The Weekly Mail hired him to get the training project off the ground; he did much, much more than that, writes Irwin Manoim
Goldstone swoops on disused mine hostel …
The system started operating in 1979, the year after PW Botha became prime minister.
At an unusual Publications Appeal Board review of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet in Pretoria yesterday an uncommon situation arose:
Consul officials, ANC, Inkatha at sanctions conference
On Wednesday, Anton Koen and James Henry Cohen, both convicted of common law murder, were taken to the gallows.
‘Staal’ Burger has certainly earned his nickname over the years.
Last night’s urgent visit by the Commonwealth’s secretary general underlines the organisation’s role as primary peace-broker in the SA conflict.
Mandela’s speech can be viewed as an opening thrust, a consolidating speech which was carefully prepared and delivered strictly according to the text.
The atmosphere was electric as hundreds of people waited for the sentence, amid a heavy police presence.
Details of cell structure and a ‘mandate’ to kill … but police don’t believe him.
Prisoners recovering from hunger strike are being chained to their beds in the Johannesburg Hospital. The move is causing an uproar among doctors.
A surprise visit by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Namibia tomorrow.
Abortive sit-in ends on Her Majesty’s chilly front porch.
The battle between PW and FW is not over, it’’s just gone underground. Crucial factors on PW’s side have been the black holes in his own constitution.
The strange and suspicious history of Winnie’s coach.
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/ 24 February 1989
As gun-fire kills child, the puzzle is: Who is really behind this club?
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/ 17 February 1989
Statement comes from prison: ‘We are eating again. A major victory has been won’
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/ 3 February 1989
As MPs file into caucus meeting, a letter of resignation arrives.
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/ 3 February 1989
The new leader of the National Party and putative state president, FW de Klerk, is South Africa’s George Bush.
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/ 20 January 1989
South African politicians and businessmen can be caught committing fraud and bribery and lying publicly and survive.
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/ 20 January 1989
Dr Piet Koornhof offers sympathy and help after death of ANC chief.
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/ 9 December 1988
After 446 days, the mammoth Delmas Treason trial ends in surprise verdicts.
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/ 2 December 1988
We’re back. We’re still strong. And we’re ready to carry on fighting.
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/ 14 February 1986
Senior Advocate George Bizos was due to fly to Cape Town late yesterday for further consultations with Nelson Mandela in Pollsmoor Prison.