Lauren Shantall Making a mini-pilgrimage to see the saffron-robed Sai Baba could easily be classified under the header “The Weird and the Wonderful”. For Baba is the controversial holy man who has been seen belching rings of blue flame from his belly, the venerable Sri who manifests gawdy gold jewellery from the aether, and the […]
Last week former Bafana Bafana player Eric September was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the murder of his fiance – he never revealed why he did it Nawaal Deane In 1994 Eric September was on the road to becoming a Bafana Bafana star, having made his debut for the national soccer side. At […]
workers Glenda Daniels An International Resource and Information Group (Ilrig) survey released on June 1 by the municipal workers in Cape Town showed that there is very little support for the local government’s restructuring plans. Contents of the survey centred on work organisation, labour relations, service delivery and municipal restructuring (including the Unicity mega-city model). […]
John Grobler The tangled skeins of apartheid’s past in Namibia got yet another knot this week when a former security branch policeman claimed that as many as 2 000 former Swapo guerrillas were at one stage held in the camps from where Dr Wouter Basson’s 200 victims were allegedly selected. Former security branch member Linus […]
Ivor Powell Top management at the SABC quietly set up a committee earlier this year dedicated to resisting the shake-up it expected from an independent consultancy’s investigation into how to salvage the corporation. Human resources chief Cecilia Khuzwayo (who was appointed acting chief executive after the axing of former CE Reverend Hawu Mbatha), as well […]
Martin Woollacott in Freetown President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah’s ministers gathered on Tuesday at the presidential lodge to greet the head of state on his return from a meeting of regional heads in Nigeria. The mood at the Cabinet meeting was termed optimistic, but the truth is that Sierra Leone got less than it wanted in […]
MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Friday 10.50am. THE country’s reserves of gold and foreign exchange rose in May despite a heavy outflow of capital during the month, data on Friday showed, sending a good signal to domestic markets recovering from a recent beating. The country’s central bank also managed to keep its net open foreign exchange […]
LUCIA MUTIKANI, Johannesburg | Friday 3.20pm. SHARES on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange will remain under the spell of US markets next week, despite increasing potential for an upward thrust, traders and asset managers said on Friday. ”The thing to watch out for is the US markets. The feeling in our market is that we are […]
Mars has always been a scary presence in sci-fi movies, and a new invasion of space-operas is continuing the tradition. Jeff Dawson explores the next frontier.
JULIAN GUYER, Nottingham | Thursday 6.30pm. ENGLAND were 94 without loss after 37 overs at tea on the first day of the second and final Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Mike Atherton was 46 not out off 115 balls with nine fours and Mark Ramprakash 40 not out off 109 with six […]