David Le Page TAKING STOCK As dot.coms scream up the graphs in the United States and Europe, it’s hard for local investors to ignore the lure of the information technology sector. Media stories about the Y2K problem have been replaced by predictions for likely IT developments in the next 20 or 30 years that would […]

Luvuyo Kakaza Acclaimed actor and director John Kani, recently honoured by the Hiroshima Foundation in Sweden, this week shrugged off a challenge in letters to newspapers by actor Pieter-Dirk Uys to contribute his substantial prize to the cash- strapped Market Theatre, where he is artistic director. Uys said he was delighted that Kani had received […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kumasi | Thursday 12.20pm. AFTER Bafana Bafana 1-1 draw with Algeria on Wednesday night, coach Trott Molotto said his team “will go for the kill” against Ghana on Sunday. “You know we are already in the knockout stages. We are definitely going for the kill against the Black Stars,” Molotto said at a […]

John Sutherland Think computer and you think 21st century. A techno-archaeologist looking at homo faber’s favourite tool sees something different: a state-of-the-art brain attached to a Sixties TV set, and a device at the human interface which has survived for 120 years: the “Remington-Qwerty” keyboard. The modern computer is an XJS Jag with a rusty […]

Charles BurgessSoccer In a corner of my mother’s house is a pin- sharp picture, taken by me, of Bobby Charlton scoring the winning goal of the 1970 World Cup. The balding maestro is bent forward, having just unleashed one of his trademark screamers from outside the box, and the ball has just hit the net, […]

Khadija Magardie The SABC has refused to accept last week’s judgment by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) which found the public broadcaster guilty of unfair reporting against Allister Sparks. The BCCSA has acknowledged that it has received an application for a review of its decision from the SABC. The directive which ordered […]

John Matshikiza WHO ARE … THE HAINS? ‘Liberal” was a term that was often (and sometimes still is) regarded as a swear word on both sides of the South African political divide. Liberals were either thought of as being the ones who sat on the fence and held back the tide of revolution, or as […]

M&G Mail & Guardian reporters Financial adviser Magnus Heystek has withdrawn his R2-million defamation action against the Mail & Guardian, and has agreed to pay the newspaper’s costs. Heystek withdrew from the case against the M&G this week as the newspaper went to court to compel him to disclose documents relating to the case. It […]

CONTROVERSIAL number eight AJ Venter, still caught in contractual wrangles with the Cats that may end in court, has been included in the Sharks Super 12 team to play Border in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. Venter will scrum down with other loosies Wayne Fyvie (captaining the Sharks) and Charl van Rensburg. Justin Swart is […]

Brenda Atkinson MIXED MEDIA I saw the new Nedbank TV commercial again the other night. Not having grasped the crux of this ad before, I hopefully scrutinised each frame, waiting for the clue that would tie up this skillfully crafted mystery of a small black child leading a blind old white man towards a new […]