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 […]

John Matshikiza WITH THE LID OFF It is true, as some readers have commented in this week’s Letters and Crossfire sections, that we have an uncomfortable problem of xenophobia in South Africa. As is pointed out, it is a xenophobia that is particularly nasty because it generally seems to be an intolerance exercised by black […]

The consequences of growing and eating genetically modified organisms could hit South Africans before we’ve had a chance to debate the issue, writes Ann Eveleth The growing international debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is finally filtering into the public domain in South Africa. But information about the pros and cons of this “food revolution” […]

pay Extraordinary evidence of foot dragging by provincial departments has emerged in cases of sexual abuse by teachers, writes Mungo Soggot Johannes de Beer was a headmaster in disgrace three years ago when he was suspended for sexually molesting his pupils. Seven months ago he was convicted by the courts for his crimes. Today he […]

PORT Elizabeth experienced the worst gale in its history on Thursday night. The SA Weather Bureau reported south-westerly wind speeds in Algoa Bay of 144km/h, roofs were torn off homes, trees uprooted and cars were lifted into the air and blown several metres. Bank and shop windows were punched out onto city centre pavements in […]