(and the odds) 7-4 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape) 2-1 Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge (Duckworth) 4-1 England, England by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape) 9-2 Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (Picador) 10-1 The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth (Dewi Lewis) 10-1 The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills (Flaming)
Mark Hulbert Share World What a difference two months can make. As recently as this summer, the debate between market timers and buy-and-hold investors was all but dead. After all, this year was shaping up as yet another in which virtually no market timers – investors who try to jump in and out of stocks […]
A private college has rescued Woodmead High School, writes Thokozani Mtshali Woodmead High School, the first multiracial school in South Africa, has been rescued from closure. The school has a debt of R3-million, accumulated over the past three years. Its teachers and students were convinced that the institution would close its doors this year. But, […]
Belinda Beresford South Africa’s Constitution should give employees more protection against curious employers than that enjoyed by workers in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. But the extent of those rights to privacy entrenched in the Constitution have yet to be tested legally. Labour consultant Andrew Levy says employee privacy is […]
Dan Atkinson It’s that point in the economic cycle once again. It comes around like New Year’s Eve and usually leaves behind the same trail of wreckage, destruction and blinding hangovers. Yes, it’s junk time. Some of us can remember this X-rated film the last time it was showing. How we thrilled to the transatlantic […]
to haunt Maties Deon Wiggett The University of Stellenbosch has appointed its retired vice-rector into another position, raising fears that the institution has a special relationship with former Broederbonders. Professor Christo Viljoen, who retired in March, will head the newly established Office for Intellectual Property. The position was not advertised. University representative Douglas Davis says […]
The outsider on this year’s Booker Prize shortlist is a bus driver. Peter Kingston caught a ride You’re sprinting for the bus. The driver spots your imploring wave and appears to be waiting, but just as catching the bus looks a real possibility, it pulls away. Why do they do that? “It’s the only pleasure […]
Cameron Duodu Letter from the North Lesotho is a place with which I have an unfulfilled date. While taking part in a BBC African service discussion with the late King Moshoeshoe of Lesotho, I discovered that apart from being nicely spoken and charming, he had almost as much a passion for democracy as I had. […]
The winner in Exclusive Books’ promotion, the Boeke Prize, was announced this week. Critics vote on the best of six books chosen by booksellers. The ranking of the books from first to last is: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Sceptre); The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Flamingo); Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur […]
Chiara Carter investigates a link between the Mafia boss and the ex- foreign minister The investigation into alleged Mafia moneyman Vito Palazzolo has led to a bizarre hunt for photographs of former foreign minister Pik Botha in bed with a black woman. The presidential investigation task unit’s acting head, Peter Viljoen, said he had several […]