FRANCE have named an unchanged team to play Australia in the rugby World Cup final at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Forwards Christophe Juillet and Marc Lievremont have both been passed fit after undergoing scans on leg injuries while full-back Xavier Garbajosa has shaken off an ankle strain. Their recovery means France will field the […]

Neil Manthorp Cricket Like a fat boy in a cake shop, South Africa waddled through the Test match against Zimbabwe randomly plucking scones and doughnuts off the shelf until, finally, the shop closed. With no natural restraint offered by the visitors (other than to bowl so wide it was difficult to reach) the home side’s […]

Barry Streek The government has given notice that it is going to get tough on industrial polluters, including multi- national oil company Caltex, whose Milnerton, Cape Town, refinery has been criticised by local residents. Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Valli Moosa disclosed that he has already been in consultation with the National Director of Public […]

The third International Design Indaba was awash with promotional bumf and misplaced sincerity, writes Simon Waden It is a sign of our speeded-up and hyper- connected times that the new authenticity has arrived in South Africa a mere year or two after it arrived in North America and the United Kingdom. We’re no longer five […]

service’ Howard Barrell The Democratic Party has produced research which, it says, shows how the African National Congress is subjugating the civil service to the ruling party. The official opposition says the pattern identified by its parliamentary researcher, James Myburgh, could have grave consequences for constitutional government in South Africa. The DP research traces a […]

IT’S a classic David and Goliath scenario but minnows North West did their best to upset Free State on the first day of their Supersport Series match in Potchefstroom on Thursday. After a dismally slow first session, where North West could only manage 36 runs in 32 overs, the hosts pulled the rabbit out of […]

Wally Mbhele Outgoing Department of Correctional Services Commissioner Khulekani Sitole, who this week pre-empted being axed by the Cabinet by submitting his resignation, leaves a legacy which, according to some prisons staff, will take long to correct. In its submission to the public protector, the Correctional Staff Forum (CSF) – an organisation that is largely […]

South Africans are flocking to see Thierry Michel’s documentary on General Mobutu Sese Seko, writes John Matshikiza Since it opened at Johannesburg’s Cinema Nouveau complex in Rosebank on October 29, Thierry Michel’s film Mobutu: King of Zaire has been playing to capacity audiences. The film was moved to a larger projection room, but there are […]

ZIMBABWE has deployed more than 2000 soldiers, including 20 military intelligence officers to war-torn Angola, the Zimbabwe Independent reports on Friday. The Zimbabwean combat troops presence has reportedly powered the Angolan army to overrun Unita’s Jonas Savimbi, whose 22 year-old son recently deserted him accusing his father of being a brutal murderer. The 2000 soldiers […]

Donna Block SHARE WORLD The Victoria’s Secret supermodels, objects of fantasy for millions, are at it again. This time, in May, from the playground of the rich and famous, Cannes. The lingerie company’s next fashion show and live webcast of buxom beauties strutting their stuff will be on a runway in the midst of one […]