I’ve been feeling down, worried and most of all uninspired. The reason behind this psychological semi-breakdown I am having is the environment I work in and the state of our country. You get up for work every day; it pays your bills, keeps a roof over your head and food in your belly. It is
White oldie population explosion
A major study published by the United Nations has warned that the growing numbers of white and Asian elderly people presented significant challenges to welfare, pension and health care systems in both developing and developed nations. And it bemoans the fact that skills and knowledge that older people have acquired are going to waste in
Obama ignores black child soldiers
U.S. President Barack Obama, for the third year in a row, has waived almost all U.S. sanctions that would punish certain countries that use child soldiers. Most of the countries are in Africa and child soldiers are mostly black. Late Friday afternoon, Obama issued a presidential memorandum waiving penalties under the Child Soldiers Protection Act
Boer women and children died ‘due to backwardness’
A letter writer in Business Day, as well as an academic at the University of Cape Town, Elizabeth van Heyningen, claim that Boer women and children died in British concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer war because they were “backward” and did not know about soap and water. Van Heyningen implies that it was really a
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Launch Declaration: Coalition for a Free Palestine
Coalition for a Free Palestine Launch Declaration The historic launch of the Coalition for a Free Palestine (CfP) which took place Friday 28th September was a resounding success. Political parties, trade unions, faith based organisations, student movements and human rights groups spoke passionately about the freedom of Palestine; the CfP adopted a founding document, program of
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20-year sentence for Security Minister’s drug-dealing wife
The prison sentences of Sheryl Cwele — former wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele — and her co-accused were increased to 20 years on Monday. “The effects of their deeds on the community at large far outweigh their personal circumstances and justify a long term of imprisonment,” the Supreme Court of Appeal concluded. Cwele
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Hundreds at Corrie Sanders’s funeral
Hundreds of friends and relatives of former world heavyweight boxing champion Corrie Sanders filled the Wonderpark NG church in Pretoria North for his funeral on Monday morning. Slides of Sanders were projected onto a wall with Josh Groban’s song ‘You Raise Me Up’ playing in the background. His mother Alida and brother Mike, along with
Marikana massacre scene inspected
By Genevieve Quintal and Jonisayi Maromo A judicial inquiry into the shooting of striking Lonmin platinum workers at Marikana in August concluded an inspection on Monday of the hills where the workers were killed. Two North West crime scene experts led retired judge Ian Farlam and his team around the area where 34 miners were
Public works department in financial disarray
Financial chaos continues to dog the public works department, according to the Auditor General (AG). This resulted in AG Terence Nombembe giving the department another disclaimer for the 2011/12 financial year — one of the worst audit opinions possible. Nombembe said he could not rely on information provided by the department about, among other things,
Foreign powers could stir up domestic conflict in SA
by Ewald Wessels ALLISTER Sparks labels the 1913 Land Act “the original sin of all SA’s racist laws” (It’s time to end the disruptive migrant labour system, September 26), but he neglects to mention a critical fact: the 1913 Land Act was the work of a commission appointed by Lord Alfred Milner, under the chairmanship
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Corrie Sanders’s murderers in court
Three black men accused of murdering former world heavyweight boxing champion Corrie Sanders appeared in the Brits Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Paida Fish, 19, Samuel Mabena, 27, and Chris Moyo, 25, each face one count of murder and three charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances. The matter was postponed to October 8 for further investigation.
60% of 10111 crimes ‘not registered’
Nearly 60 percent of the crimes reported to the police’s 10111 call centre do not get registered and are not investigated, The Star reported on Monday. The SA Police Service’s (SAPS) performance claims could not be verified because of a lack of administrative control, according to Auditor General Terence Nombembe. So-called “positive incident reports” to
Bursary for whites only legal, court finds
The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled it was within someone’s right give bursaries to only white students, according to a report on Saturday. The ruling came after Daphne de Villiers from Stellenbosch in her last will and testament determined that the trustees of the Jean Pierre de Villiers Trust, which she created, must allocate R250,000
Marikana inquiry starts
The judicial inquiry into the shooting at Lonmin’s Marikana mine will begin in Rustenburg in the North West on Monday. The commission of inquiry would start with public hearings at 9am at the town’s civic centre. On Monday, all parties involved would go to the area where 34 striking workers of the Lonmin Platinum mine