He walked free and, with him, a nation began the walk to freedom. He became head of state, and it seemed as if patience and justice had created a new politics for the people, one without bigotry or repression.
Donna Block Share World For months now my husband, the spending phenomenon, has been nagging me to get a real job and get back into my pre-journalistic profession – stock-broking. And to tell you the truth I’ve been seriously thinking about it. After working on Wall Street for most of my adult life and watching […]
JAMES SMALL, one-time top Springbok try scorer and record holder for Test caps, was left out of the Lion’s Currie cup squad of 22 players released on Monday, and his immediate future with the Ellis Park-based union hangs in the balance. Uncertainty surrounds the controversial Small’s intentions since his return from playing for a World […]
Wally Mbhele makes very bold statements about the disunity of the African National Congress in the Free State (“Fresh splits in the Free State ANC”, May 21 to 27). And the article has done a disservice to the understanding of the nature of Free State politics. Essentially, Mbhele sees red in the ANC where it […]
Thrillers PROVOCATION by Charlotte Grimshaw (Abacus) Astute businessman Carlos Lehmann takes his capital gains and his family and settles in Seabrooke, a small New Zealand bush community where everyone is so interrelated one thinks immediately of Deliverance. The good folk of Seabrooke, inspired by prejudice (Lehmann is half-Maori, half-white) and greed (he’s bought a large […]
FRENCH President Jacques Chirac sent a message to Moammar Gadaffi praising the Libyan leader for his efforts to bring peace to Africa, Libyan state television said on Thursday. Chirac said “France supports Colonel Gadaffi’s efforts to establish peace and stability in Africa,” the television station said. “Libya plays an important role in the Mediterranean area, […]
Internal divisions and bitter leadership struggles spoiled black opposition parties’s election chances, reports Wally Mbhele South Africa’s second democratic election virtually spelled the death knell for those black opposition parties who have positioned themselves to the left of the African National Congress. The Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) and its breakaway Socialist Party of Azania (Sopa), […]
TONY LAWRENCE, London | Friday 11.00am. PAKISTAN and South Africa meet on Saturday in what may prove to be a dress rehearsal for the World Cup final. Mark I, however, will be as hotly contested as Mark II. South Africa, edged out by Pakistan as tournament favourites over the last few days, badly need to […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.40pm. STORMERS player representative Andy Marinos and captain Corne Krige will face an independent disciplinary committee hearing next Thursday about their team’s refusal to play in a Super 12 semi-final. The Stormers were crushed 33-18 by the Otago Highlanders on May 22 after they refused to take the field unless […]
The David Gleason Column Most South African financial advisers cannot distinguish between a prospectus and marketing information, are unaware of the legal requirements relating to a prospectus, cannot read or understand financial statements, are unable to assess institutional risk and are unlikely to make intelligent inquiries about the nature of the security underlying secured debentures. […]