It’s true, it’s official and it’s great news. Smithfield, our little dorp in the N6, half way between Gauteng and Grahamstown, is hosting a platteland preview of the National Arts Fest fringe. We’re inviting all fringe performers, musicians, visual artists...
TOP police officials regularly put their feet where their mouths should be when appearing in person at the Marikana inquiry, but even when their legal representatives speak for them in court they don’t do much better. Just ask Steven Mothoa …Share this:Click to...
THANKS to an invitation from the University of Pretoria I’ve been having fun teaching a law course to journalism honours students. Something we discussed is that legal documents are worth examining for possible stories beyond the issue in dispute. For …Share...
This is the story of a judge, a Turkish grande dame, a rich young man, an ostentation of peacocks – and a cherry tree. And like George Washington in the famous story, I do not lie. At the centre of …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
GET your cameras out! At last there’s something ordinary residents of Smithfield – and any visitors to the town – can do about environmental villains as well as law enforcement officials who watch with their arms folded. The ‘Clean and …Share this:Click to...