Yearly Archives: 2001

Nieps board now hardly fuctioning Glenda Daniels An exodus of economists is under way from what was once one of the countrys most influential economic think-tanks, the African National Congresss National Institute for Economic Policy (Niep). More than half of Nieps economists have left for the private sector, government and academia this year, or are […]

whipping boy The Cape Guineas in February is widely regarded as the premier event for three-year-olds, with pundits trying to narrow down the major contenders for months before the race is run. Trainer Mike de Kocks Flight Alert, recent impressive winner of the Dingaans at Turffontein, is being widely tipped as a shoo-in for the […]

Gavin Foster With 24 South African titles behind him Alfie Cox is the most successful motor sportsman of all time in the country. Hes also pretty hot internationally, having finished strongly in every one of the four Dakar Rallies hes contested. With best results of third, fourth and fifth, the works KTM rider is now […]

For many years people in this country and elsewhere pretended not to know anything about the daily atrocities perpetuated by successive apartheid governments on our country’s black people. They preferred only to concentrate on the reaction (often justifiably violent) of the oppressed people on various organs of the apartheid state and its support civil structures, […]

How a quiet French intellectual revolutionised British sporting culture Andrew Anthony Just after Arsenal Football Club won the Double in 1998, David Dein, the vice-chairman, filled out a hotel form for his team manager, Arsne Wenger. He wrote down his name and address, and then, in the section marked “occupation”, he entered “miracle worker”. One […]

Africa would go a long way towards solving its problems if Africans acknowledged their role in causing the mess it is in, writes Shyaka Kanuma Will South Africa work now that political power is firmly in the hands of the black majority? This apparently impudent, patronising question has been asked a million times since 1994. […]

Marianne Merten The Democratic Alliance-controlled Cape Town council late on Thurday agreed to give up three seats on its decision-making body, the executive committee. This came hours after DA caucus discussions following a court challenge by the African National Congress to prevent the election of former Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel as mayor. At the […]

From page 48 players try to rattle their cage, the more they betray their own self doubts. Even Adam Gilchrist, the calm, sensible vice-captain, got it embarrassingly wrong before the Test started. “Every time we play against South Africa it is regarded as the world championship,” he said, promisingly. “There is a lot riding on […]

Professor Mbeki (PhD. www) secures a place in historys Hall of Shame NO blows BARRED Sipho Seepe Great leaders “make the times” by delighting us with new insights and perspectives. Their profound insights, often beyond our comprehension, advance thought and influence subsequent thinking. The likes of Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Malcom X […]

REVIEW Gavin Foster Kia Carnival, R236985 Kias Carnival sold elsewhere as the Sedona is a big bus. Almost 5m long, 1 900mm wide and 1 790mm high, the Korean wagon looks a lot more imposing than it feels from behind the wheel. Available in South Africa with a choice of 121kW 2,5-litre six-cylinder petrol power […]