Loose cannon Robert Kirby And so, he slowly ponces off into the sunset, his great mane of carefully sculptured hair bouncing to his wearied gait, his spicy ManTang bodyspray wafting around him, his cute little beard still flippantly jutting in defeat. These last few days I have been sorely tempted to write a column entitled […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni `That’s where my father’s house used to be,” says Michael Ngeno, pointing to a pile of rocks in the middle of an open field in Ventersdorp. “My parents built it in 1955, and it was a comfortable home for us. We had a school nearby, and a clinic. The soil was […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby Well, well, well. Win a Test 74-3, make seven changes and appoint a new captain. There are those who criticised Springbok coach Nick Mallet for being too conservative during his team’s assault on the record for successive Test wins. The same people may now be wondering whether an alien life form has […]
‘bikini ban’ Nicodemus Odhiambo The Tanzanian government recently rescinded a ban it had placed on beauty contests and allowed organisers of this year’s Aspen Miss Tanzania to commence operation. The ban was imposed last December after the director of Kings International Promotions, Rena Callist, flouted rules and allowed the contestants of the Miss East Africa […]
A GROUP of miniority shareholders in Cryopreservation Technologies, the company behind the claimed Aids treatment Virodene, applied to the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday for final liquidation of the company. The applicants, Charles Fourie, Carl Landauer, Gabriel du Preez and Stephanie Martens, maintain the company is commercially insolvent and unable to pay its debts. Majority […]
Aaron Nicodemus When clients at The Ranch eat lunch, they can watch one of two large-screen televisions. On Monday afternoon, one shows close-up shots of women’s genitalia and breasts. The other shows Parliament in action. It’s an odd juxtaposition, one that spawns a litany of ”who’s being screwed” jokes over honey chicken and ice cream. […]
Wonder Hlongwa A former policeman turned KwaZulu-Natal farmer was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment this week after he shot, drove over and chopped off the heads of two black farmworkers before burying them. What began as a festive afternoon for Ernest Mkhize and Sipho Mabaso in June 1996, ended in a gruesome death, according to […]
Anton Marshall ‘Bruin ous, hey, bruin ous, hey, bruin ous, hey, the real ones …” During the opening slide show and voice-over, a short chorus tackles a central issue of ”colouredness” – well, at least Durban ”colouredness”: What exactly are ”real” coloureds? And when seeking a single coloured identity, is one really doomed to fail […]
A 66-year-old Japanese businessman visiting South Africa asked his family at home on Friday to send $50,_000 as ransom for his release from captivity under unclear circumstances, police said. The businessman, whose name was withheld, telephoned his 32-year-old eldest son in Tokyo twice to give the bank account and other details for the requested payment. […]
beauties Matthew Krouse It’s like the final chapters of Cinderella, when officials comb the poorest of the land trying to find a girl beautiful enough to pass for a princess. Even in the real life saga – the M-Net Face of Africa – Cinderella amasses an absolute fortune, probably making her an object of contempt […]