Andrew Muchineripi soccer How do you react to an overcrowded fixture list that has resulted in probably the first 12-month soccer season in the world? You add another competition, of course. On Saturday at Johannesburg stadium, Kaizer Chiefs host Wits University in the first BP Top 8 quarter-final, followed 24 hours later by the clash […]
The recent icy weather has added another danger to the many already faced by circumcision initiates Khadija Magardie Police in the Free State town of Bethlehem have opened a murder docket after three boys attending a circumcision school at nearby Frisgewag farm died of exposure. Temperatures in the area have plummeted during the recent spell […]
Gregory Mthembu-Salter The Zambian government this week secured $1-billion in funding from international donors despite pre-election political intrigue that has suggested dictatorial behaviour on the part of President Frederick Chiluba. The Consultative Group (which is the annual gathering of donors) for the first time met in Lusaka rather than Paris. The group gave the government […]
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 […]
underqualified Ntuthuko Maphumulo Nearly a quarter of primary school teachers in South Africa are not qualified for the job, according to a survey on the state of the country’s schooling. -The survey found that some provinces were particularly badly affected by unqualified teachers, with the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and North West faring the worst. These […]