A lack of tolerance by the central party structure appears to be restricting provincial freedom and creativity, argues Jabu Sindane THE African National Congress national working committee’s intervention in the Bushbuckridge border dispute last month raises many questions of the constitutional and political importance of inter- governmental relations. For instance, to what extent: * Can […]
Human rights form a significant part of the new police curriculum, reports Tangeni Amupadhi F ROM now on police recruits will be trained to be nice to people, replacing the old-style “bandit-chasing”. About 200 000 applications have poured in for the 1 300 police posts advertised so far. Training with the new curriculum kicks off […]
There are some capable people waiting to provide the expertise that athletics in South Africa needs – but they have to be voted into office first ATHLETICS:Julian Drew JUST over two years ago athletics staged its first-ever democratic elections which predictably followed overtly political lines. At the time this was understandable because each province was […]
Zambia’s Chiluba’ Anthony Kunda in Lusaka THE Zambian government is portraying a meeting between former president Kenneth Kaunda and South Africa’s Minister of Defence Joe Modise as a plot for armed insurrection. President Frederick Chiluba’s deputies told Zambian journalists this week that the meeting – at Johannesburg’s FNB stadium earlier this month when Zambia’s national […]
Amagazine that played a vital role in our literary history is back, writes Chris Dunton STAFFRIDER, so vital in energising South Africa’s literary scene in the late Seventies and Eighties but silent for the last few years, has been relaunched with financial assistance – for the time being, at least – from organisations in Sweden, […]
The robber of Egypt’s tombs jailed last week was Indiana Jones with an English accent, writes Sara Boseley JONATHAN TOKELEY-PARRY cuts a flamboyant figure in his bright blue jackets and lime green shirts, his tan and upper-class tones suggesting Raffles or the Raj. He is a Cambridge philosophy graduate and an antiquities restorer turned adventurer, […]
laager RUGBY:Steve Morris THE loss of one Test match does not spell the doom of the game of rugby in this country as many would have you imagine. But the return to the laager mentality that seems to prevail among the Springbok management definitely edges the game that way. Gary Teichmann’s side face a monumental […]
FRIDAY, 4.00PM FORMER Lonrho chief Tiny Rowland, who is still the group’s single largest individual shareholder, has attacked Johannesburg Consolidated Investments’ attempt at a merger with Lonrho in full-page advertisements place in the British and South African press. In the ads, Rowland attacks JCI chairman Mzi Khumalo and his relationship with Anglo American, and suggests […]
Ferial Haffajee JUST before dawn on August 1, Kaya FM will take to Gauteng’s airwaves and promises to tackle the contested radio terrain head-on. This station wants to be the voice and preferred listening zone of black economic empowerment. “We’re not a Metro or a five,” says Kaya’s managing director Pat Dambe, referring to its […]
Radio Islam believes women should remain veiled and silent. JACQUIE GOLDING-DUFFY reports A MUSLIM community radio station – Radio Islam, in Lenasia – has come under fire for allegedly violating its licence conditions and the country’s Consitution by not allowing females on air. Two complaints have been lodged with the Independent Broadcasting Authority’s Broadcasting Monitoring […]