Gavin Evans Boxing Now that he holds the long-overdue honour of being undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox Claudius Lewis will be the man to beat in the premier division. The 34-year-old Jamaican-Canadian- Englishman has opted to spend the next two years cashing in on his titles and status. Of course he will have […]

Not quite movie of the week It’s that old adultery theme again. It has become as much of a clich and a formula as most of the rest of Hollywood’s stock-in- trade, predictably playing out the conflict between the demands of family and the lure of freedom (or just excitement). And, as if influenced by […]

Wally Mbhele and Paul Kirk A senior National Intelligence Agency (NIA) official was arrested on Monday in Durban for the alleged rape of a Department of Foreign Affairs official. Both were assigned duties at the high-powered Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). The matter was kept under wraps as government officials believed it would “embarrass” […]

ORLANDO Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs fans will be ale to flaunt their support in an unusual way when cellular company Vodacom introduces branded cellular packs specially tailored for fans of the two soccer giants. The packs will include a state-of-the-art cellphone with an interchangeable Pirates or Chiefs front panel and a prepaid cellular card and […]

Robin Cowie, co-producer of the phenomenally successful off-beat horror movie The Blair Witch Project, is a fresh- faced 28-year-old who was born in Durban and went to the United States at age 15 when his father got a job at IBM. Along with Gregg Hale and co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, they made The […]

South African soccer desperately needs a memorable encounter between Chiefs and Pirates to rescue its tarnished reputation, writes Andrew Muchineripi A classic league encounter between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at FNB Stadium on Saturday is not so much a wish as a necessity. South African soccer is ailing and desperately needs a blood transfusion. […]

Sue Williamson Obituary One of South Africa’s best known and most accessible and inventive ceramic artists, Bonnie Ntshalintshali, was lost to Aids this month, at the age of 32. In 1985 when Fee Halsted-Berning started a ceramic studio at Ardmore, a farm in the central Drakensberg of KwaZulu-Natal, Ntshalintshali became her first pupil, and then […]

Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH I remember an immigration officer at Jan Smuts airport once asking me, “Is Ghana in the Commonwealth?” “Yes,” I said. He waved me through. But a Nigerian, whose country was also in the Commonwealth, was held up for several minutes. When he finally emerged to join me in the […]

Heather Hogan Johannesburg police officer Lourentius Alberts appeared in court this week on charges of indecently assaulting a neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter. The girl’s mother said in her statement to the police: “I had some friends over for the afternoon and my daughter was playing outside. That evening I was standing washing dishes when she came […]

THE R7,6-million defamation lawsuit brought against United Cricket Board managing director Ali Bacher by former Pakistani player Younis Ahmed was postponed indefinitely on Wednesday. etv news reported that Ahmed asked the Johannesburg High Court to postpone the case as he is not ready to proceed. He brought the lawsuit after Bacher faxed a document, apparently […]