paternity test Anthony Kunda in Lusaka THE Zambian Supreme Court has rejected an application to have President Frederick Chiluba subjected to a DNA test to prove conclusively whether a Congolese national, Luka Chabala Kafupi, is his biological father – thus making him ineligible to be state president. The application, by petitioners representing opposition parties, was […]

Joe Seremane, whose brother was killed by the ANC in the infamous Quatro camp, is determined to discover the truth behind his murder. Peta Thornycroft reports AN African National Congress leader accused of torturing the brother of chief land claims commissioner Joe Seremane in the infamous Quatro detention camp has been identified as Gabriel Mthunzi […]

Jungle music is finally gaining the recognition it deserves in South Africa. GREG BOWES looks at some of the places and faces it’s touched JO’BURG’S hippest live music venue, 206, jumps to the voodoo beats every Tuesday night. The city’s trendiest nightclub, Krypton, has also been doing its bit for new dance culture on Wednesdays. […]

Grandad is in jail but his boys are still on the terraces in a country which sponsors football hooliganism SOCCER:Amaranta Wright ON a Sunday in the football season the Buenos Aires stadium of the Boca Juniors Club is heaving, but for an empty strip behind the goal, reserved as usual. Suddenly, tearing through the pre-match […]

I, Goitseone Gordon Moshoeu, generally known in the African National Congress as Godfrey Pule and particularly known amongst members of the MK June 16 Detachment as Grenade, hereby wishes to give an account of the terrible plight that befell Timothy “Chief” Seremane, popularly known as Mahamba amongst both the ANC in general and specifically MK. […]

Nicholas Whittaker in London THAT Mr Polaroid has a lot to answer for. Picture this muddy snap, for instance, of a naked man on a hotel bed. Passing behind his knees and around the back of his neck, a doubled-up inner tube trusses him into a human hoop, head tucked well down towards his groin. […]

Kwame Dawes SALT by Earl Lovelace (Persea, R107) IT has been over 10 years since Earl Lovelace published his last novel, The Wine of Astonishment, so it is wonderful that Salt has been honoured with the Commonwealth Prize. It is his most assured work to date, and it allows him to display his remarkable capacity […]

THURSDAY, 5.00PM ZIMBABWEAN Congress of Trade Unions president Gibson Sibanda has castigated the government for high budget deficit, saying it is a major contributor to workers’ suffering through high interest rates and inflation levels. “The biggest problem in this country is the budget deficit, which is causing high inflation, which is the worker’s enemy number […]

EVIDENCE of the fascination sharks can exert on humans can be found in cyberspace, where a number of sites are dedicated to them. South Africa’s own is, of course, the site of the Natal Sharks Board, at http://goofy.iafrica.com/carch/ (carch being short for Carcharodon, the creatures’ Latin name). The board supplies statistics and research information, as […]