A few days after The Sunday Times broke the news of Stephen Watson’s article about Antjie Krog, I received two phone calls. The first was from someone whose relationship with English was strained, and who was very fond of the neologism ”fuckdick”. In the 10 seconds that passed before I hung up, he explained that, […]
On the back of a strong run over the last three years, South Africa’s listed property sector is expected to produce a total return of 16% over the next year — made up of 10% growth in distributions and 6% growth in capital. This is according to Metropolitan Asset Managers (MetAM), a division of Metropolitan.
The new president of the South African Rugby Union has been in power for a week. Like all his predecessors since readmission in 1992, Oregan Hoskins was elected not because of who he was, but who he wasn’t. Given the two years of turmoil that preceded last Friday’s vote, it’s hard to remember that Hoskins’s predecessor was welcomed as warmly as the likeable Durban lawyer.
Chelsea’s latest swoop into the transfer market will cost them nothing. Well, nothing if you don’t count Bayern Munich captain Michael Ballack’s reported world-leading £121 000-a-week salary plus perks such as cars, a house and 24-hour help with his plumbing.
A police investigation has been launched after deaf football fans complained they had lip-read LiverÂpool’s Steve Finnan making a racist remark towards Patrice Evra of Manchester United. The Merseyside club immediately denounced the claim as an ”outrageous slur”.
In the business of grooming modern footballers, it must be an advantage to position an academy several distractions away from the heart of a chic, sun-kissed city. Barcelona’s youth department lies off the beaten track, tucked away in the rural outskirts. Their base is called La Masia, which means ”the farmhouse”. It is clearly a fertile spot for breeding.
New-vehicle sales remain buoyant, despite a predicted slowdown, with such sales, in February, increasing by 17,2% year-on-year to 50Â 196. "Vehicle sales continue to show strong growth," Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s vice-president, Nigel Harris said.
Shane Warne urged Australian selectors on Friday to pick his Victorian teammate, Shane Harwood, for this month’s Test series in South Africa. Warne said that although Michael Kasprowicz, Jason Gillespie or Shaun Tait would adequately replace Glenn McGrath, he believed Harwood could also do the job.
Assertive denials of allegations that Antjie Krog is a plagiarist have come from two of Krog’s publishers, Stephen Johnson of Random House and Nèlleke de Jager of Kwela Books. The reactions follow something of a publishing tradition in South Africa. When Pamela Jooste was accused of plagiarism in People Like Ourselves, Johnson wasted no time […]
When the <i>Mail& Guardian</i> recruited four hoodlums to review <i>Tsotsi</i>, they said he was just ‘too soft’ to be a real gangster. Director Gavin Hood is a little pissed off, writes Pippa de Bruyn.