Andy Capostagno Cricket Spare a thought for our national selectors. While the pyjama game goes merrily on its way around the country, attracting full houses from Johannesburg to Paarl, Peter Pollock and his cohorts have to sort out a squad to play proper cricket on a proper cricket tour. To whit, five tests against England […]
Wally Mbhele President Nelson Mandela this week threw his weight behind the theory that Robert McBride was set up in Mozambique by security force elements keen to give credibility to the discredited “Meiring” coup report. At a briefing for opposition leaders, Mandela said he had considered the possibility that McBride’s arrest was orchestrated to bolster […]
David Coldwell Have you ever wondered if the labourer mowing your lawn or the cleaner of your office might have been an engineer, a scientist or a successful business person had they had access to a good education? The question may be a little cliched and the same could certainly be asked in New York […]
Matthew van der Want: Opinion Just Jinger, who supported U2 in Cape Town, recently spent some time in from Canada and New York, where they showcased their talent to some major label A&R people. South African DJs, journalists and label managers alike brim with national pride as they enthuse over the imminent discovery of a […]
The racist reporter Why should we be educating an illegal immigrant and providing him with a job, you racist idiots (“Man dies after four days in waiting room”, April 3 to 8). He belonged to another country, illegally entered ours, turned to crime and got what he deserved when he was shot by the police. […]
Working overtime may lead to promotion, but it can ruin your life, writes Charlotte Denny The Japanese have a name for it: karoshi – death through overwork. During the recent Japanese financial crisis, a 38-year-old accountant employed by the failed securities firm Yamaichi worked 14 days straight without a break and then went home to […]
Heribert Adam: CROSSFIRE An unfortunate feature characterises the reasoning of Crossfire’s columnists about the role of the black bourgeoisie. Legitimate questions around empowerment and Afro-pessimism are racialised. The colour of Afro-pessimism’s face should be as irrelevant as whether black fat cats emulate white fat cats. What matters is their common exploitation, their undeserved perks at […]
Tim Radford Scientists are poised to explore a mysterious lost world more than 3,2km below Antarctica. A huge lake, insulated by millions of years of ice, could hold living creatures that inhabited the planet more than 30-million years ago. British, French, German, Russian and American scientists met in St Petersburg recently to agree on what […]
Anthony Egan MY WINDS OF CHANGE by Wilhelm Verwoerd (Ravan, R59,95) If ever a country deserved a “paradox” theory of history, it is South Africa. Where else would one find a situation where today the grandson of HF Verwoerd, the grand architect of modern apartheid, is a member of the African National Congress, the movement […]
Charlene Smith Despite a recent drop in interest rates, and a further 1% to 2% drop expected later this year, property markets remain in the doldrums. Banks are under pressure too as defaults on mortgage bond payments increase. Housing sales are weak and industrial, commercial and retail rentals are stagnant or declining. The only city […]