Yearly Archives: 2001

The troubled Road Accident Fund cannot seem to steer clear of controversy Nawaal Deane The deputy chairperson of the cash-strapped Road Accident Fund this week announced his resignation amid internal clashes and allegations that his own firm’s work for the fund constituted a conflict of interest. The controversial selection of an assessor who has a […]

The Springboks embark on their end-of-year tour without the excuse that they’re in a rebuilding phase Andy Capostagno The itinerary may include Genoa and Houston, but the Springbok tour of 2001 can hardly be called a trip into the unknown. If anything, the players and management know rather too much about what to expect from […]

I do not like to bore readers with slanging matches. But allow me to make an exception with Ebrahim Rasool’s letter of October 26 (“Does Rhoda Kadalie want a job with the DA?”). Let me respond to Rasool’s main charges. First, the African National Congress’s “coconut” advertisement is racist. It is a cheap shot that […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni and Gregory Mthembu-Salter The South African government was under such pressure to respond to former president Nelson Mandela’s request to deploy a protection force to war-torn Burundi that it invoked an emergency provision in the Constitution to belatedly inform Parliament of the decision. Last week opposition parties raised concerns about the […]

Staff fear that infighting and an ongoing financial crisis will soon lead to the TV station’s demise Glenda Daniels and David Macfarlane A “cowboy style” management dictates the running of e.tv, causing a massive staff turnover that threatens the survival of the free-to-air broadcaster, staff members say. The controversial three-year-old TV station is racked by […]

Neal Collins Lucas Radebe faces an uncertain future in the game that has been his life. According to sources at Leeds United, the Soweto-reared centre-half might never be able to train properly again, such is the state of his creaking 32-year-old knees. The Chief, Rhoo, Lucas, call him what you will, but life has been […]

Santos eliminated Ajax Cape Town to enter the semifinals of the Coca-Cola Cup Ntuthuko Maphumulo It took 90 minutes of regulation play, 29 minutes of extra time and a golden goal by Jean Marc Ithier on Wednesday to secure Santos a berth in the Coca-Cola Cup semifinal against Kaizer Chiefs this weekend. Ajax Cape Town […]

Neil McIntosh Apple has unveiled a stylised, portable MP3 player that boasts what the company calls a “breakthrough” in storage space and industrial design. The iPod, roughly the same size as a pack of cards and weighing 0,23kg, sports a large five gigabyte hard disk, enough to store 1 000 songs. Apple also claims an […]

Mail & Guardian reporter Food becomes theatre this month when Gauteng launches its annual Gourmet Festival in an attempt to steal some of the limelight from the Cape as the fine dining province of the country. Indeed, the festival aims to promote itself as a positive part of what its press release refers to as […]

Charlene Smith Should women stop on isolated roads for unmarked vehicles occupied by men who may or may not be wearing police uniforms? In a country where police vehicles and cars are routinely stolen and women are often forced off the road and gang-raped, I think any woman who stops her car in a lonely […]