Who is the African child?
Rumbidzai Marime The heart-wrenching bloodbath on June 16, 1976 of students marching down Commissioner Street vigorously protesting to a life of undue restrictions, unexplained impositions, general unfairness of their existence and…
Is it half full or half empty? A case of Sadc’s mixed performance in gender parity targets
Gender equality is firmly rooted in the regional integration agenda and SADC Member States support the fundamental principle that both women and men must be engaged in decision-making at all…
Trust and love: Moving on after infidelity
AN old adage goes: “Only those who trust can find love and happiness. And only those who love can be betrayed”. One may want to say that this adage is true,…
SA’s real ticking time bomb: The black middle class
Steven Friedman OUR real “ticking time bomb” may be not poverty, but what it always has been — race. Our angriest people may not be those forced to survive on much…
Oscar’s mental report details revealed
PRETORIA. — Oscar Pistorius is not a narcissist, has no history of inappropriate violence and appears to be in serious mourning over the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Obama tops ‘worst president’ list
WASHINGTON. — A new poll on Wednesday found President Barack Obama, who is enduring a tough second term, topping a list of the worst US leaders since World War II.
Protests in India over MP rape threat
NEW Delhi. — Protesters set fire on Wednesday to an effigy of an Indian lawmaker who had threatened the rape of his rivals’ relatives as a storm over his comments…
‘No surprise if Boko Haram in SA’
CAPE TOWN. — South Africans should not be surprised if Boko Haram splinter groups are operating in the country, Deputy International Relations Minister Luwellyn Landers said on Wednesday.
UK mulls law against ‘revenge porn’
LONDON. — Angry lovers who post naked images of former partners on the internet without their consent could face prosecution in Britain, the justice secretary said on Tuesday.
Top five World Cup record breakers
THIS World Cup is being praised as one of the most thrilling in the tournament’s history and it has the numbers to prove it.

