Neil Manthorp in Napier Cricket Hansie Cronje has an awful lot on his mind going into the last three one- day internationals of this New Zealand tour. All three games must be won for the series to be tucked away alongside the Test series victory and then, of course, there is the World Cup. The […]
The battle for votes among South Africa’s political parties is on. The African National Congress and the Democratic Party launch their election campaigns this weekend. The New National Party set out its stall last weekend. And other major parties are loosening up their tongues and sharpening up their soundbites for 10 weeks of campaigning which […]
The Mail & Guardian’s holding company, M&G Media Limited, has announced the appointment of Govin Reddy as its new CEO. A media executive with national and international experience, Reddy most recently served as the deputy CEO of the SABC. He steps into the shoes of Mike Martin, the M&G’s first CEO. Said Reddy: “There are […]
Lisa Buckingham A new equities index, which will include the world’s largest and most international companies, is to start in London later this year. FTSE International, the organisation that operates Britain’s share indices, is about to sign a contract to run the new benchmark, which has the working title Global Multinational Index. A series of […]
NIGERIA has yet to launch an official campaign for their 2006 World Cup bid and a bidding committee is not even in place. Sports Minister Emeka Omeruah said earlier this month: “It will soon be constituted,” but time is fast running out with only a year to go before Fifa decides on the 2006 host. […]
… They thrill, move and amaze us, and they get bigger every year. Victoria Coren says it’s time we gave Oscars to the Oscars The Oscar show gets bigger every year. This time around it was a marathon five hours between the start of coverage and the closing credits. At the Oscar-watching party in my […]
Fight judge Eugenia Williams had to deliver in the Holyfield/Lewis bout or knew she would not `work in this town again’, writes Kevin Mitchell According to the billboard over the freeway as you come out of New York through the Lincoln Tunnel, North New Jersey regards itself as “the embroidery capital of the world”. Weird, […]
John Higgins It’s embarrassing to introduce an academic superstar to a small audience in a large hall. “There may be just my theory of literature class here,” I murmured, as we hurried towards the lecture, adding silently, “all 10 of them!” Could the unfashionable topic, “Marxism at the Millennium”, draw in the crowds on this […]
President Nelson Mandela has been named joint winner of a Nigerian honour recognising exemplary leadership in Africa.
Mercedes Sayagues While Zimbabwean MiGs drop bombs on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, back home the independent press is bombarded with other ammunition. Last Friday, 150 toyi-toying, flag-waving, fiery youths in Zanu-PF T-shirts stormed the building of The Standard. They burnt a copy of the newspaper and threatened to torch the offices if the paper […]