The Bok coach finds his stage Steve Morris To say Nick Mallett has revitalised South African rugby is stating the obvious. But to claim that he has been solely responsible denigrates the work done before him by Kitch Christie and, it must be added, Ian McIntosh and Andre Markgraaff. What Mallett has done is relaunch […]

Mukoni T Ratshitanga The University of the North lost a four- year dispute this week when the Pretoria High Court ruled that an academic fired by the university should be reinstated. Sipho Ndlela, former head of the optometry faculty, was fired in March last year after more than two years of internal strife over his […]

Alex Brummer As we know from the dramas at Barings and Bank of Credit and Commerce International, financial collapses in globalised financial markets are no longer national affairs. The collapse of Japan’s Yamaichi, one of the world’s top 10 investment houses, is a problem for the whole global financial system. It could not have come […]

Bridget Hilton-Barber Jollers of yore! Unfasten your seat belts and drag your bodies into the upright position. This, as they say, will be an evening to remember. If you’re old enought to remember Jamesons and rich enough to pay for a babysitter, head for Melville’s Bassline from 8pm on Sunday November 30 for The Aeroplanes, […]

Eddie Butler : Rugby Before the game against Ireland two weeks ago, Sean Fitzpatrick, perhaps surprised to be above ground and not in the changing room, agreed to do a BBC interview for Grandstand. The captain of the All Blacks, his international career spanning 11 years and 91 caps, was missing his first Test ever […]

FRIDAY, 10.30AM: LATEST credit extension and money supply growth figures released by the Reserve Bank on Thursday have scotched hopes of an early interest rate cut and once again raised questions about the reliability of these indicators as a basis for monetary policy. Private sector credit extension growth in October increased 14,41% against the same […]

FRIDAY, 3.30PM A POLICEMAN has been arrested for selling stolen goods believed to belong to murdered Newcastle farmers Nicholas and Magda Marais. The policeman appears to have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders, then freed him and tried to sell the stolen goods. Meanwhile in Pretoria, Freedom Front leader Constandt Viljoen organised a […]

Richard Williams : Motor Racing Formula One is a world of clever people, and Bernie Ecclestone is the cleverest of them all. His unprepossessing title is vice-president in charge of promotional affairs for the Fdration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the sport’s worldwide governing body. What he actually does is run Grand Prix racing. He is […]

Neil Manthorp : Cricket South Africa’s cricketers have both endured and enjoyed a very, very long week in Perth since their arrival last Friday. The veterans of the 1994 tour, and the 1992 World Cup, wasted little time in reacquainting themselves with the delights of southern hemisphere hospitality while the Oz rookies discovered just what […]

evil In an extract from his book, Into the Heart of Darkness, journalist Jacques Pauw describes his meeting with Paul van Vuuren, whose only regrets were that he lost the war, was exposed and had to confess It is Sunday lunch on the farm “Drooglaagte” west of Warmbaths in the Northern Transvaal bushveld. The burly, […]