Stefaans Brummer THE master of the supreme court is investigating a false signature on the trust deed of a non-governmental organisation set up by truth commission reparations committee head Hlengiwe Mkhize.Mpumalanga clergyman Father Michel Barrette has complained to the supreme court that the signature — which appears to confirm him as a trustee of the […]

Marion Edmunds SLY to the last, the National Party attempted to win constitutional guarantees for special pensions for long-serving parliamentarians, just before the end of the constitutional negotiations. It was with some surprise that the waiting hordes of journalists heard, in the last nail- biting night, that the NP had added a new proposal on […]

The Constitution has become a yardstick of the success and strength of the political parties, and will do much to define them in the eyes of the public in the run-up to the 1999 general elections. Marion Edmunds reports WHERE does the Constitutional Assembly leave the African National Congress? “In a league of its own.” […]

THE creation of a huge South African oil company is firmly back on the agenda of those in government quietly plotting a new-look oil industry. The scheme originally involved a link-up between Engen, Sasol Oil, and the state’s bag of oil assets, but government sources said this week that Total SA could also be part […]

THEATRE: Reviewed by: David Le Page OFTEN the oldest of dramas attract the most radical interpretations, the recent production of Medea at the Market being but one example. Phaedra at the Civic Theatre has not attracted a radical interpretation, but it is a production where radical design, at least for South African theatre, does much […]

Manchester United have won the Premier League and now they’re going for the FA Cup, but Liverpool are a tough proposition even for United’s unique blend of youthful skill and wily experience SOCCER: David Lacey HISTORY beckons Manchester United. Now only Liverpool stand between Alex Ferguson’s team and a unique second double, the first of […]

Cindy Shiner in Accra NINE West African heads of state met in the Ghanaian capital Accra this week for an emergency summit to try to end the renewed civil war in Liberia. Hopes of success are slim. Officials are trying to rehabilitate an eight- month-old agreement that was supposed to lead to the disarmament of […]

Greg Barrow in Nairobi THE Kenyan government has published a 40-page dossier defending its human rights record. The report comes as Kenyan human rights groups grow increasingly vocal about a rise in mob violence and a breakdown of law and order. In the report, The Way It Is, the government says its overall record is […]

AMID all the talk of unbundling and black empowerment, one obvious means of broadening the economic powerbase — employee share ownership programmes (Esops) — is being largely ignored. Not to be confused with share incentive schemes, which are aimed at management, Esops are open to all employees, with the employer providing the funding mechanism. Says […]

The Reverend Fernando Kuthino promised everything from a place in heaven to a cure for Aids, but he was no match for President Mobutu Sese Seko. Chris McGreal reports FOR Israel Ciswaka, his pastor’s arrest, torture and dispatch to a Zairean military prison for 12 months’ hard labour was confirmation that there is a God […]