By HUW RICHARDS Published: November 3, 2010 If Makhaya Ntini had done nothing but take wickets for South Africa, he would have been a memorable cricketer. Ntini, though, will go down in history for far more than that. He was the first member of South Africa’s majority black community to play test cricket, perhaps making [...]
Los Angeles Times January 30, 2009 By Scott Kraft South Africa and I have a history, one that goes beyond the headlines. I arrived here as The Times’ bureau chief in 1988, when college campuses back home were pulsing with anti-apartheid protests, to cover what would turn out to be the last years of the [...]
South Africa Sunday Times ( South Africa) August 17, 2008 By Brendan Boyle 2. THE RACE CARD: Is it abused for political gain? ‘We know that elites of all kinds, including black elites inour country, play race cards for their own narrow purposes’ – Jeremy Cronin ‘It is a refuge of all scoundrels, and we must eliminate itin our bod…
South Africa Financial Mail Edition August 29, 2008 By Carol Paton Changing the racial composition of the workforce will be"a long haul", says ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe, and it isnot likely that the policy of affirmative action will be phased out any timesoon. Affirmative action remains a policy of both the ANC andCosatu…
South Africa Sunday Times ( South Africa) July 27, 2008 By Rowan Philp NO black person had ever swum from Robben Island to the mainland until Masimo-a-Badimo Magerman, acting on a bet, tackled the freezing, shark-infested water. Magerman couldn’t even swim properly until early last year. But last month – just 16 months after a power-lun…
