Barry Streek The Department of Finance has rejected tax reforms proposed by the Katz commission which could have been a lifeline to the financially troubled non-profit sector, despite support from political parties and the Department of Welfare. The Katz proposals have been supported by a wide range of non-profit organisations (NPOs) and the influential South […]

PETER DICKSON, Grahamstown | Friday 1.15pm. SUPPORTERS sang and danced in Grahamstown’s historic High Street on Friday after the High Court set aside the conviction of cricket player Makhaya Ntini, who faced six years in jail for raping a domestic worker last December. In the appeal judgement, that has sent shockwaves through legal and human […]

organisation Rural community-oriented NGO EcoLink will not be defeated by the alleged misappropriation of R200 000 of its funds, write Clive Lloyd and Fiona Macleod EcoLink, one of the country’s oldest and largest environmental NGOs working with rural communities, says it will lay charges against its former administrator following the disappearance of more than R200 […]

Stephen Gray Review of the week Jana Cilliers’s wonderful solo performance is by now so esteemed that another recommendatory report on it would seem irrelevant. Currently well into her run at the Momentum in Pretoria’s State Theatre (until November 6, when it will be transferring to Johannesburg’s Civic Theatre), she is fast confirming her status […]

CL Dallat ‘TIS by Frank McCourt (Flamingo) As 19-year-old Frank McCourt embarks for America to escape the poverty and gloom of another damp Limerick winter and the degradations of Irish patriotism and drink, it is unclear whether the ship will dock in Montreal or New York. Eventually orders are received to proceed to Albany – […]

Ann Eveleth and Aaron Nicodemus Roelf de Waal lived his life to the full, revelling in dare-devil sports such as hang-gliding and flying, and keeping active as a competitive cyclist, horse-riding teacher and falconer. These days, De Waal (49) spends his mornings navigating the stairway of his Pretoria home with the help of a walking […]

Andy Capostagno in London Rugby World Cup The munching noise is the sound of humble pie being consumed in vast quantities. Not only did South Africa not lose to England in the World Cup quarter-finals, they brushed aside the strongest of the northern hemisphere competitors with something approaching disdain. If Nick Mallett could tap into […]

NEW Zealand have axed scrum-half Justin Marshall for their World Cup semi-final against France at Twickenham on Sunday and delayed a decision on the fitness of fly-half Andrew Mehrtens. Inexperienced Byron Kelleher was Thursday named to replace Marshall at scrum-half with Marshall dropping down to the bench. Kelleher, 22, will make only his second test […]

Deon Potgieter Boxing Following a self-imposed prison sentence, Dingaan Thobela is off to war. He challenges Cornelius Carr for the World Boxing Federation’s (WBF) world middleweight title in London on Sunday. And, as the bout is being staged as part of the centenary celebrations of the Anglo-Boer South African War, Thobela can expect to be […]

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