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/ 15 January 1999
David Beresford highlights aspects of FW de Klerk’s soon to be released autobiography, in which the former state president describes his stormy relationship with the `vicious’ Nelson Mandela Former state president FW de Klerk has prepared a broadside against President Nelson Mandela in their long-running feud over their respective places in history, with his long-awaited […]
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/ 15 January 1999
Just a week ago economists were hailing the rand’s recovery. Brazil this week dashed their hopes, writes Donna Block The nightmare scenario world economic leaders have struggled to avoid has begun. Brazil has hit the slippery slopes of destitution. China, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile and South Korea may follow. The world economy looks set to head […]
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/ 15 January 1999
Reflecting the changing face of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz is an economist who is a hero in some left- wing circles. Ferial Haffajee reports World Bank leaders have traditionally been whipping boys. In the ranks of the international left wing, there is no type of banker more maligned or caricatured as the cold-hearted architects […]
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/ 15 January 1999
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Friday 5.40pm. MARK BOUCHER reached his century off 177 balls and 16 boundaries. This puts South Africa at 301/8 after 86 overs. This is Boucher’s maiden Test century. Kallis was finally dismissed by Chanderpaul after 86 runs and 7 boundaries. He averaged 65 runs per over while not out. Boucher is […]
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/ 15 January 1999
When Mike Tyson steps into the ring in Las Vegas this Sunday, it will be the former world heavyweight champion’s first fight since spitting out a chunk of Evander Holyfield’s ear. Michael Ellison reports from New York The very name, even shorn of its all- too-shameful associations, is blunt and menacing, abbreviated like a sawn-off […]
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/ 15 January 1999
before profit >From PAGE 39 His offices were recently robbed, yet the only item stolen was his Iscor file containing all his correspondence with the company. Winterbach also recently discovered sand in the sump of his aeroplane. “It’s not fair to point the finger of suspicion at anyone,” he says, “but this has never happened […]
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/ 15 January 1999
Mark Milner Soccer Ajax, the Dutch football club, this week claimed a world first with the purchase of a South African soccer club with the aim of nurturing young talent. Under the terms of a franchising agreement, Ajax, which is quoted on the Amsterdam stock exchange, is taking a 51% stake in Ajax Cape Town, […]
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/ 15 January 1999
places Andy Capostagno Golf The Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship returns to Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg this week and, festive season ennui and geographical impossibilities notwithstanding, it marks the beginning of both the Vodacom Southern African and the Volvo European PGA Tours for 1999. This is the fourth year that the event has been co-sanctioned […]
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/ 15 January 1999
Edward Helmore Dreams of riches from entertainment bonds, to be secured against future royalty earnings, seem to be turning to dust. Japanese investment house Nomura Securities has closed the entertainment securities division in which it put so much hope. Its flamboyant head, Ethan Penner, has been fired. His partner in the scheme, former Eagles manager […]
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/ 15 January 1999
SOUTH Africa and Ghana recorded double victories as the two countries dominated the boys and girls singles events at the just ended International Tennis Federation junior circuit in Lagos. South Africa’s 18th-seeded junior Klassen Raven defeated compatriot Maleka Kabela 6-1, 6-2 to take the boys singles trophy. Raven later paired with Kaleba to defeat the […]