Who will turn out to be The Devil In The Detail? President Jacob Zuma has given a team of senior retired judges two years in which to get to the bottom of the allegations that hundreds of millions of rands were paid in bribes related to the R70-billion arms deal. For more on this article […]
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Can the Israeli-Palistine prisoner swap be the answer to the “failing peace” in the Middle East? Times LIVE is covering the story: “I missed my family,” a gaunt Shalit, his breathing laboured at times, said in an interview with Egyptian TV conducted before he was transferred to Israel and broadcast after he went free. “I […]
The furore continues to rage over the Dalai Lama’s non-visit to South Africa; here’s the latest on the “Dalai Drama”: Anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu had invited the Tibetan spiritual leader, a fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner, to give an inaugural peace lecture as part of celebrations for Tutu’s 80th birthday on Friday. Complete article: Times […]
Attend the show and read the book. Forde, the author of An Inconvenient Youth: Julius Malema and the ‘New’ ANC, will be in conversation with Ronnie Kasrils, winner of the 2011 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for The Unlikely Secret Agent. Tickets cost R50 per person, a complimentary glass of wine and a cheese and […]
