Natural Resources Award Finalist: The Institute of Natural Resources’ Eastern Cape Estuaries Management Programme Hilton Hamann The Eastern Cape Estuaries Management Programme was started by the Institute of Natural Resources in 1998 to help promote the effective management and sustainable use of the estuaries of the Eastern Cape and Border region. “What we try to […]
A Soweto family is using traditional hair-plaiting skills to make ends meet Bongani Majola Ordinary women like Miriam Mothobeki make extraordinary tales. She is a matriarch of 72 years who has ensured the passage of an essential survival skill from generation to generation plaiting hair for a living. Though Mothobeki has long “retired” from ukuqhina […]
MUNGO SOGGOT, Johannesburg | Friday THE Ministry of Justice says it will forge ahead with an amendment to the Constitution that will give Constitutional Court judges the same “life” tenure as the rest of the judiciary – despite opposition from some key judges. Cape judges are now preparing a memorandum on the amendment, which has […]
Glenda Daniels “Lacking in local protests today is a failure to connect poverty in this country to the government’s economic policies,” says Dennis Brutus, South African poet and a leader in the international globalisation resistance movement. The radical intellectual and lecturer will be a speaker on the NGO panel on reparations at the United Nations […]
Mega Music August 3119h00-22h00NYJB, Robbie Jansen (SA), Diane Schuur (US) (R100 a ticket) September 119h00-22h30NYJB, Sipho Gumede (SA), Roy Ayers (US) (R100 a ticket) September 219h00-21h30Ezra Ngcukana (SA), Diane Schuur (US) (R100 a ticket) Main Theatre August 3120h00-22h30Pops Mohamed (SA), Keiko Matsui (Japan) (R100 a ticket) September 120h00-22h30Hugh Masekela (SA), Keiko Matsui (Japan) (R100 a […]
Stefaans Brmmer A week ago the taxman raided Irvin Khoza, alleging tax delinquency worth millions. Then the cops moved in, nabbing him over an allegedly stolen rifle. At midweek, a relative was arrested with allegedly stolen cars. And this may only be the beginning … It is an open secret that authorities from the Scorpions […]
Community Projects Award Finalist: Garden Route Botanical Garden Trust Niki Moore Tourists visiting the Garden Route in the southern Cape often start looking for the gardens only to find there aren’t any. “We try to tell people the whole area is a garden,” says botanist Yvette van Wijk, “and that’s why it’s called the Garden […]
Glenda Daniels and Jaspreet Kindra Car manufacturers say South Africa’s reputation has been permanently damaged by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa wage strike. The total losses due to the strike is about R1-billion. Employers asked workers to go back to work and the president of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of […]
THE Nigerian government has sacked four more directors of its ailing national carrier, bringing to five the number of senior officials removed in under a week, officials said on Tuesday. The government on Friday removed Nigeria Airways’ managing director, Abayomi Jones, saying he was not doing enough to prepare the airline’s privatisation. In a statement […]
Ivory Park sets a shining example Michelle Nel Ivory Park is a sprawling township in Midrand, composed largely of informal dwellings, which is far ahead of other areas in terms of environmentally conscious living. And if the project has its way, the Johannesburg unicity will be soon be transformed by following the shining example set […]
Celtic Grove, the imposing son of Fort Wood, scooped the coveted Horse of the Year title and also lifted the Champion Classic Three-Year-Old Colt laurel at the Equus Awards this week both titles richly deserved after an outstanding campaign. One success that must have gone a long way towards Celtic Grove’s achievement was the South […]
Urban Renewal Award Finalist: The Molopo River Basin Project Michelle Nel Mafikeng, the capital of the North West province, has been the cradle of the scouting movement ever since it was conceived by British General Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell during his time there. Scouting enjoys a membership of 30-million worldwide and has the potential to attract […]
Ngwako Modjadji Northern Province police are investigating charges of assault against the former chief minister of Lebowa, Nelson Ramodike, and Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa coordinator Ledikwa Mogoboya. Ramodike is also being investigated on charges of obstructing justice after he allegedly instructed police officers at Maake police station, near Pietersburg, not to open […]
Thabo Mohlala Mxolisi Ntshikilana is one of the thousands of children in South Africa who does not have a home and spends all day begging on the streets. Unlike his counterparts, whose signs are poorly spelled and at the mercy of elements, his is well written and waterproof to boot. The top half his board […]
MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi has ruled out placing a ceiling on the price of maize after costs on the staple product trebled earlier in the week due to a food shortage. “(There is) nothing the government can do to intervene on the prices,” Muluzi told reporters on arrival from an investment conference in Uganda. On […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The National Directorate of Public Prosecutions has been asked to lay criminal charges against former members of the Northern Province Gambling Board for corruption and contravening the government’s regulations. This follows a two-year investigation by the special investigative unit (SIU), the government’s premier investigative organisation, and the Investigative Directorate for Serious […]
M&G reporter The Green Trust is a partnership between the World Wide Fund for Nature-South Africa and Nedbank. Funded pri-marily through contributions made by Nedbank Green banking clients, the trust has raised more than R37-million for conservation projects. These are some of the projects currently funded by The Green Trust. Trees for Africa The Green […]
If you don’t know Richard Leakey, you may remember the man who persuaded Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi to burn about $3-million worth of ivory in 1988, writes Fiona Macleod. The burning pyre of elephant tusks was a highly publicised statement against the international trade in ivory. Many conservationists in South Africa have not forgiven […]
ATHLETICS Martin Gillingham Bruce Fordyce, South Africa’s most celebrated athlete, has thrown his weight behind the growing number of officials and athletes who are calling for answers to accusations that the sport’s top officials in this country are corrupt. It was claimed three months ago that more than R9-million had gone missing from Athletics South […]
Sad and pathetic! The idea in the article “A marriage made in heaven” (August 17) that liberals in the Democratic Alliance are not “good” liberals because they dare to criticise the African National Congress is such a betrayal of liberal principles it makes my head spin! Liberalism is based on a belief in individual rights, […]
VISITING Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday invited African countries to share the cost of the launch and use of his country’s third satellite in 2004 to boost South-South cooperation and to promote the continent’s image worldwide. Speaking at the end of the four-day Global 2001 Smart Partnership International Dialogue in Kampala, Mahathir said […]
A new approach linking racism to power and self-interest is needed NO blows BARRED Sipho Seepe Many analyses of racism proceed from an assumption that the eradication of racism and other forms of discrimination is in the interests of all. Yet despite a universal condemnation of discrimination, racism persists. Even the most successful persons of […]
Using nature’s gifts to fill their needs Hilary Fine Dreams of a healthier planet and a self-sufficient community prompted educators at Bathurst Primary, near Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape, to infuse an environmental ethos into everything they do. “Our aim is to develop a sanctuary of learning where respect for the world we live […]
Investing in the Environment: Corporate Award Finalist: Conservation Corporation Africa Niki Moore The Phinda private game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal used to be a 17?000ha stretch of degraded farmland. Now it is a world-famous “big five” tourist destination as well as a conduit for international foreign aid. Phinda, which means “the return”, is an apt […]
analysis Robert D Bullard Environmental racism affects individuals, groups or communities differentially, based on race or colour. It combines with public policies and industry practices to provide benefits for corporations, while shifting the costs to people of colour. It influences local land use, the enforcement of environmental regulations, the siting of industry and the areas […]
Barry Streek Donald Woods was a bit of a chancer, but with his enormous talents, his charm, his ability to talk himself out of virtually any situation and some luck, he made an unforgettable mark on South African journalism. Few, if any, editors of a small daily newspaper in Africa have ever written an editorial […]
Kampala | Thursday AFRICAN political and business leaders plan to publicise positive aspects of the continent’s investment environment in order to attract investors, they said on Wednesday. Nine African presidents and captains of industry who met for four days at an international investment conference that ended here on Tuesday called for “more attention to techniques […]
Barry Streek Despite spending R119,4-million on private security firms, last year Metrorail lost between R150-million and R170-million in fare evasion and a further R62,1-million in theft and vandalism. Minister of Transport Dullah Omar said R21,97-million was spent on repairs caused by theft and vandalism on trains and a further R40,3-million in theft and vandalism to […]
Congress Mahlangu The government, through the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and the South African National Parks (SANP), will host the World Park Congress at the International Convention Centre in Durban on September 18 and 19 2003. The theme of the congress is “Benefits beyond boundaries” and it will review the global status of […]
The emblem of this year’s Green Trust Awards is a South African species of seahorse, called the Knysna seahorse (Hippocampus capensis). It is the world’s most threatened seahorse and occurs only in the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries. The Knysna seahorse was chosen as the emblem because it is so vulnerable and in recognition of ground-breaking […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) in the Northern Province has threatened to disrupt the already troubled provincial education system if the province’s education head does not resign by the end of this week. Cosas says it will embark on a “militant and radical” action if Northern Province education superintendent […]
Mail & Guardian reporter The Mail & Guardian’s status as South Africa’s fastest-growing quality newspaper was confirmed this week with the release of the latest All Media Product Survey (Amps).The M&G now boasts 230 000 readers, according to Amps 2001A. This represents a 16,1% growth in readership over the previous survey. The M&G has shown […]