Mungo Soggot The state tea company has quietly axed its managing director after a disciplinary inquiry headed by a retired high court judge found him guilty of financial impropriety. Sapekoe suspended Mike Cherry three months ago and fired him last week. The low-profile company has clung to its apartheid-era penchant for secrecy and sought to […]
Tariq Ali: A SECOND LOOK Summer has returned to Pakistan with a vengeance. In the blistering heat of the plains the people, misinformed and miserable, are celebrating the explosion of their very own nuclear device. India had exploded a Hindu bomb. Pakistan had countered by detonating a Muslim device. Honour had been satisfied and in […]
Ferial Haffajee The bid to challenge the country’s first private television licence hung by a thread this week. The powerful Free to Air consortium has lost the support of Primedia for its court battle, and the industry is speculating that two other shareholders will withdraw their support. Rival bidders for the lucrative licence earlier indicated […]
Charlene Smith Winter is here, time to escape, and there are a number of excellent travel deals available whether you want to stay in South Africa or travel abroad. Seekers Travel says Nationwide Sabena is offering fares from Johannesburg to Cape Town almost half those of its competitors, at R906 return, while to Durban and […]
sufferers Michael Nurok Forget the apple – if new research proves correct, it will be a pilchard a day that keeps the doctor away. Scientists have been looking at the therapeutic properties of omega-three fatty acids, found in fish oil, in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. South Africa’s richest natural source of the substance is […]
lift the trophy Andrew Muchineripi World Cup Sick and tired of reading about the brilliant Brazilians? So am I. There are 31 other teams you know, including our beloved Bafana Bafana. It begins next Wednesday evening in Paris when Ronaldo and his mates meet Scotland the Brave and continues until the final on July 12. […]
Phillip Kakaza It’s hard to classify Tony Cox’s music. With his classical guitar background he encompasses a well- textured resonance of blues, rock, jazz and African styles. During his recent Deep Sea Guitar solo show at Jargonelle’s he sailed into high and beautiful notes, revisiting some of his old works and playing some of the […]
THURSDAY, 6.00PM: POST, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Minister Jay Naidoo released his long-awaited White Paper on Broadcasting Policy on Thursday, outlining a vision to turn South Africa into a global multimedia hub. The 46-page White Paper proposes that the the country’s signal distribution network should be opened to competition by 2000. Concluding that the digital route […]
THURSDAY 6.00PM: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has begun a closed hearing into the 1986 air crash in which Mozambiqan president Samora Machel was killed. TRC spokesman Vuyani Green said that there was evidence linking the crash to activities of the former Suth African Defence Force. Several witnesses, including members of former South African military […]
WEDNESDAY 12.00NOON: THE former commander of the United Nations observer force in Angola says there is evidence in the country of a military build-up that “indicates preparations for a possible return to war”. Zimbabwean army Major-General Phillip Sibanda, who has just returned to Harare from a two-and-a-half-year command of the formerly 7000-strong UN military monitoring […]