman was a success for Transvaal RUGBY: Jon Swift THERE are those who still believe fervently in the school of thought so successfully propagated by the late Danie Craven that if a man is what the Doc called […]