10. The reply by Tim du Plessis in Beeld to Phylicia Oppelt's racialist article in The Times describing the fight for the future of Afrikaans at Stellenbosch University, and elsewhere, as the "bleating of old white men who yearn for days that are long gone":
The Beeld editor points out that in order for Afrikaans to survive it needs to retain its higher functions. In this respect the language needs to endure as an academic language. It may be, Du Plessis concedes, mostly "old white men" who have taken up the cause. But this is no reason to do nothing. If no-one else but "old white Afrikaans" men intervene, then who shall? Must everyone then remain silent while Afrikaans reverts to a kombuis taal, before becoming totally extinct?
9. Former president Thabo Mbeki's article in The Times on why Haiti matters to him, and should matter to us:
Mbeki writes on the responsibility of the West for the dire situation in that country, not least through the compensation the French had demanded in 1825 for recognizing the new Republic. The piece is eloquently written and moving. There is no mention however of the role played by ‘Papa Doc' Duvalier in the ruination of that country.
8. The Mercury's follow up report on the dealings of South Africa's multi-millionaire police constable and tender-trepreneur Sbu Mpisane and his wife Shawn:
It seems that Zikhulise, owned by Shawn, "had been awarded a tender of about R28m to build a primary school in Molweni", KwaZulu Natal. Meanwhile, the newspaper reported that "During an inspection tour in Umlazi last week, the [Master Builder's Association] inspectorate and independent consulting engineer Richard Morgan found that none of the homes built by Zikhulise would have passed a standard building inspection."