Doctor Khumalo: The S-Curl, the glamour, the funk

Read More In the new documentary 16V, Doctor Khumalo remembers the day he was relieved of his boots and pads by a delegation of Mofolo tsotsis and their dogs. The mugging happened in about 1983, when Doc was sixteen, during one of his hour-long walks from his home in Dube to training in Rockville, via […]

South African Communist Party, Cosatu are stuck with the ANC

Read More Despite being disillusioned with their ally in government, the SACP and the labour federation are unlikely to leave the tripartite alliance The recent national congress of the trade union federation, Cosatu, communicated two contradictory messages. The subject was whether it should remain in the alliance with the governing ANC or turn towards a […]

‘Sack sexist and racist officers’ Met police report rules

Read More The Metropolitan police must take a “zero-tolerance” approach to misogyny and racism and enable offending officers to be sacked more easily, a report into culture and standards at Britain’s biggest police force will say on Monday. The long-awaited report by Louise Casey into how Scotland Yard deals with officers accused of sexual misconduct […]