Bryan Rostron A SECOND LOOK ‘Those who stand in the middle of the road,” observed British socialist Aneurin Bevan, “get run over.” South Africa and Zimbabwe share the same lane on the great globalised highway of the 21st century: after driving on the left for many years, both Zanu-PF and the African National Congress opted […]
Andy Capostagno RUGBY A new Springbok squad with a new captain and a Super 12 dream final in the same week. It’s almost enough to make you forget that, once again, the lone South African team got eliminated in the semifinals. Almost enough to make you forget that, once again, South Africa’s Super 12 franchises […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.20pm. THE rand continued strengthening of Thursday’s low of R7,20 to the dollar in morning trade, due to a stronger euro overnight. At the same time markets did an about-turn on Thursday’s gains. By 11am the currency was trading at R7,13 to the dollar. The overall was 0,47% or 33 […]
Barry Streek The government has underspent on its land reform and land restitution budgets by a whopping R1,4-billion over the past four financial years. This disclosure – given by Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza in Parliament this week – comes amid widespread concern that the government has been too conservative in applying […]
FOOTBALL authorities in Botswana have suspended three national team players for seven months ahead of a crucial African Cup of Nations preliminary match against Madagascar on July 1. Ashford Mamelodi, Botswana Football Association secretary general said on Monday that defenders Barcos Agisanyang Mosimanegape and Lovemore Mokgweetsi, and reserve player Phemelo Ditsile, were suspended from the […]
The government’s legislation is a minefield of jargon, acronyms and bureaucracy Glenda Daniels If you are familiar with the SDA, SDLA, SAQA, ETQA, ETDP, Seta, NSF, NSA, and there’s more, you’re probably the only person in South Africa who is. Within companies confusion reigns over the implementation of the government’s bureaucratically heavy legislative plans for […]
Harry Pearson Anyone who has spent time on the internet will know that it is not so much an information superhighway as a trivia megapub. You enter the cyberzone bright and early one morning. Your express intention is to garner hard facts about drug abuse in weightlifting. Instead you find yourself distracted by the information […]
Last week Kay Hassan was formally handed the DaimlerChrysler award for South African Contemporary Art 2000 Matthew Krouse Stuttgart, May 18. Amid fanfare and a notable degree of overkill, South African artist Kay Hassan received the newly launched and already coveted first DaimlerChrysler award for South African Contemporary Art 2000. Much has recently been written […]
Tjaart Potgieter LIFESTYLE Malay/Indonesian food is an important, if often unexplored, part of our cultural heritage. It reached our shores during the 18th century in the hands of slaves brought from Sumatra, Java, Bali and other South East Asian islands, indiscriminately called Malay because they all came from vaguely the same place “out there”. Most […]
Harry Pearson Cricket is often praised as an elegant game, but it’s fair to say that not since the days of Asif Iqbal and his billowing flares has the game produced any player who could remotely be described as a fashion leader. These days cricketers do their best to look hip and modern with their […]