Post Office in ‘danger of collapse if it cannot secure funding’
BY LINDA ENSOR, 15 APRIL 2016, 10:05 Picture: SOWETAN THE South African Post Office (Sapo) faces the potential danger of collapse within a month if it does not secure funding, CEO Mark…
The Panama Papers’ growing impact on Africa
While no African official has yet resigned as a result of the Panama Papers, African journalists involved in the investigation say they have given Africans a wake up call and could even lead to government…
Africa: diplomatic battleground for China and Taiwan
As Chinese influence grows, Taiwan struggles to maintain its grip on its partners in Africa. Kenya has deported Taiwanese nationals to China and there are other examples. The Cold War is not dead – at…
Truth and Reconciliation’s checkered legacy
South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is seen as a model showing how to redress injustice in the aftermath of a bruising conflict. For most of the victims of apartheid it has failed to deliver….
‘Unfinished business’ 20 years after the TRC
SUNDAY TIMES NEWS BY BÉATRICE DEBUT , 2016-04-15 Alex Boraine and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the first hearing of the TRC in 1996 Image: JON HRUSA The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was meant to…
20 years after the TRC hearings South Africa’s pain persists
SUNDAY TIMES OPINION & ANALYSIS BY PEARL BOSHOMANE, 2016-04-10 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu breaks down during hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1997 Image: RAYMOND PRESTON The East London City Hall is an…
From Saharanpur to Saxonwold: The incredible journey of the Gupta family
SUNDAY TIMES NEWS BY PREGA GOVENDER , 2011-06-10 THEN AND NOW: The block of flats in Rani Bazar, Saharanpur, where the Guptas grew up. On the right, Atul Gupta at his home in Johannesburg Image:…
Blacks can’t be racist – Malema
15.4.2016 02:50 pm Citizen reporter FILE PICTURE: Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema. Picture: Neil McCartney This comes after Malema tweeted that it’s an act of self-hate for black people to sound whiter that white…
RISE OF THE BOEREMAG: A CASE STUDY
Published in Monograph No 81, March 2003 ‘Volk’ Faith and Fatherland The Security Threat Posed by the White Right Martin Schönteich and Henri Boshoff A few isolated, but significant, violent incidents after 1994 revealed that…
Boeremag Treason Trial Timeline
The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under way amid high security at the Pretoria High Court, with a group of alleged white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the…