John Matshikiza:WITH THE LID OFF `What between the duties expected of one during one’s lifetime,” says Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, “and the duties expected from one on one’s death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position and prevents one from keeping […]
Until recently, the common fantasy of what sex would be like in the future borrowed from the spoof sci-fi movies of the 1960s. It would be solitary, robotic, it would probably involve a booth – Woody Allen’s orgasmatron springs to mind. These days, now we are closer to the future, technology’s impact on sex conjures […]
Ann Eveleth Northern Province pensioners suing the state were rounded up in a police van and forced – by senior welfare officials – to sign documents they could not read, their lawyers claimed this week. Pretoria Legal Resources Centre lawyer (LRC)Nick de Villiers said about 37 clients involved in legal action to force the state […]
THURSDAY, 2.00PM: BOND traders are gearing to confront the Reserve Bank over inefficient handling of the its bond auction, after the Bank this week released the results of the auction over an hour-and-a-half late. Investors and traders alike were thrown off balance when the Bank, held back by a computer problem, failed to release the […]
THURSDAY, 11.45AM: ANDRE SNYMAN will return to the Northern Bulls squad for Saturday’s Super-12 encounter with the Coastal Sharks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Snyman missed the Bulls’ last match, against Queensland Reds, due to the death of his father. He returns to the team at centre in place of Conrad Breytenbach. The other change […]
Theatre:Alex Dodd What’s the point in writing a play about racial prejudice in contemporary South Africa, about the failings of the rainbow nation project and then presenting it to an almost completely white audience? A bit like attempting to tango solo. This is what must have been stumping ad man John Hunt when he first […]
DEPUTY army chief Major-General Roland de Vries retires on Friday, according to an army statement issued on Thursday. De Vries, in the army since 1963, finished his career heading up transformation and joint training. For many years, from 1973, he led the Ratel Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle. Army reorganisation has made his post redundant, and […]
The cartel’s pricing system and the state valuator’s job are at stake as De Beers and the government square up, reports Mungo Soggot The row between the government and De Beers escalated this week as diamond industry players plotted to oust the state diamond valuator while the government prepared to challenge the way the diamond […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby Three rounds to go and the Super 12 semi- finalists remain as elusive as a Waisale Serevi side-step. There are those who will argue that the Highlanders and the Stormers are certainties for the last four, but that’s all it is; an argument. The remaining fixtures for all the contenders are full […]
David le Page Economists are not as a rule reluctant to be quoted, but the subject of personal investment in unit trusts induces unusual reticence. This is largely due to their being advisers to the managers of those funds. The fund managers would be irked to have their doubts confirmed by their paid gurus. After […]