Editorial

EDITORIAL OPINION A leader to love
EVEN at the peak of his popularity while he was president, Nelson Mandela had his detractors -- as he has now. For most people, however, Mandela was a magnet who drew South Africans together. He was an inspiration to the nation, a symbol who gave...

The Chiel
A price to pay WHAT price capitalism? This story is adapted with a South African setting and puts life in the fast lane in perspective. The question one asks at the end: Is it worth it? A boat docked in a small Western Cape fishing village. A Jo...

More than just muti
Western colonialists banned traditional medical practices in some parts of Africa, and modern science continues to sideline them. But Kenya is fighting back, writes John Kamau. THE Kenyan government is proposing to use a herbal cure for the coun...

Lord of the Rings trap set in Zimbabwe
BY coincidence, the film of Part One of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings has arrived here, just as there is intense discussion of South Africa's proposal for a coalition government. Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition Movement for Democratic C...