Eddie Koch No one can say the tacticians of the truth commission did not expect a battle. Only it came with surprising speed and ferocity from an unexpected quarter. For months, commissioners have been warily watching the movements of what has become known as the sleeping dragon, agents of apartheid’s death squads, for signs it […]
Jacquie Golding-Duffy The conventional belief among commercial radio stations that education programmes lose rather than gain listeners has been challenged by the popularity of educational programmes on community radio stations. Siven Maslamoney, director of Ulwazi educational radio project, a non-profit, pilot educational radio project for adults, says it is “encouraging to see that the commitment […]
Reforms aimed at turning Zimbabwe into Africa’s first ‘newly industrialised country’ have missed their mark, argues economist Richard Saunders IN the latest round of adjustment-related shocks in Zimbabwe, government health facilities have been brought to the brink of collapse iby funding cuts which have seen Harare hospitals asking patients’ families to supply relatives with food. […]
If the calls of solidarity and support are anything to go by, ousted Cabinet minister Pallo Jordan’s political career is far from over. Gaye Davis reports OUSTED Cabinet minister Pallo Jordan cleared his desk this week and formally handed over to Jay Naidoo, his successor as minister of posts and telecommunications. Jordan was due to […]
RUGBY: Jon Swift THERE has to be a realignment when this inaugural round of rugby’s new Super 12 competition is over. The programme — even for sides from the southern hemisphere’s top three countries — is just too tough. Certainly, the inconsistencies — some old, some newly raised — need to be evaluated before any […]
Despite equivocation by its provincial leaders, it is clear the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is trying to delay the local government elections, reports Ann Eveleth THE African National Congress’s effective call this week to delay KwaZulu-Natal’s local government elections masks serious concerns about the outcome of the poll under current conditions. Motivating for a postponement in […]
Mail & Guardian reporter The independence of the South African Broadcasting Corporation will be in the balance in the next few weeks as the political haggling over the appointment of a new board of directors gets under way. According to the Parliamentary Porfolio Committee on Communications,105 nominations have been received for positions on the board. […]
Baby Jake Matlala has shown once before that he can take care of Paul Weir, but on Saturday night he’ll also have to deal with a referee of dubious reputation BOXING: Gavin Evans BABY JAKE MATLALA has made a good living in recent years by beating up the best little men Britain can provide, and […]
South African journalism gets a fresh boost next week with the participation of many of the country’s most exciting authors in the Mail & Guardian’s Special Writers Series. The newspaper has harnessed top South African talent to the difficult task of capturing and interpreting the extraordinary transition we are all living through. We have asked […]
NORTH KOREA’S unsettling manoeuvres in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) recall a similar performance in another East Asian tension spot. Then it was Beijing, trying to ratchet up the pressure on President Lee Teng-hui in the Taiwanese elections. Now it is Pyongyang, seeking to destabilise President Kim Young-sam ahead of Thursday’s National Assembly elections. The Chinese […]