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/ 9 February 2001
Mel Gibson has a certain comic talent, which emerged in his <i>Lethal Weapon</i> series of movies – a kind of practical-joker air, a naughty-boy glint in the eyes. It rendered his mad-policeman character appealing and memorable, and made a pleasant change after the grimly taciturn road warrior he played in the Mad Max films. After all, we really only need one Clint Eastwood.
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/ 9 February 2001
Peter Robinson cricket Is Allan Donald’s head worth R1 000? His wicket certainly is if you are to believe Ray Jennings, the Easterns coach who dumped all over his young fast bowler Andre Nel last weekend for bursting into tears when he felled Donald. Ultra-competitive and ever-abrasive, Jennings was far less concerned about the fuss […]
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/ 9 February 2001
Barry Streek ‘Political tourism” provides huge economic benefits to the Cape Town region and Parliament is worth about R870-million a year to the local economy, according to the chief executive officer of Cape Metropolitan Tourism, Rick Taylor. The presence of Parliament in Cape Town ensures there is a steady flow of political tourism to the […]
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/ 9 February 2001
Belinda Beresford Free anti-fungal drugs widely needed by people with HIV/Aids may be distributed within a few weeks, in line with an agreement signed two months ago by the Department of Health and the donor, drug company Pfizer. The Medicines Control Council has said it will decide next week whether to register the anti-fungal agent […]
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/ 9 February 2001
Jubie Matlou Schmidtsdrift lies in the middle of nowhere, tucked away in thorny acacia bush about 80km south of Kimberley. The route to the tent township, as the area is commonly known, is not signposted, save for roadside signs warning of roaming game kudu, guinea fowl and donkeys. However remote it may be, Schmidtsdrift was […]
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/ 9 February 2001
Suzan Chala South Africa is soon to get its first Aids village the second country after Botswana to provide a space for people with the deadly disease to live out the rest of their lives as productive people. Construction will start this month in Roodepoort outside Johannesburg on land donated to an interdenominational ministry, Sparrow […]
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/ 9 February 2001
David Macfarlane Staff at Vista University, who are withholding their identities for fear of victimisation, have sent a letter to President Thabo Mbeki, Minister of Education Kader Asmal and Parliament’s public accounts committee detailing a horrific history of mismanagement, embezzlement of funds, abuse of power and nepotism at the university. The letter recalls the hopes […]
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/ 9 February 2001
Maureen Freely Body Language Do you ever look at your husband when he’s fast asleep and wish he were someone else? If you answered yes, Laura Doyle, America’s new self-help queen, has some bad news for you. The person you should be blaming is yourself. The biggest mistake you ever made was throwing away your […]
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/ 9 February 2001
A second responsibility of public, or government-funded, universities is research.
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/ 9 February 2001
A PARYS farmer, Chris van Zyl, was this week fined R19 000 for brutally assaulting two Eskom workers by tying them to a motorbike, dragging them around naked, shooting at them and saying, ?I will show you how I will kill kaffirs.? However, magistrate Johan Visagie this week refused to declare Van Zyl unfit to […]