Donna Block Share World They say variety is the spice of life. So if you’re looking to spice up your investment portfolio, warrants could be just the ticket. Warrants are a right to buy or sell a specific asset at a specific price for a designated period of time. They make it possible for investors […]
South African art history, such as it is, is marked by a pattern of selective amnesias and cyclical returns. Remembering Legae, the Goodman Gallery’s homage to this artist, who died earlier this year, is a return, if you like, that offers a fascinating insight into that history, a still point in which to consider the […]
Makhosini Nkosi The Inkatha Freedom Party could suffer a serious setback in KwaZulu-Natal if the African National Congress presses ahead with efforts to have the election in the town of Nongoma declared not free and fair. Senior KwaZulu-Natal ANC sources said the party intends bringing an application to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)to have the […]
FACup Andrew Muchineripi Soccer For FA Cup read Bob Save Super Bowl, for Manchester United read Kaizer Chiefs, for Newcastle United read SuperSport United. The Red Devils defeated the Magpies 2-0 on the green turf of Wembley last Saturday and it would come as no surprise if the Amakhosi triumph by the same margin this […]
RSI may be caused by confusing the brain’s electrical systems. To rewire it, your fingers need a discriminating sense of touch. So, Roger Dobson asks, anyone for a game of Braille poker? Forget painkillers, physiotherapy and surgery – playing poker with Braille playing cards may be the way to rid ourselves of the growing plague […]
all In a recent edition of the American Bar Journal, the problem of race in the legal profession received comprehensive analysis. Black lawyers speak of glass ceilings in white legal firms, black jurors refer to the manner in which they are distrusted by white counsel and black candidates for judicial office report on significant racial […]
Mungo Soggot Mafia boss Vito Palazzolo surfaced in the Johannesburg High Court recently to bat off extraordinary claims that two Johannesburg businessmen paid him R2-million for the use of his police contacts. Although Palazzolo only gave evidence, he retained former Witwatersrand attorney general, Klaus von Lieres und Wilkau, SC, to sit in on his testimony […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH Africa’s women’s hockey team lost their final pool match at the World Cup against Australia in Utrecht, but gave the girls from down under quite a runaround in the match, which ended at 5-2. The score may look like a walkover, but the Australians had to pull out all the stops to […]
A new crisis, a new premier, but firms enriched by the end of communism go on salting cash away, writes Simon Pirani Russian prime ministers come and go – Sergei Stepashin is the fourth in 14 months – but the flight of capital is constant. It flows through semi-legal and illegal channels into assets denominated […]
Nigeria’s transition to democracy will come full circle on Saturday. Chris McGreal reports Nigeria’s first elected president in two decades will be sworn in on Saturday to grapple with a plundered treasury, decaying infrastructure and unrest in the oil fields, while wondering if there’s a soldier waiting to take his job. President Nelson Mandela is […]