Neal Collins CRICKET Brian Lara might need an eye operation at the end of the West Indies current series against England. The world’s highest-scoring batsman, who bounced back to form with a match-saving century at Old Trafford, suffers from tyrigium – a condition which causes a “skin” to grow over the eyeball. The disease – […]
A new committee of inquiry has been tasked with meeting the needs of the poorest of the poor Glenda Daniels An integrated and comprehensive social security system, to include the government’s current R18-billion social assistance programme, is on the cards now that a committee of inquiry has begun its work. The draft plan has to […]
Paul Kirk A Gauteng attorney has mysteriously vanished with tens of millions of rands he was supposedly helping to spirit out of the country. Johannesburg-based attorney Spyrodon Akritides is being investigated by police and the South African Reserve Bank on suspicion of having illegally ferreted up to R300-million out of the country, using fraudulent documentation. […]
A million British clubbers will dance away the Ibiza summer – and ‘cross-media’ companies are using cellphone text messages to market the fun John Cassy It is 8pm on Saturday and the crowds of revellers are already out in force, ready for an evening of fun in the West End of San Antonio, Ibiza’s notorious […]
Kathryn Smith WAYNE BARKER: ARTIST’S MONOGRAPH by Charl Blignaut (Chalkham Hill Press) Those familiar with “cutting edge” contemporary art, or the suburb of Troyeville, need no introduction to Wayne Barker. But for those who do, or who know him simply as a louche, conscientious objector-artist and one-time gallery owner who bears more than a passing […]
Chris Buchanan FOOD Did you know that there are more than 1E500 collectors of militaria in Johannesburg alone? Now these macabre collectors and civilians alike can converge on a funky new meeting spot in Parktown North. The War Store and Vargas Caf is aimed at collectors but is also drawing the attention of rave kids, […]
Paul Kirk More details emerged this week of the involvement of KwaZulu-Natal Gambling Board members in casino companies to which they have awarded licenses. The Mail & Guardian last week reported how gambling board member Londiwe Mthembu was a director of Akani Umsundizi, a company that has won a lucrative bid to build a casino […]
With contenders like Penny Heyns, South Africa’s women are more likely to bring home Olympic medals than the men. Why, then, is women’s sport so under-funded? Grant Shimmin My Women’s Day began early and, appropriately, surrounded by women. Actually, make that future women. When my daughters, Caitlin (nearly four) and Bridget (just gone two) decided […]
Barry Streek Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza wants provincial land MECs to consider taking advice from the Zimbabwean government on farming policy. Didiza convened a workshop of provincial MECs this week to discuss an offer of support from her Zimbabwean counterpart to help South Africans understand what is involved in helping to […]
strike Dumisa Ntuli Second opinion Ebrahim Harvey’s article, “Lessons from the VW tragedy” (July 28 to August 3), suggests that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s (Numsa) leadership was stupid, bureaucratic and irresponsible when it took a decision to suspend 13 Volkswagen shop stewards. But his article is full of inaccuracies. He says […]