Andy Capostagno RUGBY A new Springbok squad with a new captain and a Super 12 dream final in the same week. It’s almost enough to make you forget that, once again, the lone South African team got eliminated in the semifinals. Almost enough to make you forget that, once again, South Africa’s Super 12 franchises […]
Harry Pearson Cricket is often praised as an elegant game, but it’s fair to say that not since the days of Asif Iqbal and his billowing flares has the game produced any player who could remotely be described as a fashion leader. These days cricketers do their best to look hip and modern with their […]
In an article entitled “‘Rock Bottom’ Morale at Wits”, the Mail & Guardian turns its attention to the question of restructuring at the university. The entire tertiary sector is currently grappling with this issue and we welcome attempts to promote awareness about and debate on this crucial topic. In order to take the debate forward, […]
Last week Kay Hassan was formally handed the DaimlerChrysler award for South African Contemporary Art 2000 Matthew Krouse Stuttgart, May 18. Amid fanfare and a notable degree of overkill, South African artist Kay Hassan received the newly launched and already coveted first DaimlerChrysler award for South African Contemporary Art 2000. Much has recently been written […]
Former President Nelson Mandela says a landmark draft agreement has been worked out between rebels and the government that could finally end the long-running Burundi civil war.
Mandy Collins Ensuring that your children will have the best possible education is no longer a simple matter. While many state schools continue to provide an excellent grounding, it cannot be guaranteed that one of these schools will be near you. Nor is financial preparation for such contingencies necessarily a simple matter. A little hard […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Windhoek | Friday 11.00am. ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe has urged landless Namibians to follow his country’s example and forcibly reclaim their land if white farmers refuse to share it. ”If the other neighbouring countries have problems similar to the ones we have encountered, why not apply the same solution as Zimbabwe. It is […]
THE government is to spend about R100-million over the next 10 to 15 years to clean up abandoned asbestos mines and dumps in the Northern Province, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, according to the Business Report. R45-million has already been spent over the past 13 years rehabilitating the dumps and mines. The budget this year is […]
SASOL is to construct a R1-billion detergent alcohol plant at Secunda, according to the Business Report. Sasol said the plant, due to be commissioned in March 2002, will add considerable value to its fuel from coal operations and become a major export earner. It will have an annual capacity of 120000 tons. Output will go […]
MUSLIM rebels holding 21 mostly foreign hostages, including two South Africans, for more than a month on Friday cancelled the planned start of formal talks with Philippine government negotiators. Manila’s chief negotiator, Roberto Aventajado, said the guerrillas called off Friday’s talks because they have moved the hostages. He now expects the talks to start on […]