Editorial

SATURDAY VIEW Hall of horrors
SEVERAL viable human pregnancies are in progress in which cloned test-tube embryos were implanted in host mothers, but the rate of miscarriage is higher than normal, according to newspaper reports this week. The head of a human cloning firm in La...

The Chiel
September rain EAST London's good rainfall continues relentlessly and the total so far this year has now passed the annual average ­ with three months to come. Figures supplied by the city engineer's department waterworks branch read like t...

Gay MP outrages Orthodox Jews
FOR the first time, a declared homosexual is about to become a member of Israel's parliament, and except for predictable outrage from Orthodox Jewish legislators, the prospect has attracted little attention. Gay activists say this reflects growin...

Eclipse warning
LARGE numbers of South Africans could suffer serious eye injuries during the eclipse over the country on December 4 because of a shortage of eclipse viewing glasses, a company involved in preparations around the event warned this week. WildNetAfr...

Bisho Bleat
Balance of forces trouble for the ANC DESPITE the new habit of position-mongering at ANC conferences, at last weekend's Amathole regional conference some important issues were discussed in the commissions. One of them tackled the issue of "balanc...

Staying on track
BARELY a short decade ago, Nelson Mandela used the lofty platform of a World Economic Forum gathering in Cape Town to sing the praises of the ANC's long-standing commitment to its policy of nationalisation and condemn the privatisation of state as...

ANCIENT ART
A South Korean martial arts master wearing an ancient soldier's uniform performs with a sword during a military art contest to celebrate the National Foundation Day of Korea at the Korean folk museum in Seoul this week. Korea marked the 4335th ...