Mail & Guardian reporters Hollywood loves a spectacle – and a spectacular blockbuster goes straight to its heart. That’s why Titanic, the most expensive movie ever made and also a huge hit, has matched the record for the most Oscar nominations (14). That’s a tie with 1950’s All About Eve, though Titanic is beginning to […]

Andy Duffy The man responsible for controlling student debt at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) was tied to a bizarre contract for most of last year, which gave students the power to oust him. Student debt had more than doubled to R60- million, steering UWC toward bankruptcy, by the time Professor Ikey van […]

trade Comment The Asian crisis has given greater urgency to the debate over the social dimension of global trade. While the region was booming, complaints about the neglect of minimum labour standards could be brushed aside as a covert assertion of Western protectionism. It was hard to query an economic miracle even if a few […]

Ronald Suresh Roberts: A Second Look If the dictum that politicians are guilty until proven innocent were applied even- handedly to government and opposition alike, the Democratic Party’s pamphlet, The Death of the Rainbow Nation, could hardly have sailed so smoothly through the Mail & Guardian (”DP takes offensive on race”, February 6 to 12). […]

The other day my whole family clustered around the square screen in our lounge watching Bafana Bafana getting beaten again. This sorry saga was brightened when my 10- year-old son took a snapshot of Lucas Radebe, then split the screen to show live action on one side and the close-up of the captain on the […]

THURSDAY, 1.45PM: SOUTH Africa played India to a crushing 5-0 defeat in the tri-nations women’s hockey match in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday night. South Africa dominated the match from the opening whistle — despite Indian coach Balbir Singh’s complaints over biased umpiring after the match — notching up a decisive corner count of 9-3. During the […]

WEDNESDAY, 4.30PM: MULTICHOICE Industrial Holdings (MIHH) on Wednesday announced it is to hive off its Internet business, M-Web Holdings, as a separate company, which will then be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The company said M-Web will be capitalised to the tune of R550-million — R350-million through a renounceable rights offer to MIHH ordinary […]

THURSDAY, 12.45PM: IRON and steel producer Iscor expects a profitable first half after posting a net attributable loss of R633-million last year. The rise in earnings is credited to a reborn steel division, which was handicapped last year by production problems at its Vanderbijlpark plant, and by losses at the Pretoria works, the closure of […]

THURSDAY, 10.30AM: A LAST-minuite goal by Ivory Coast substitute Ahmed Quattara sealed a 1-1 draw for the Elephants and denied Bafana Bafana three championship points, meaning the South African national squad’s chances of making the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations are now up to the numbers. South Africa now lie in a precarious […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: THE private sector may soon own police stations and magistrate’s courts if a proposal by investment bank Theta Securities and Property Asset Managers is approved, Business Day reported on Wednesday. Under Theta’s plan police stations and courts will be built and acquired by private sector investors, then rented back to the state, which […]