FRIDAY, 6.00PM: SEVEN foreigners were lynched in Dakar, Senegal on Thursday, following hysteria over “penis shrinkers”. Locals believe that foreigners who make brief physical contact with them on the street have the power to shrink their penises. Bystanders then go after the alleged “sex stealers” and mercilessly beat them. One of the murder victims had […]
* Walter will not get a letter this week due to the unfortunate disappearance of Nelson’s briefcase in Smal Street, Johannesburg. We present this occasional column instead FOLLOWING is a cautionary tale for those seeking a modest weekend getaway in the Magaliesberg. There is a farm on the R24, in the shadow of cliffs where […]
THE story of how the state witnesses in the Eikenhof trial turned against the chief defence witness, Oupa Kulashe, is a tale of betrayal and deceit.
FRIDAY, 12.00NOON TRANSNET MD Sakkie Macozoma on Thursday delivered a tongue-lashing to Transport Minister Mac Maharaj, saying the minister’s recent statements on privatisation of the transport parastatal and its subsidiaries were reckless and could scupper the whole restructuring process. Maharaj this week made statements about the proposed sell-off equity stakes in Transnet loss-makers SA Airways […]
FRIDAY, 1.00PM: WEST INDIES fast bowler Curtley Ambrose will not be joining Western Province for the 1997/98 cricket season. Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA) general manager Peter Heeger said on Thursday: “The WPCA reached an agreement with Curtley but he has told us that he cannot come because of the hectic West Indies international calendar.” […]
Wally Mbhele reports on the bribery and corruption behind the Eikenhof massacre convictions THE state witness who helped destroy the alibis of the three African National Congress members convicted of the Eikenhof killings has confessed to lying in court because the police had promised him a R250 000 reward. Abel Korope’s claim, made in a […]
FRIDAY, 12.00NOON INDUSTRIAL shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Thursday ignored a sliding rand to make cautious advances on the back of a strong bond market as hopes for an early interest rate cut were renewed. Government’s benchmark R150 long bond once again breached the 14% yield mark amid cautious optimism over comments on […]
A few black players are starting to deal inthe arms world, writes Ferial Haffajee THE two men in dark suits riffle rapidly through the sheafs of paper. “Fifty? No. Was it 60?” Seelan Moodley asks Krish Naidoo. They page again. Then Moodley confirms that “in the two months since we’ve started, we’ve landed or are […]
“Betrayed” is a harsh word to describe the government’s failings. So it was not a casual decision when we chose to use it on our cover on May 9 when the plight of seven-year-old rape victim Mamokgethi Malebane first came to light. We were angered by the fact that she had disappeared after her alleged […]
Mamokgethi Malebane was one of numerous rape victims who have been betrayed by the system, writes Gustav Thiel ON the day of the school memorial service this week for seven-year-old rape and murder victim Mamo-kgethi Malebane, the agency which first raised the alarm about her unveiled a string of similar cases – young children, raped, […]