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/ 4 September 2008
It has been a long and difficult road, but Hosi Nwamitwa is finally ascending the throne, writes Sello S Alcock.
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/ 4 September 2008
Researchers find that ‘acquaintance murder’ tops the list of forms of killing in the country and should be prioritised, writes Sello S Alcock.
Sello S Alcock and photographer Oupa Nkosi spent a night out on the town to bring readers the highs and lows of Soweto’s social scene.
South Africa’s Navi Pillay takes up the post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in September.
Sello S Alcock meets Mpumi Dhlamini, who has been described as the next Moses Taiwa Molelekwa.
Sello S Alcock presents brief profiles of the members of the Judicial Service Commission’s complaints committee who will decide Judge Hlophe’s fate.
Matuma Letsoalo, Mandy Rossouw and Sello S Alcock look at key policy recommendations to be discussed by the ANC Youth League.
African National Youth League leader Julius Malema’s arch-rival helps Gwede Mantashe kill off the last efforts to challenge Malema’s authority.
ANC Youth League learns from chaos at Mangaung
and tackles conference registration in a novel way.
Tony Bensusan’s documentary on the formation of the United Democratic Front 25 years ago is a voyeuristic journey into disparate moments.
Black legal organisations closed ranks around Hlophe this week, adding their voices to a chorus of criticism about the court’s conduct.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe will face a tough, courtroom-style interrogation by the disciplinary committee of the Judical Service Commission.
Police capacity to handle riots was virtually destroyed in a restructuring exercise in 2006, leaving officers ill-equipped to handle the wave of xenophobic violence that has swept the country in the past two weeks, researchers say. As the violence in Gauteng worsened this week, the police scrambled to bring in extra capacity from around the country.
The first national master scarce skills list — released by the Labour Department recently — logs a comprehensive number of skills that are needed by the country if it is to overcome obstacles that hamper economic growth and, in so doing, undermine job creation.
African National Congress treasurer general Mathews Phosa has called for an improvement in the country’s black economic empowerment (BEE) policy and urged the legal profession to consider whether the current BEE "framework" is "functional" and whether it is assisting emerging black entrepreneur.
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/ 29 February 2008
Sello S Alcock speaks to a rising star on the international piano circuit.