A South African father explains to his son, who lives in England, why the sensational All Blacks victory against the Wallabies does not spell disaster for the Springboks on Saturday Thanks for the letter of sympathy, son, although I do feel you go a bit far in suggesting we sue for peace and adopt ping- […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION It has been fascinating to watch the recent and sometimes desperate damage control undertaken by the SABC, especially with regard to the Durban Aids 2000 conference. Not that the manipulation of public comprehension is anything new at the SABC. They’ve been doing it for as long as anyone can remember. In the […]
While Hansie Cronje tries to make money off the field, the Proteas are struggling on it Peter Robinson So just what does a disgraced former Test captain do with his spare time these days? In the case of Hansie Cronje, it would seem, the trick is to set up a long-range book deal. In the […]
A WOODCUTTER found the torso of a teenage girl in a shallow grave near the town of Atlantis, about 50 km north of Cape Town, police said on Friday. The girl’s head and limbs had been cut off and were still missing, police spokesman Riaan Poole said. Forensic experts estimated the girl died about five […]
Iden Wetherell Crossfire Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has crafted a predictable excuse for his party’s dismal performance in last month’s parliamentary poll. Zanu-PF was up against the forces of British and Ameri-can imperialism, he told his followers, and in the circumstances did pretty well. “The totality of the weaponry of the British, newspapers and television […]
Andy Colquhoun in Christchurch It’s cold in Christchurch. The city clenches its shoulders against the freshening breeze coming off the Pacific or tumbling out of the freezer of the southern Alps. No one dawdles in the streets, the tables and chairs optimistically placed on the pavement by cafe proprietors sit empty. It’s as far from […]
BoE believes the United States economy’s dramatic growth spurt is coming to an end Anet Ahern The global economy has continued to recover in the last quarter, but signs are emerging that world growth is beginning to peak. Global leading economic indicators are topping out, and there are initial signs of a slowdown in the […]
Charl Blignaut LIFESTYLE One had to wonder, at some of the lower points of the evening, as the swirling lights hailed yet another African dawn, the corporate voice-over declared yet another renaissance-in-heels and the worst of the human zebras passed on the catwalk, what New York would make of it all. The four winners of […]
Neal Collins cricket Today, I will talk of the tree. Not to the tree you understand. England may be losing regularly to Zimbabwe but I haven’t lost my sanity. Yet. The tree? There is only one worth talking about in cricket. You may have seen it on telly recently, while the West Indies were getting […]
workers’ ownership scheme Thuli Nhlapo The Northern Province government has blocked a Tzaneen farmer’s efforts to sell land to his employees after accusing the farmer of trying to short-change his workers. The farm workers have denied the government’s claim and stood by their employer and the plan of owning shares on the avocado farm. In […]