Patrick Johnson Howard Barrell (“Triumph of the politics of stupefaction”, February 19 to 25) raises a number of questions regarding the African National Congress’s national and provincial election lists, and the ordering of the lists as published earlier. It is interesting that of all the ANC ministers Barrell zoomed in on, he singled out those […]
Neil Manthorp in Christchurch Cricket `It couldn’t have happened at a better time in my career. I grew up more in that week than I did in the rest of my life put together. If I hadn’t and I’d been the same person I was before then, I would never have survived, I just wouldn’t […]
FOOTBALL’S ruling body has approved emergency medical plans, including evacuation, when Nigeria host the World Under-20 Championships next month. There have been fears voiced by coaches of the standard of the medical conditions in the country. English Premiership coach David O’Leary of Leeds United announced recently that he would not allow any of his players […]
ROMAN Catholic priests incited Lesotho Defence Force troops to overthrow their commanders and later the government in a failed coup bid last year, according to court martial evidence heard on Friday. The evidence was contained in a military intelligence report submitted by the commander of the Lesotho army, Lieutenant-General Makhula Mosakeng. Mosakeng said priests visited […]
Kevin Mitchell backs Lennox Lewis in this weekend’s world heavyweight unification bout On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, two big men will slug it out for the biggest title on offer, the heavyweight champion of the world. One of them, Lennox Lewis, is certain to be as happy as anyone in […]
There’s trouble ahead for South Africa’s banks as they try to pursue First World banking in a developing economy. Donna Block reports South African bankers have turned the simple act of squirming into an art. Perhaps it’s all the practice they’ve been getting. They squirmed when United States Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin took them to […]
ANGLO American Platinum Corporation disclosed on Thursday that its new R1,2-billion Bafokeng Rasimone platinum mine, 10km from Sun City, will be brought into full production 21 months ahead of schedule in April next year. By that time the mine will be milling 200000 tons of ore a month. Business manager George Viljoen said the new […]
PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Stella Sigcau told Parliament on Wednesday that long-struggling South African Airways is finally back in the black. Speaking during her department’s Budget vote, Sigcau said that SAA reflects a R8,4-million profit from October to December last year and has made R40-million this year.
President Nelson Mandela and first lady Graca Machel left the Netherlands on Friday for Finland.
THE United States wants an assurance that three US nationals arrested in connection with smuggling weapons into the country will not be ill-treated while in police custody. An official at the US embassy in Harare said his office will register its concerns if it finds the three are being mistreated. The state-controlled Herald newspaper reports […]