Peter Bradshaw After the flop that was Johnny Mnemonic, the idea of casting Keanu Reeves in another virtual reality thriller must have taken a lot of nerve. Either that or they really wanted Ben Affleck but Ben wasn’t available. In any case, I must admit that if I had been offered a chance a year […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: ITALY beat Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions 3-0 on Wednesday, breaking the deadlock in Group B of the World Cup. The Lions suffered one goal from Italy’s new star, Luigi di Bagio, and two from Christian Vieri. Unfortunately, the Africans handicapped themselves in the 43rd minute — Raymond Kalla was sent off for an overly […]
There’s the pink pound and the pink dollar, but do we have a rose-tinted rand to go with them? Mike Metelits looks into gay buying power Pink money is either common enough to be a stereotype, or stereotypical enough that we think it’s common. It is the perception that gays make, have, invest and spend […]
Marianne Merten `I have no more tears left,” says Keith Mentor, whose three-year-old granddaughter, Chantine Veldsman, was shot in the head at point-blank range last Saturday in Mitchells Plain. The little girl clung to life at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital for two days. On Monday Chantine was declared brain dead and the life […]
Matthew Krouse Down the tube `On February 11, 1990, the eyes of the world fixed on a prison in Cape Town,” begins the narration of Mandela: The First Accused, referring to the release of the man who was once the world’s most famous political prisoner. “The man behind the name remained a mystery,” it continues. […]
shock William Keegan According to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS): “A general resurgence of inflation seems less likely than further disinflation or even deflation.” This may seem a dry, even unremarkable, assertion until you consider who made it. The BIS is one of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions, the “central bankers’ bank” based […]
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 […]
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. […]
GRAHAM GRIFFITHS, Birmingham | Friday 11.20am. AUSTRALIA reached the World Cup final in the most dramatic finish in the competition’s 24-year history when they tied their semi-final with South Africa at Edgbaston on Thursday. Both teams were each dismissed for 213 within their 50 overs but Australia went through because they finished above South 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 […]