FRIDAY, 12.30PM FORMER British MP Emma Nicholson, who has been sheltering Katiza Cebekhulu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s kidnapping co-accused who was abducted and carried to Zambia to prevent him testifying against Madikizela-Mandela, said this week in London that she is to travel to SA in September and offered an interview to the truth commission. Nicholson, who has […]
A new generation of central bankers, unfamiliar with the perils of high inflation, could prompt a new rush for the security of gold if the present obsession with paper money turns sour, warns Dan Atkinson in London THE scramble out of gold by the world’s central banks is not novel. We have sat through this […]
It is hard to reconcile the current upheaval on the African continent with the optimistic scenario of imminent revival put about by the Clinton administration and its South African variant, Deputy President Thabo Mbeki’s notion of an African renaissance. Angola is poised to go back to war. Hutu refugees are being slaughtered in Eastern Congo […]
The office of the auditor general has come under attack from the old guard as well as the new – for doing its job properly. Henri Kluever is standing his ground, reports Mungo Soggot THE auditor general, Henri Kluever, has not had much luck with the Ministry of Mineral and Energy Affairs. As he took […]
Maria McCloy YOU have to walk for only 10 minutes to get to a part of Grahamstown where it seems that the festival circus has not hit town – no flashing lights and excitement; no posters; no shows. For too long most of Grahamstown – the people who live in the townships – have not […]
Government ministries have to develop a comprehensive jobs plan in time for the October summit, reports Madeleine Wackernagel WHILE the furore over the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill continues unabated, the Minister of Labour Tito Mboweni will have his hands full in the next two months with an additional task: overseeing the development of a […]
FRIDAY, 1.00PM: JOMO COSMOS have signed Cape Town Spurs defender Sebastiao Rodrigues for R70 000. Rodrigues will fill in the gap left by Andrew Rabutla, who joined an overseas club recently. “Sebastiao is physically strong and skillful. That’s the reason I went for him,” said Cosmos chairman Matsilele Jomo Sono. Meanwhile, Orlando Pirates have signed […]
Fierce debate is raging in the US over the pros and cons of globalisation as Clinton seeks to widen free trade areas, reports Mark Tran in Washington PRESIDENT Bill Clinton had to fight hard to win congressional passage of the North American Free Trade Arrangement (Nafta) three years ago as opponents of the trade pact […]
While the president dithers over the shortlist of IBA councillors, the IBA old guard continues to run the show. JACQUIE GOLDING-DUFFY reports PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s reluctance to approve the appointment of a new Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) council threatens to derail some of the regulator`s activities. The list of five new councillors, nominated following public […]
Burundi’s government calls it `regroupment’, but to the thousandsof Hutus chased from their land these places are concentration camps. Chris McGreal reports from Nyarurama, Burundi AMELIE MUVUNI is not a prisoner in the conventional sense. There is no fence to keep her confined to the squalid, overcrowded hillside camp she was herded into by Burundi’s […]