David Barnes soccer His name is Massimo Lombardo, he is the son of an Italian lorry driver and he could become as famous as Jean-Marc Bosman. Lombardo, a 27-year-old midfielder, played in the relative obscurity of the Swiss league at the weekend for Lausanne against Sion. He is proud of his 12 Swiss caps and […]

Rose Deon Potgieter boxing Dingaan “The Rose of Soweto” Thobela, wrote his name in the annals of international boxing history when he stopped Briton Glen Catley for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middlweight world title on Friday night at Carnival City. Just three fighters before him have managed to win credible world titles in weight […]

Ivor Powell In a bid to end ongoing divisions in the Mpumalanga provincial government, President Thabo Mbeki is expected to axe the province’s controversial Premier, Ndaweni Mahlangu, next week – and replace him with Deputy Minister of Edu- cation Smangaliso Mkhatshwa. Mkhatshwa was originally tipped for the premiership, when Mbeki unexpectedly announced the appointment of […]

Peter Dickson >From the foothills of the Drakensberg in the north to Pondoland in the east and the planned new port of Ngqurha in the south, the Eastern Cape was alive with ghosts this week. First, exasperated teachers being redeployed across the region notched up hundreds of kilometres in the north-eastern Cape trying to find […]

The new CD by Wyclef Jean, the dreadlocked powerhouse behind The Fugees, features ska, 41 gunshots, Pink Floyd and a rapping Kenny Rogers Dom Phillips Hip-hop makes sense in New York: the town that created it is still enslaved by it. On a muggy afternoon, the street vendors on Broadway blast out rap, selling mix […]

REUTERS, Washington | Friday THE International Monetary Fund approved a $11.6m payment to Uganda after completing a review of the African nation’s poverty reduction strategy and other economic reform plans. After a meeting of its executive board, the IMF welcomed Uganda’s efforts to stem a decline in trade and deal with costs arising from bank […]

Hazel Friedman Love is on the air and hearts are aflame as Eugene (pronounced Oogeen) clutches a cheap engagement ring and kneels before the object of his obvious adoration. “Marry me, Pumpkin,” he pleads. The giggling, haute-coiffured, coutured, Pumpkin (her real name) seems equally smitten. “Sure Eugene, honey [giggle], but first I have something to […]

air A United States company is spewing a cocktail of lethal chemicals into the Cape air Paul Kirk The government has threatened to shut down the Caltex refinery in Cape Town after air sampling revealed the air in the city’s Table View area is among the most heavily polluted in the world. Among the lethal […]

Howard Barrell President Thabo Mbeki is driving a R6- million project to record the history of the struggle against apartheid over the 30 years leading up to South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994. His officials in the Office of the Presidency have talked cellphone operator MTN and Nedcor, the banking group, into jointly providing […]

Andrew Muchineripi soccer For many inhabitants of our beautiful land, the Olympic Games have tended to be a peripheral sporting occasion. Events would be watched in various sporting codes without a real feeling of belonging. Not any more. The Amaglug-glug are the most loved of our national football teams and although their group matches in […]