Yearly Archives: 2001

In response to the Robert Kirby column (November 30), the smartcard swap has been necessary to upgrade the security for decryption and reliability of our signal. Internationally, pay-TV operators are upgrading smartcards every two to three years as technology evolves. MultiChoice Africa has deployed agents across the country to facilitate convenience to subscribers. The query […]

Immigration legislation needs to be passed urgently to facilitate the flow of finance managers, IT personnel and engineers into the country Glenda Daniels Over the past year South Africa lost more professionals than during any similar period in the past 60 years, according to the South African Institute of Race Relation’s latest report on the […]

The Cape summer season gets into full swing on Saturday with its first grade one event, the R200 000 Cape Fillies Guineas over a mile on the Kenilworth new course. The favourite, Tatler, hails from Port Elizabeth and the daughter of Hard Up certainly has the class and the form to justify her position at […]

Offshore listings, speculators and the situation in Zimbabwe have handed the currency a thrashing Mungo Soggot Shocking figures released by the Reserve Bank this week show that an annualised R45-billion left South Africa in the third quarter because of the major local companies that have listed offshore, exacerbating the collapse of the rand. The figures, […]

The might of Egypt stands in the way of the team from Mamelodi Ntuthuko Maphumulo They came, they saw, but can Sundowns conquer Africa by being crowned Champions League champions and winning $1-million? The answer will be revealed after 180 minutes the first 90 minutes of which take place at Loftus on Saturday as Sundowns […]

Mungo Soggot A leader of the right-wing underworld, Johan Niemoller, has been sentenced to jail for trading in R1,1-million worth of illegal diamonds. Niemoller was arrested and charged in 1998 in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court for selling the diamonds, but his conviction and sentencing now have special poignancy as his name has come up in […]

South Africa’s bowling line-up holds the key to victory in Australia Peter Robinson According to reports out of Australia, Allan Donald can’t wait to get up and at ’em. Well, we hope so. Even if Donald is fit for half the three-Test series only (which presumes he would break down halfway through the second Test) […]

Recent events provide a chance for the Democratic Alliance to make meaningful changes, argues Tony Leon In a political spectacle that was part drama, part farce, most of the New National Party national and provincial leadership recently withdrew from the Democratic Alliance to pursue cooperative government with the African National Congress. Our detractors believe this […]

Richard Williams The key words were these: “They regard him as a kindred spirit, someone who takes on all-comers and does things his way …” His way. It was impossible to miss the significance of that particular phrase. It appeared in Sunday’s Observer, as part of a piece speculating on the possibility that the members […]

John Young “The days of going into games maybe 10 years ago without a game-plan are gone,” Shaun Pollock told SA Sports Illustrated in September. The curriculum of the national academy obviously does not include South Africa’s 1952/53 tour of Australia. If it did, Pollock would know that one of the biggest cricketing upsets of […]