AN alcoholic who claimed Satan forced him to rape his 11-year-old niece over two years was handed a life sentence on Monday. The 57-year-old man from Mandulo village south of Malelane in Mpumalanga pleaded guilty to rape in the Nelspruit circuit of the Pretoria High Court. He admitted he raped her three times in 1998 […]
Seyed Abdollah Hoseini Right of Reply The front page picture of last week’s Mail and Guardian was a distorted, sensational depiction of Ashura, a sacred period on the Muslim calendar, and created negative perceptions about the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Hussein (AS), and his martyrdom. It likely also had the effect of […]
Khadija Magardie Both newcomers and veterans in the field of private dispute resolution are jostling for first place in the booming labour litigation industry. Most say their motives are philanthropic to provide a service where business and labour can resolve issues without resorting to lengthy and often costly litigation. But there are significant pickings involved, […]
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/ 19 February 2001
SOUTH African hotel and casino operator Sun International Ltd (Sisa) says Meropa, a group in which it has a 45% stake, has won a casino licence in the country’s Northern Province. The company said the R208m casino complex will be the biggest investment to date in the province’s tourism and leisure industry. – Reuters
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/ 8 December 2000
Justin Arenstein and Michael Matari The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday demanded audio tapes from the SABC following reports that one of its regional Northern Province radio stations encouraged rural resi-dents to boycott the local government elections as part of an ethnic feud. Northern Province chief electoral officer Zwo Nevhutalu said Radio Munghana Lonene […]
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/ 24 November 2000
Thuli Nhlapo The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Mpumalanga has deposited tens of thousands of rands in tribal authority bank accounts as part of a scheme to get tribal leaders to help reach voters. The IEC in Mpumalanga confirmed this week that it had given seven traditional leaders R10 000 each for hosting “imbizos” at […]
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/ 29 September 2000
‘illegal’ Thuli Nhlapo Ignoring the Congress of South African Trade Unions’s (Cosatu) campaign to create and sustain jobs in the textile industry, the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) promotional clothing is imported and believed to have entered the country illegally. Shereno Printers, which won a contract to print 100E000 T-shirts for IEC staffers to wear in […]
Chris Buchanan FOOD Did you know that there are more than 1E500 collectors of militaria in Johannesburg alone? Now these macabre collectors and civilians alike can converge on a funky new meeting spot in Parktown North. The War Store and Vargas Caf is aimed at collectors but is also drawing the attention of rave kids, […]
The first award remembering a black South African journalist should have been named after ‘Mr Drum’ Arthur Maimane A panel of judges is probably already considering who should be the second journalist to be awarded the Nat Nakasa Award for Courageous Black Journalism. The best of luck to whoever deserves to get it; but no […]
SOUTH Africa’s second local government elections should be held on December 2, the Independent Electoral Commission has proposed. Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi is likely to announce a date by the second week of July. The constitution says municipal elections should be held between November 1 and January 31 next year.