Conservative whites lack the cohesive political leadership that is necessary to lead them beyond the laager of exclusion Charles Villa-Vicencio ‘Every time a white person speaks in this conference, another white stands up and says he or she is not speaking for me.” An observation made at the recent racism conference in Sandton. At Stellenbosch […]

Tigana Jon Henderson Jean Tigana could have been excused for feeling nervous at the start of the Football League season. He knows as well as anyone that Mohamed al-Fayed’s munificence – a salary of about oe500 000 for the new manager and resources to buy players that no other first division club enjoys – comes […]

couture set Charl Blignaut It was a classic case of a headline in search of a story, but still, South African Fashion Week (SAFW) will one day be grateful to journalist Craig Jacobs. He may have been the subject of more elegantly hissed expletives than any other hack in the history of local fashion, but […]

The controversy surrounding the John Robbie interview with the minister of health has clouded the real issues about HIV and Aids Timothy Trengove-Jones We are all familiar with the details of the case Minister of Health v John Robbie. We also all know the theory that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. […]

l Formed by royal charter 100 years ago, hence Real meaning Royal l One of only three clubs, with Barcelona and Osasuna, “owned” by the “socios” or club members l There are 68E000 “socios” l Dictatorial former president Santiago Bernabeu helped to organise the first European Cup, which Real won by beating Stade de Reims […]

Woodstock Riaan Wolmarans Unlike the famous event it is named after, there will be no mud at Woodstock. There also won’t be kwaito or jazz, despite it being billed as “the only known South African festival that incorporates all angles of pop culture”. That aside, the Woodstock Pop Culture Experience will this year present four […]

justice shop Peter Dickson Port Elizabeth’s St Albans prison is set to become a one-stop justice shop for awaiting-trial prisoners when South Africa’s first court within a jail opens next month. Bankrolled by Business Against Crime (BAC) in the Eastern Cape, the venture aims to reduce escapes and slash transport costs between the prison and […]

The 23rd anniversary of Steve Biko’s death was commemorated with the first annual Steve Biko memorial lecture presented by Njabulo S Ndebele. This is an edited version I confess to being one of those who have had an ambivalent attitude towards the recent national conference on racism. On the one hand, I welcomed the attention […]

Ben Cousins Crossfire Dr Gilingwe Mayende’s reply to my criticisms of the manner in which land reform in South Africa is currently being managed (”Didiza’s doing what she should”, August 25 to 31) fails to reassure on the quality of current leadership in land reform. The central thrust of criticism – declining government capacity – […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday THE biggest black empowerment initiative in South African banking is to be announced by Nedcor, which is selling a controlling stake in Peoples Bank and FBC Fidelity Bank to Western Cape based listed company Brimstone. Nedcor’s hostile bid for for Standard Bank Investment Corporation was disallowed by government earlier this […]