Editorial

The Chiel
Eye of the beholder IMAGE is something we all have. Some work on it, others couldn't care less what they look like or how they behave while internationally people are categorised the way they appear in public too. Take the Aussies. One caricatur...

EDITORIAL OPINION True friend
COMING FROM anybody else the remarks might be condemned as insulting, even racist. "...There is no way you can assume that yesterday's oppressed will not become tomorrow's oppressors. We have seen it happen all over the world and we shouldn't be ...

SPCA needs help with strays on roads
REPEATED calls to various authorities requesting an answer to the problems caused by cattle left unattended and wandering on busy roads, including the N2, remain unanswered and the problems unsolved. Calls for help to assist us to move them also...

Calling all Commercial High matrics of 1978
WE are looking for all the matrics of 1978 who attended the Commercial High School, now Stirling High School, as we are planning a 21-year reunion. We were the first Std 6s in a brand-new school, the first Std 7s and the first matrics to go from ...

Trout do not belong in SA
FRED CRONEY wrote an article in the Daily Dispatch (Oct 26) on flyfishing for trout. Once again I must note that trout are not indigenous to South Africa. They are alien predaceous fish and have been introduced into over 82 countries in the worl...

Delay in acting on fake drivers' licences deplored
THE Democratic Party in the Eastern Cape finds the delayed prosecution of four East London city councillors in possession of fraudulent driver's licences deplorable. Once again, there seems to be a reluctance to enforce the rule of law upon those...

There are good reasons to emigrate
I WAS interested to see the segment on World Watch recently dealing with the stand taken by President Mandela on the subject of emigration. As the dictionary clearly defines, to emigrate means ''to leave one's own country to settle in another''....

Let convicts clean up litter
PLASTIC bag litter is a major problem in Queenstown. The municipal dump is very close to the suburb of Bergsig, on the slopes of Madeira mountain. This dump is on open land and is only semi-controlled, with a bulldozer to cover the waste. Until...

Guns now a big problem
GUNS were once used for self-protection and would normally only be issued to valid licence holders. These days, it is not just adults seen with guns but teenagers, who have a tendency to be careless and boastful when they have them. This can crea...

The black hole of Bisho
SCIENTISTS have been speculating for years on the exact nature of black holes in space, which are caused by old suns collapsing under their own weight. They exert so much gravity that not even light can escape and anything -- even whole planets --...

Building castles in the air
THESE days it looks as though every Tom, Dick and Harry just needs to have a dream overnight and get into the streets next morning with a banner canvassing for support and become a politician. Even former rugby boss Louis Luyt now has a dream of ...

Premier passed the buck to Pretoria
IT is difficult to agree with Premier Stofile's explanation on radio of what happened in Bisho on Sept 30. I was about two metres away from where the memorandum of the South African Agricultural Union was handed to him. His opening sentence w...