Editorial

SATURDAY VIEW April Fool
IN sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April 1, the last day of an octave of festivities. The French celebrated it in much the same way as January 1 is marked today. But Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for ...

The Chiel
Better a blanket name RENAMING the Basil Kenyon Stadium to become Waverley Park has ruffled feathers, especially among old guard traditionalists. I must say it caught me by surprise. That seems to have been the idea. Rugby writer Brian McLean ha...

Driver's licence for SAPS not necessary
I AM more than worried about the strategy of the Department of Safety and Security in the recruitment of police officers. To me it seems as if job opportunities are only guaranteed to the privileged individuals and mostly the capitalists. It is ...

EL is the world - thanks to technology
While I was living in East London I missed something in the Dispatch but I had no access to a print version (the print version is passed on to cats to read in their litter box). A few minutes later I had an A4 print of the article and a few other...

Stand by your man
ALLOW ME to thank all women of the calibre of Hillary Clinton and Elna Boesak who have stood by their husbands through very difficult times. They have taken seriously the vows they made before God, "for richer for poorer, for better or worse". T...

Eric Naki BISHO BLEAT
Not even legislature safe from thieves THIEVES have invaded the provincial legislature corridors once again. This time the marauding thugs have come up with a new strategy. They still steal money from jackets that remain hanging in offices and le...