Yearly Archives: 1997

The violence-torn taxi industry is slowly changing, reports guest writer Pippa Green.

GRAPES and wine contain a natural antidote to cancer, a discovery that could help explain the so-called ”French paradox” – the lower rates of heart disease and cancer of nations like France, Italy and Spain. John Pezzuto, of the Illinois College of Pharmacy in Chicago, and other scientists report in the American journal Science that […]

CHRIS ROPER loves the production but resents the author of The Winter’s Tale Will Shakespeare peers smugly out of the homely imported foliage that flanks the Maynardville audience, his honest Englishman’s brow softened by the silvery uplight strategically placed to keep him visible throughout performances of his masterworks. Big Bard is watching you, but the […]

The controversial Syrian arms deal seems to have been leaked in an attempt to scupper it, reports Stefaans Brmmer THE government’s handling of the partially approved R3-billion arms deal with Syria has exposed deep divisions in official thinking on the crucial foreign policy area of arms control – and the leak of Cabinet minutes appeared […]

Jay Mathews Social scientists have spent decades trying to discover why some corporate chief executive officers (CEOs) make more money than others. Three university researchers say they now have a surprising answer: snob appeal. Their complex analysis of the records of 61 Fortune 500 companies, controlling the data for company size, CEO tenure and education […]

The svelte HAZEL FRIEDMAN goes out and gorges herself on Feedback Andrew Buckland’s mother would be forgiven for thinking that maybe, just maybe, her multi-talented son harbours repressed feelings of hostility towards her. I mean, carving up your mother’s corpse and turning her anatomical parts – breasts, boep, bum ‘n’ all – into gastronomical delights […]

James Lamont tells Jacquie Golding-Duffy that fellow editors cannot afford not to take him seriously, despite his age He is young and overly cautious, say some. Others argue that his track record is unimpressive and does not qualify him to sit at the helm of Business Report. But 28- year-old James Lamont, the newly appointed […]

Zimbabwe Iden Wetherell in Harare MIRED in intrigue, corruption and controversy, the University of Zimbabwe is rudderless as the hunt for a new vice- chancellor yields few candidates of note willing to take up what has become a troubled command. The last incumbent, Professor Gordon Chavunduka, quit in April 1996 after the problems at the […]

What do falling sperm counts mean for human survival? Robin McKie and Euan Ferguson report from London IF there’s a subject guaranteed to raise a puerile snicker, then sperm – and its fate – have been sure-fire winners down the years. Yet sperm is the stuff upon which our survival depends. Recent confirmation that supplies […]

Charl Blignaut SOUTH AFRICAN music videos have once again emerged in competition as the cream of the crop in Africa. Six of the nine videos nominated for the R57 000 Best Music Video/Clip from Africa prize (Francophone countries excluded as they have their own award) at the highly influential annual Cannes Midem awards, hail from […]