Apartheid should not be blamed for our own shortcomings

Remember the story of the kid who murdered his parents and was found guilty by the courts?

If you think diamonds are forever, do you still believe in the tooth fairy?

Millions of years ago, massive pressures caused by the cooling of the earth's molten crust forced molecules of carbon into a three-dimensional lattice.

That tremendous energy stored within the lattice

What's really going on in this fight between the medical aids and the pharmacies?

I'M treading somewhat warily these days after the poison pen letter from an irate doctor who takes great exception to my suggestion that not all of his medical colleagues have their sights on the 21st cen

Roelf Meyer's decision to tie the knot with Bantu Holomisa may not have been a good career move

At a recent drunken discussion to solve the problems of the universe, I asked a friend what it would take to turn Roelf Meyer into a real force in politics.

Said friend — who is of

History is happening all around us. Have you noticed?

JULY 1997 looks set to pass with a whimper rather than a bang.

Black and white South Africans are finally developing something in common.

Next time some religious maniac tries to muzzle the Internet because he wants to protect your kids from the evils of pornography, think again

WE were somewhat fortunate to be travelling the Maputo corridor a week before armed maniacs pulled off the third biggest robbery in this country

It's probably wiser for South Africans to hang together than hang separately . .

What do you get when you cross a Kruger Park lion with a Mozambican refugee?

SIMBA sighed. He had not had a pleasant day.

Political morality is still quite simple. On the one side is the high ground of righteousness. On the other is the abyss of turpitude. Dividing them sit those with each cheek on either side of the fence...

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, wrote Samuel Johnson.