Jane Rosenthal THE TIKIELINE YUPPIE by Mehlaleng Mosotho (Vivlia) NIGHTS OF IMMORALITY by Colin “Jiggs” Smuts (Vivlia) In their different ways both these books indicate that more than a decade ago change and transformation were alive and well in downtown Johannesburg. Both have dark- skinned protagonists, booze flows freely, women abound (not only as objects […]
Dan Atkinson in London Warren Buffet – a chap who ought to know – once described the stock market as being merely a reference point, allowing investors to check whether anyone was offering to do anything foolish. Much the same could be said of the gold price which, most of the time, indicates whether, in […]
PLAY was suspended in Augusta, Georgia late on Thursday at the 63rd US Masters due to inclement weather, with more than one third of the field still on the course. Lightning was spotted in the area of Augusta National Golf Club. Americans Davis Love, Brandel Chamblee and Scott McCarron shared the clubhouse lead at three-under […]
KENYAN security forces have closed the border with southern Somalia’s Bulo-Hawo district to stop fighting between factions of the Somali Nation Front from spilling into Kenya, police officials said on Friday. Kenyan security started preventing people from crossing the border from Somalia on Thursday after the killing in Bula-Hawo of SNF faction leader Ali Nur […]
Howard Barrell The African National Congress and the smaller opposition parties expect voter support for the New National Party to collapse in coming weeks as high-profile defections by NNP leaders continue. Some rival party strategists are now suggesting that, on June 2, the NNP may get only a quarter of the votes it achieved in […]
POP megastar Michael Jackson is close to signing an agreement to purchase a quarter share in Sun International, the company that operates Sun City, SABC TV news reports. The report said the North-West Development Corporation is keen to sell its Sun International shares to Jackson to raise funding for development projects. The report said an […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela arrived in Bahrain on Thursday on the second leg of a mini-tour of the Gulf. Mandela is due to present his condolences to the Gulf island state’s new emir, Sheikh Hamad ibn Issa al-Khalifa, who succeeded to power last month following the death of his father. Mandela is accompanied by Foreign Minister […]
Fela The late Fela Kuti, activist and Afrobeat king, helped Nigeria find its voice. His saxophonist son is a political force, too – but an icon is a hard act to follow, writes Rachel Newsome When Femi Kuti arrived at the hospital, it was so early that the 4am Lagos sprawl seemed as still as […]
David Davies Golf Westwood and Woods, two young tigers whose names tended to be on the top of leaderboards around the world last year, are not quite fulfilling their billing this year. It has been a while since either Lee Westwood or Tiger Woods has growled at anybody. In fact, all the roaring lately has […]
Andy Colquhoun Rugby Saturday’s Super 12 collision between the Sharks and the Stormers at Newlands probably has more sub-plots than you’d find in a property developer’s fantasy for cluster homes on Table Mountain. At face value, the game is simply about the maximum of five log points to give the winner a leg-up towards the […]