Weekly Mail Reporters

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.

Abortive sit-in ends on Her Majesty’s chilly front porch.

A surprise visit by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Namibia tomorrow.

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.