CONSTITUTIONAL TEST
By William Mervin Gumede
Rights to shelter sound great on paper; but in practice? What, exactly, is the minimum obligation of the State to provide basic subsistence services to its poor? Judge Arthur Chaskalson . . . test case with deep implicationsThe Constitutional Court, in a landmark judgment, will deter...

ARROWS OF COMPETITION
By Peter Wilhelm
The major problem of the Cape Town transport war between Golden Arrow bus drivers and taxi operators is not its violence; considerable police and army reinforcements have been brought into the townships to arrest last week's precipitate plunge ...

TURNING TIDES AT MUIZENBERG HERALD A SEA CHANGE
By Peter Wilhelm
No-one quite knows when the malaise set in, but the old-timers agree that Muizenberg's glory decades were dazzling indeed. Agatha Christie once set a murder mystery in the False Bay resort; historical homes dot the seafront; the beach, with its...

SCRUB THAT OFF THE BOARD, SLOW DOWN AND TRY AGAIN
By Claire Bisseker
The ditching of Curriculum 2005 is both brave and disappointing. Brave, because government is acknowledging its mistakes; disappointing, because much time and money has been wasted in the hasty implementation of a flawed policy. ==ca2...

EDUCATIONAL DELIVERANCE
By Barney Mthombothi
Education, it has been proven down the ages, is not merely an empowering tool but also a civilising pursuit. The acquisition of knowledge is key to human development. No branch or type of knowledge can be said to be without any intrinsic...

DEMARCATING GREATER LOCAL DEMOCRACY?
By John Seiler
The local government demarcation was intended to end on June 1, with the Municipal Demarcation Board handing over to the Independent Electoral Commission. But the formal completion of demarcation has been put off at least until July 1 - ...