It is easy to forget that South Africa was once the only country in the world to willingly give up its nuclear status. (Remember FW de Klerk came out as the good guy after decades of nuclear cronyism). All of this could change if we lose the looming battle against PBMRs and Mini-Koeberg. So where...

CONTRARY to some outrageous figures doing the rounds that one in four South African's is HIV positive, (call them urban legends if you will), the prevelance of HIV is a lot lower than the scare stories presume. According to the Nelson-Mandela/HSRC study, HIV prevalance is closer to one in ten, or...

PICASSO's bulls reminds me of another bull story — apparently the same Marilyn Martin responsible for this years ground-breaking exhibition, curated a boycott-breaking show in Pinochet's fascist Chile during the reign of apartheid president PW Botha no less. Amazing really how things have changed...

AS somebody who was acquainted with the actor Brett Goldin, I know that he would want us to do something about the extremely violent way in which he died. We are reaping the consequences of ultra-violent television programming that leaves nothing to the imagination, and a culture that is hooked o...

ACCORDING to the current debate in Wikipedia, the South African Constitution played a relatively unimportant part in history compared to the TRC. If this sounds bizarre, consider the fact that although this year is the tenth anniversary of enactment of our bill of rights enshrining democratic fre...

URANIUM threatens the health of mine workers and the communities surrounding the mines. According to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, uranium mining has been responsible for the largest collective exposure of workers to radiation. One estimate puts the number of wor...