We don’t want GM foods

I WAS very disturbed to hear on a foreign radio station that “South Africa is second to China in the dash for genetically modified crops and food”. The last programme I listened to last year on this subject said the government had allotted ground to try out GM cotton, soya and, I think, maize or wheat, and have heard nothing since....

Parcels left UK, now missing

IN October and November 2004 my wife and I sent two Christmas presents to our two grandchildren in Port Elizabeth. After waiting anxiously for the unregistered parcels to arrive, we have been advised by the Royal Mail here in England that we can consider them lost whilst in transit, although there is proof they left the UK....

Hudson turns 100

HUDSON Park High and Primary (developed out of Vincent Primary, Clifton Park Primary, Clifton Park Secondary and Clifton Park High schools) celebrate our centenary this year. Celebrations take place during the year, culminating in Founders’ Week from August 8 to 13....

Banks as bad as loan sharks

PEOPLE complain about loan sharks (mashonisa), but registered lending organisations are just as bad....

What to do with historic bat, ball

I HAVE read and listened to the numerous protestations regarding the proposed sale, to the MCC, of the Champions Bat and first Test ball on the grounds of “this is our heritage, this is our history” (“Club drops sale of historic bat”, The Herald, January 27)....

DA a party for all SA’s people

IN response to Patrick Cull’s article “A softer approach from the DA in 2005” (The Herald, January 17), I believe it necessary to dispel certain insidious projections that he makes....