Andy Capostagno Rugby It has been a mixed week for teams who wear blue. Last Saturday morning the Auckland Blues lost 33-18 to a rejuvenated Queensland Reds line-up in the Super 12. In the afternoon the once-proud Blue Bulls plumbed the depths as they went down 57-27 to the Natal Wildebeests in the Vodacom Cup. […]
MONDAY, 12.45PM: SOUTH Africa, firing on all cylinders, made a meal of the Sri Lankan batting to beat the tourists by 57 runs in a triangular series match at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday. South African skipper Hansie Cronje won the toss and elected to bat, sending in Mike Rindel and Gary Kirsten to […]
The editor, Phillip van Niekerk, replies to claims against Mail & Guardian reporter Lizeka Mda: Lizeka Mda’s article was merely pointing to a pattern of perception about the leadership style of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. In politics – despite what Ronald Suresh Roberts says – perception is everything and even hallucinations, if they are genuinely […]
Paul van Woudenberg : Mountain biking Dutch-born athlete Bas de Bever has claimed his greatest downhill mountain biking victory in Stellenbosch, the serene town Afrikaners see as their cultural home. This time last year, he hurtled down the vineyard-clad slopes of Botmaskop, about a kilometre east of Die Moederkerk in the centre of town, to […]
Hazel Friedman Streetwise, the term used by Saatchi & Saatchi for its “into Africa” marketing strategy, definitely has an edge. It’s got attitude, even if the impoverished communities it targets don’t have income. It conjures up the image of a kid in a baseball cap on backwards, rapping “Yo! Here’s where its happening man, so […]
Andy Capostagno : Rugby Des McGahan said: “The Hong Kong Sevens is bulletproof,” and the Irishman who has looked after the international media contingent for years may well be right. The Asian stock markets crashed last year and one of the victims was a loan company which had taken over the title sponsorship for the […]
Tangeni Amupadhi Members of a vigilante group in Alexandra township have vowed to continue fighting crime despite the killing of two of their members by alleged criminals in one year. Petrus Mathibela (30) was shot dead on Sunday when he and 100 other Comrades – the name the vigilante group uses – tried to raid […]
A broadcasters’ bid. That’s what Midi believes won it the right to run South Africa’s new private television station. Other bids may have been stronger on business plans (Midi’s plans were criticised for changing after the closing date) and legal agreements (other bidders suggest that they still haven’t yet seen a watertight shareholders agreement from […]
Andy Duffy The government is poised to again delay the introduction of the new school curriculum after its launch earlier this year missed at least 20 000 primary schools, one in five of the schools targeted. Provincial report-backs for the first term of the school year show that up to half of the primary schools […]
Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer It has been the worst of times and the best of times for Doctor Khumalo, the Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana icon, who comes closer to walking on water than any other South African soccer star. Just how popular Doctor is was driven home with a forceful bang at FNB Stadium […]