David Shapshak The horse racing industry has been rocked with rumours that bookmakers tried to hobble Horse Chestnut, one of South Africa’s top horses and the hot favourite for this weekend’s J&B Met. The horse, owned and bred by Harry and Bridget Oppenheimer, almost had its legs broken two weeks ago. But security guards shot […]

THE New National Party’s legal challenge against a requirement that voters possess bar-coded identity documents in order to register began on Friday morning before a full bench of the Cape High Court. NNP legal adviser Andre Gaum said on Thursday that whatever the outcome, the matter is expected to be referred to the Constitutional Court […]

and a hard place David Lacey Soccer Tottenham Hotspur fans used to believe Glenn Hoddle walked on water. Unfortunately he shared that belief which is why, as England coach, he has suddenly vanished at the deep end. The feeling with which Hoddle apologised this week for any offence he had caused disabled people was heartfelt, […]

Eddie Butler Five Nations Rugby The world’s worst-run sport is about to take a breather from self-abuse. Like a kindly great aunt arriving with a carpet- bag full of winter woollies and sage advice on the temptations of the flesh, the Five Nations Championship is upon us. In a way, the old dear’s arrival is […]

to die for Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Vista University’s final 1998 examination results improved dramatically – and some lecturers admit this was after they received death threats from students. Lectures at the university’s five campuses were disrupted last year by a student boycott, and the final examinations were postponed for two weeks after students said […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A man who was arrested on charges of stealing computers which were to be distributed to North-West province schools was robbed of the equipment before it could be recovered. Police are not able to explain why they did not take the computers – more than 900 of them valued at R12 […]

A friend with zero tolerance of nonsense points out that not a shred of credible evidence has yet been produced to support the view that a group of militant Muslims is responsible for the spate of evidently politically motivated bomb attacks in the Western Cape. He is right. The only support comes from inference drawn […]

The Lexmark 1000 Color Jetprinter started irritating me when I unpacked it, because it came with a standard thick printer cable. I suppose I should be grateful – colleagues reviewing other Lexmark printers didn’t get any cables. This is rather like selling a toaster without a plug, only worse, as a printer cable costs a […]

the wings John Matshikiza, son of the composer of the music for the original King Kong, Todd Matshikiza, believes that 40 years on the time might be right for the show to find its feet once again and stand tall in the musical hall of fame King Kong, the mother of all South African musicals, […]

Chiara Carter A Cape Town bus company employee is asking the Labour Court to find that he has been paid less than a white colleague because he is black – a case which, if successful, is likely to set a precedent for challenging discrimination in the workplace. Michael Louw, a buyer for Golden Arrow Bus […]