Tanya Nel A formal request to extradite Dr Andre Rwamakuba, former minister of education in Rwanda and currently employed by the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services, was made to the Namibian government last week. The Rwandan government asked for his extradition on the grounds that it has documented proof of his involvement in […]
Madeleine Roux: Moveable Feast In our part of the Klein Karoo, called the Koo Valley (yes, like the tin of jam), fruit is often so plentiful you can’t give it away. Comes the apricot season, new residents to the town delight in paying a rand or two for a bagful. Two weeks later crates of […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: THE South African cricket academy lost to New Zealand by six wickets in a limited overs match at Hoy Park in Durban on Thursday. South Africa lost the toss to the Kiwis and scored 254/8. Morne Strydom hit 103 in 96 balls for South Africa. New Zealand lost their first wicket to the […]
FRIDAY, 4.30PM GAUTENG safety and security MEC Jessie Duarte and informal traders’ organisations on Friday condemned the looting and destruction of property during protest action on Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, 120 hawkers were arrested for taking part in illegal marches after they marched on police stations to demand the release of six of […]
Brenda Atkinson: Cultural Sushi Last Sunday’s fundraising auction at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg was not, as one audience member was heard to whisper, “anything like Sotheby’s”. Technical hitches led to a late start; Albie Sachs had to deliver the opening address because hype guru Dali Tambo was “running on African time”; and jazz maestro […]
Gaye Davis Rape may be re-defined to include forced anal intercourse involving both male and female victims if a call this week by the Western Cape Attorney General, Frank Kahn, for new legislation is heeded. As a common-law offence, the definition of rape centres on the penetration, against her will, of a woman’s vagina by […]
Any working mother could have told the scientists for nothing, but now it is official – kids stress you out. Researchers have found that employed women with children produce far higher levels of stress hormones than those who are childless, although the same does not appear to be so for fathers. The doctors found that […]
Charlene Smith South African unskilled labour is pricing itself out of the market, and while professional and technical staff in Gauteng earn less than the global norm, industries that could create jobs will simply not come to the region because of high wages. “Labour is simply too expensive,” conceded Jabu Moleketi, Gauteng Minister of Economic […]
clean? Charlene Smith Rallies and meetings held by Roelf Meyer’s New Movement Process (NMP) and Bantu Holomisa’s National Consultative Forum (NCF) are enthusiastically attended, whether in Karoo villages, urban centres or townships. And National Party members are continuing to drift to Meyer. But how clean are the alliances Meyer and Holomisa have been prepared to […]
ancestry Pygmy chimps show that peace and love may come naturally to their human cousins, writes Robin McKie Peering into the eyes of a pygmy chimpanzee may reveal a strange secret: a glimpse of our ancient apeman ancestors. Scientists now believe these graceful cousins of the common chimpanzee share many features with australopithecines, a four-million-year-old […]