Editorial

SATURDAY VIEW Get happy
A MAN who is both fat and unhealthy -- no insult, his case depends upon it -- is suing McDonald's for making him that way. He claims the advertising of the world's largest burger and property multinational carries no health warning and is therefo...

Bisho Bleat
Fuss over Father Punch IF there was ever any puncher who is good at delivering the most effective and devastating blows, it is Father Punch (FP). His/her anonymous letters are usually addressed to ANC provincial executive committee, MECs, MPLs an...

The Chiel
Get cracking on road EAST London is a maritime city yet boating facilities are limited. The under-utilised Orient Beach has been eyed for some time as a site for water sports. Our sister weekly publication, Go! resuscitated the ongoing debate th...

RED HOT
Anna Tatarintseva, 24, from Moscow, after winning the "Krasa Rosiyi 2002" (Beauty of Russia) contest at Moscow's Circus yesterday. She will go to Nigeria in November to compete in the Miss World 2002 pageant. (AP) East...

LETTERS
q IT SEEMS that the Salvation Army has many followers collecting for its work or ordering from butchers and/or grocery stores with a request for a discount as it is "for the Salvation Army". May I, as minister of the Salvation Army, state that no...

Politicians all awash in a sea of uncertainty
AS PARLIAMENTARIANS start returning to Cape Town this weekend after a politically tempestuous winter recess, one of the issues uppermost in many minds will be the progress of the special task team looking into the possibility of a new electoral sy...

African quality of life still poorest
THE people of Africa, the world's poorest and most conflict-ridden continent, stand to gain the most from democracy-building, which the United Nations says is a key to improving their day-to-day lives. The UN human development index -- its annual...