Marion Edmunds Government intelligence services are investigating reports that South African- produced weapons have been recovered on both sides of the conflict in Sudan. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) – the committee that regulates South African arms exports – denied this week that the government had authorised arms sales to the Sudanese government. […]

Ferial Haffajee South Africa’s biggest non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have launched a campaign to push for the restructuring of apartheid debt. Led by the NGO Coalition, they want to egg government on to make changes to debt payments to free up revenue for development. “There is real anxiety about the reconstruction and development programme among NGOs,” […]

Gwen Ansell A father who banned you from playing, and a childhood accident that lopped off the tips of a couple of fingers don’t sound like a promising start for a jazz musician. Bheki Mseleku in tomorrow’s (Saturday, September 6) final Joy of Jazz concert at the Pretoria State Theatre proves how remarkably you can […]

The energy ministry proposes to stop exports to boost local employment, writes Mungo Soggot The Minister of Minerals and Energy, Penuell Maduna, wants to cut or stop altogether the export of diamonds from South Africa – a strategy that would severely threaten the survival of the De Beers diamond cartel. The minister’s special adviser on […]

FRIDAY, 3.30PM SEPARATISTS on the Comoro island of Anjouan have put up such fierce resistance to government troops that the OAU has urged the government to withdraw. OAU special envoy Pierre Uere has urged the government to pull out its 300 troops after at least 30 were killed in an aborted invasion attempt that began […]

The Angella Johnson Interview Dingaan Thobela, two times boxing world champion and all-round Mr Nice Guy, has a rather unusual day job. When he’s not in the ring trying to knock people out, he’s putting them in the ground. The world-famous Rose of Soweto moonlights as a funeral director. Not that you’d think, looking at […]

Cape Talk is more than 702-speak, says the programme manager in an interview with Hazel Friedman Radio 702 – South Africa’s most successful commercial broadcaster – has spread its proverbial wings to the land of the mountain, sea and celebritydom in the form of Cape Talk Radio. And spearheading the launch which takes place on […]

Swapna Prabhakaran Mysterious men flashing police badges and driving police vans have ambushed S Nkosi twice in four months, taking his money before setting him free. He has fallen victim to a widening extortion racket that sources say is sweeping through South African cities. Last Tuesday was payday for Nkosi. He was stopped by two […]

FRIDAY, 11.00AM: A DRAFT affirmative action Bill requiring every business to have an affirmative action policy will be published for comment before year’s end, Labour Minister Tito Mboweni told the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday. The Bill will follow the Malaysain affirmative action model rather than the American one, in that it […]