Alarm bells are ringing after the Canadian and Spanish Grands Prix produced less wheel-to-wheel action than ever, writes Alan Henry So finally Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley, the two most powerful voices in Formula One, have conceded what most spectators have known for many a season. Overtaking is – wait for it – “probably a […]
The best show at the National Arts Festival this year will be on TV. Alex Dodd spoke to Christo Doherty, the force behind Cue- TV Most people over 25 who decide to relocate to Grahamstown are in downshifting mode. The idea is to settle down and enjoy a few more good novels. Not so for […]
COMRADES Marathon 1997 champion Charl Mattheus, who withdrew from the down race at Kloof on June 16, is recovering following surgery to reattach his Achilles tendon on Monday. Following the operation, doctors are confident that Mattheus will make a full recovery and will be back on the road by early next year. “I am determined […]
Loose cannon Robert Kirby There’s an ancient Australian proverb which runs: “By his piss-up mates shall you know your neighbour best.” Attributed to Dunny the Elder, the wisdom of the saying is self-evident. This appealing fragment of Antipodean social philosophy came rushing to mind when I read in last Sunday’s newspapers that among the host […]
Alex Sudheim Celebrating its 20th birthday this year is the Durban International Film Festival, one of South Africa’s premier cinematic events. With a programme boasting 30 intriguing examples of alternative cinema from around the globe, the festival is a blessed relief for Durban cinephiles starved of indie action. Since Ster Kinekor’s technocrats deemed the city […]
Mail & Guardian reporter Once you were taught not to take sweets from strangers. A variant of this, which should be drummed into every person with access to the Internet, is not to open e-mail attachments from strangers. In fact, if possible, don’t open e-mail attachments at all unless you’re expecting them. The latest nasty […]
The appointment of his Cabinet fitted the last pieces into a power jigsaw that will guarantee President Thabo Mbeki control over every level of South Africa’s government, reports Ivor Powell With a full minister of government attached to the Office of the President; a beefed up Cabinet secretariat to co-ordinate and oversee the implementation of […]
Mercedes Sayagues Unita’s artillery rumbled 5km away. Malanje was surrounded. Panic ensued. The airport was swept by people desperate to get on a relief plane bound for Luanda. The Antonov had little safe time for take- off. Manuel’s mother lifted him over her head. A hand pulled him up on board. While his mother scrambled […]
THE Moroccan government has withdrawn permission for the human rights body Amnesty International to hold its annual conference this August in Rabat, Amnesty said on Thursday. Some 400 delegates from Amnesty were to have spent 10 days in the Moroccan capital, the first time that an Arab country had agreed to host the rights body’s […]
Andrew Muchineripi Soccer It is just as well national soccer coach Trott Moloto is a reserved and very patient man otherwise he might be tempted to dish out a few “southern suburbs kisses” to certain members of the mainstream media. While this humble member of the Muchineripi clan is certainly not suggesting Bra Trott is […]