Barry Streek speaks to former (and future?)politician Van Zyl Slabbert, whose new book is just out Van Zyl Slabbert, whose book Afrikaner Afrikaan (Tafelberg) was released in Cape Town this week, says he is not involved politically today and that he is not involved in any discussions with President Thabo Mbeki, whom he openly respects. […]

libraries William Pretorius The Greater Johannesburg Library is in a crisis. Display cases in the foyer are full of book covers, ranging from non- fiction to African novels and literacy readers, a piquant selection. But these are not coming attractions. They are books the library wants to buy but can’t afford. There just isn’t any […]

Marianne Merten The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) wants the government to address the alleged failure of black empowerment companies to help transform the fishing industry. The call was made as part of the strike by 5 000 Fawu members at 10 West Coast fishing and fish processing companies with black empowerment components. “The […]

Bruce Mhlongo, the new state witness in the Sifiso Nkabinde case, was registered and paid as a police agent, report Ivor Powell and Paul Kirk Two guns used to assassinate Richmond warlord Sifiso Nkabinde have been traced back to the Pietermaritzburg branch of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) murder and robbery unit – where […]

John Matshikiza WITH THE LID OFF It’s much easier to set up a myth than to shoot it down. Nevertheless, as we look deeper into the Pandora’s box of our hidden past, more and more seemingly invincible myths become open to scrutiny. We’ve had the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that revealed a little of what […]

Deon Potgieter Boxing Following a self-imposed prison sentence, Dingaan Thobela is off to war. He challenges Cornelius Carr for the World Boxing Federation’s (WBF) world middleweight title in London on Sunday. And, as the bout is being staged as part of the centenary celebrations of the Anglo-Boer South African War, Thobela can expect to be […]

organisation Rural community-oriented NGO EcoLink will not be defeated by the alleged misappropriation of R200 000 of its funds, write Clive Lloyd and Fiona Macleod EcoLink, one of the country’s oldest and largest environmental NGOs working with rural communities, says it will lay charges against its former administrator following the disappearance of more than R200 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bloemfontein | Friday 3.30pm ZIMBABWE are in desperate trouble as South Africa left them at 192 all out after just 75 overs on the opening day of the historic first Test Bloemfontein on Friday. Zimbabwe were reeling on 121/7 at tea. The partnership between Andy Flower and Alistair Campbell, forged before lunch, did […]

WESTERN Province slumped to 222 all-out on the first day of their four-day SuperSport Series match against KwaZulu-Natal at Newlands on Thursday. Winning the toss and electing to bat the hosts were reduced to 74 for four by the first over after lunch with experienced campaigners Lloyd Ferreira, Brian McMillan, HD Ackerman and John Commins […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Thursday 5.15pm. AUSTRALIAN captain John Eales is playing down the threat posed by Springbok fly-half Jannie De Beer ahead of the crunch World Cup semi-final between the Wallabies and the Springboks at Twickenham on Saturday. The Australian squad have spent the past 48 hours studying videos of South Africa’s quarter-final victory […]