Neil Manthorp Cricket Gary Kirsten-baiting season is back. It’s a national cricket lovers’ pastime that stems from an understandable desire to have Lance Klusener batting everywhere from one to nine and to have Nantie Hayward (or whoever else is flavour of the month) bowling from both ends. Paying spectators have paid for the right to […]

David Le Page and Khadija Magardie Extraordinary powers to tap cellphone calls and Internet communications are on the way for South Africa’s security services following proposals by the South African Law Commission to amend bugging legislation. Among the proposals are: l Forcing cellular networks to purchase extremely expensive monitoring equipment l Establishing permanent centralised monitoring […]

Q&A Pop star Ringo Madlingozi will perform at the Union Buildings on New Year’s Eve. He tells us about his new single, his attitude to life and love, and his hopes for the new millennium. What can you say about your new single Into Yam? The song brings that kind of vibe that has always […]

M&G reporters Ccrimes against the state unit: A squad of former murder and robbery unit detectives tasked with probing People against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) related crimes. The unit was initially known as the Pagad task team, but later changed its name. It reports to Western Cape police Director Leonard Knipe, the man at the […]

Journalist and rape survivor Charlene Smith last week chose to testify in open court in the trial of the person who allegedly raped her. Rape survivors usually choose to testify in a court closed to the public. She explains her decision Two-and-a-half centuries ago, French philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, writing on American democracy observed, “The […]

The marque of the cat returns to Formula One racing, as Jaguar becomes the latest manufacturer to pursue sales through the phenomenal success of the sport, writes Paul Weaver Jaguar, after a catnap worthy of Rip van Winkle, is back in motor sport. The famous marque, which in the 1950s won a considerable reputation at […]

dispute Fiona Macleod A magnificent environmental education and conference centre is falling through the cracks of the dispute between Mpumalanga and Northern Province authorities about who owns the Bushbuckridge Nature Reserve. Mpumalanga spent R2-million on the centre, which is inside the reserve, but stopped building when it became clear the reserve falls within Northern Province. […]

technology Bob Woolmer FROM THE PAVILION What a great Test match at Port Elizabeth – it had everything that a cricket connoisseur would want. Great bowling, gutsy batting, an English revival, confirmation of South Africa’s standing in world cricket and the fact that a game of cricket can last five days. Credit to the groundstaff […]

Michelle Matthews ‘Die mees sentrale fi-guur in ons volk se geskiedenis is Paul Kruger. Egter nie slegs man van die verlede nie, hy is ook en wel, bowe alles, man van die toekoms. Soek in die verlede, so het hy ges, dit wat goed en skoon is, en bou daarop jou toekoms,” intones DF Malan […]

grows up Paul Allott Cricket When Mornantau “Nan-tie” Hayward, South Africa’s latest bowling discovery, first attracted the national selectors’ attention it was for one reason only. He was fast. In 1998 Hayward was picked for the tour of England, a speculative choice that showed immense potential. That potential has taken two years to develop, a […]