THURSDAY, 11.30AM: KAIZER Chiefs beat Qwa-Qwa Stars 2-0 in a ho-hum performance at the Johannesburg Stadium on Wednesday night. Chiefs were far from impressive, but still won the match in their usual display of mediocre but effective soccer. Chiefs looked far from the club most likely to snatch the Castle Premiership victory from Mamelodi Sundowns […]
I could hardly believe my eyes. There they were, shouting obscenities and hitting human beings on the head and in the face, and kicking them in the ribs. Two people who had just had a serious accident and were clearly dazed, if not unconscious, were tossed out of their car, handcuffed and beaten. The people […]
The great bar-coded ID saga has finally ended. Kortbroek and Tony got a klap. And we can all (if we have our bar-coded ID) go and vote on June 2. The lawyers made a fortune and political parties have been taught that disputes of a political nature are best dealt with politically and not legally. […]
South African rugby players are still the envy of the world, but Andy Capostagno warns that overconfidence can be fatal This time last year we were wringing our hands in despair. Where was Springbok coach Nick Mallett supposed to find 15 players of international standard to play the Tri- Nations, never mind a squad of […]
Michael Finch Athletics If Elana Meyer was looking for a sympathetic ear after her disappointing London Marathon performance last Sunday, she’d better not look to Gwen Griffiths. The newly crowned South African marathon champion was far from impressed by the performance of Meyer and believes the star needs a major rethink of her strategies. Meyer, […]
The mielie-seller The mielie-seller is perhaps the most quintessential South African image. Resident of both urban and rural worlds, she is also symbolic of a growing informal economy. Thabi Chauke wakes up at 4.30am. Her day is simple: she dispatches her 14-year-old daughter into a packed minibus. These ferry the children of the newly enfranchised […]
Friday night :Brenda Atkinson Friday nights, as all Johannesburg’s near- jaded know, are no simple affair. Outbursts of spontaneous venue-crawling are likely to go unrewarded. Planning is everything. In the spirit of urban social conspiracy – theorists everywhere, my partner and I prepared well in advance. Playing 007 to my 003, on Tuesday he sent […]
The father of African film, Ousmane Sembene, who is in South Africa developing a new movie about the effects of colonialism on Africa, spoke to Bafana Khumalo Many an African liberation fighter has made the journey to the land of the Russians, to learn the art of shooting. So has Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese novelist […]
On the election trail with the DP, Howard Barrell finds an unusual ferment among conservative Afrikaners Any ostrich can tell you that he and his kind are much defamed. He does not stick his head in the sand when he feels threatened, hoping this means no one can see him. Instead, the ostrich is a […]
Recommended l Renault Espace: Huge boot space, which can be enlarged by tipping the back seats down l London taxi:Available second-hand in the UK, they are roomy and comfortable enough for any manoeuvres l White van: Flagship of the lumpen proletariat, this is the nearest you can get to a motel room on wheels Don’t […]