stakes Mungo Soggot Two ministers are investigating the conflict of interest arising from the chair of Eskom’s material stake in a company contracted to South Africa’s nuclear programme. The Mail & Guardian reported last week that Eskom’s chair, Reuel Khoza, is also the founding chair of an investment holding company that has a 29% stake […]

erring men Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Oupa Mofokeng’s voice still trembles with anger when he relates how he was assaulted and almost killed last month because he hit his wife. “I had a fight with my wife at about 10.30pm. She ran away with my kids and I thought she would go to her home. […]

GAUTENG provincial commissioner Thami Nxumalo has been appointed acting national commissioner of correctional services, the department said in Pretoria on Friday. Nxumalo will remain in office until a new commissioner is appointed. Former commissioner Khulekani Sitole quit his post on Wednesday after a Parliamentary committee accused him of abusing state money and mismanaging his department. […]

Andy Capostagno Rugby World Cup final This World Cup has not got the final it deserved. After the dearth of drama in the pool matches and the steamrollering of British hopes in the quarterfinals this tournament deserved a repeat of the dour, don’t-lose-at-all-costs match provided by South Africa and New Zealand at Ellis Park in […]

WEST Indian quickie Kenny Benjamin vindicated the Gauteng selectors decision to include him in the starting line-up, after only arriving in the country on Tuesday, by ripping into the heart of the Easterns innings on the second day of their SuperSport Series match at the Wanderers on Friday. The lanky Antiguan brought back memories of […]

Andrew Worsdale speaks to Akin Omotoso, who makes movies like Roman Polanski on acid ‘It’s like being cursed! We go to any airport on the globe and we’re stopped … I’m sick of it. Don’t our leaders think about it? I’m sick and tired of it. Don’t they think about how they represent us? To […]

David Shapshak Products: HP PhotoSmart 1100 printer (R3 559), C200 digital camera (R2 875), and ScanJet 6300C scanner (R3 029); photo- quality paper – R60 for 20 sheets Digital cameras are one of those next big things that have initially failed to become the next big thing. They’ve suffered from being too pricey, and from […]

HEALTH ministers from across Southern Africa are discussing the cost of accessing anti-AIDS drugs at a special two-day meeting in Johannesburg. South African health department spokesperson, Lulu Sebake, said on Thursday that ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. They are also discussing the latest development […]

Barry Streek President Thabo Mbeki’s office will cost R70,6-million this year, nearly R45- million more than the annual cost of the office under former president Nelson Mandela. But there is a substantial difference: the new Office of the Presidency incorporates the old deputy president’s office as well as the old Office of the President. They […]

JOHN MEHAFFEY, Cardiff | Friday 11.30am. WITH perfect timing the elements of form, fitness, organisation and luck have combined for Australia to make them deserved favourites for Saturday’s World Cup final against France. Their immediate concern is coping with opponents who can make a mockery of any form guide, throwing logic out of the window […]