DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.40pm. THREE world boxing titles involving South African boxers will be up for grabs at the Carousel next Saturday. Lindi Memani will be making the first defence of his World Boxing Union’s Mini Flyweight world title against lanky Fillipino, Dennis Sabsal. “He’s much taller than me,” said Memani. “But I’ll […]
Don’t let the nickname deceive you. Jacques Kallis might just be the world’s best all- rounder, writes Kevin Mitchell Some say he is the finest all-rounder in the world. His team-mates call him Dozy. Meanwhile, Jacques Kallis gets on with a career that has gone through good and bad times in four short seasons and […]
Mercedes Sayagues Women activists in Harare are on the warpath after the Zimbabwe Supreme Court recently used customary law to disinherit a woman. Angry women marched through downtown Harare last week to the court, where they delivered a written complaint about rulings that diminish women’s rights. The marchers bore colourful placards, some of which read: […]
Rian Malan’s article on Boipatong, “A question of spin”, in the South African Institute of Race Relations publication, Frontiers of Freedom, is a piece of research long on detail and counter-conspiracy and short on substance and context. Malan has clearly spent a lot of time trying to make sense of the myriad versions and contradictions […]
A South African film is making a big impact in Cannes. Janine Stephen spoke to some of those involved in the production Start popping corks and quaffing champagne: a South African film has been shortlisted for a Palme d’Or award at the international Cannes Film Festival. It is only the second time in the festival’s […]
Makhosini Nkosi Gauteng looks set to have a coalition government formed by the ruling African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party if the ANC fails to win an absolute majority in the province in the June elections. Latest opinion polls suggest the ANC may achieve only 48% of the votes in Gauteng, which is […]
Africa’s stores? Fiona Macleod A Northern Province business syndicate plans to can baboon meat and market it as a delicacy in an attempt to alleviate the pressure on chimpanzees and gorillas in Central Africa, where “bush meat” is a favoured dish on the tables of the elite. They also plan to sell baboon hands, nails […]
opportunities lost Bob Mattes Clear-sailing? Open-field running? Steaming towards a two-thirds majority? Mixed though they may be, all these metaphors apply to the situation the African National Congress now finds itself in. How did it get here? As recently as eight months ago, the ANC enjoyed the support of only a half of all voters, […]
Wally Mbhele A wide rift has developed between the African National Congress’s candidate for Free State premier, Winkie Direko, and the province’s ANC provincial executive committee, which could lead to another political fiasco in the province. Within a week of her name being placed at the top of the ANC’s provincial list, Direko stunned Free […]
Howard Barrell:OVER A BARREL One of my more frequent experiences these days is being told by African National Congress supporters that I am a reactionary. There are various grounds for the charge. One is my backing for the spirit of pluralism and mutual tolerance that pervades our Constitution. The more common ground, however, turns out […]