The labour movement is battling with the dilemma of remaining loyal to the ANC or taking action to force economic change. Gaye Davis and Justin Pearce report WHILE Cosatu this week claimed the banks’ climb-down over interest rates as a victory, the finance institutions knocked the wind from the sails of an attempt by the […]
A mature, new model Monica Seles made a return to Wimbledon, but it was cut short in the second round TENNIS: Mick Cleary IT MUST have been a relief to feel the pain. It was real, it hurt and it could be precisely located. After more than two years spent chasing shadows in her mind, […]
Minister Jay Naidoo has hit the first snag in attempting to rush the sale of SABC’s radio stations, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy A BID by Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Minister Jay Naidoo to speed up the sale of six SABC radio stations by amending the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Act is likely to fail. While Naidoo […]
The skirmish for Wits University’s top job continues, writes Philippa Garson THE students and academics who rallied behind Professor William Malegapuru Makgoba in his recent skirmish in Wits University’s corridors of power have turned against him and don’t want him to lead the institution. As speculation around contenders for the university’s top job grows, it […]
Ann Eveleth THIS week’s local government elections will change next to nothing in the white right-wing stronghold of St Lucia, following a successful campaign by white business owners to keep most of their black employees off the voters’ roll. While black voters won a partial victory during a revision court hearing last week, the vast […]
<B>CINEMA: </B>Country Life
Clint Eastwood talked to Derek Malcolm in London about a career which has taken him from toughie to softie with Oscars in between.
<B>CINEMA: </B> Braveheart
Eddie Koch THE lesson from this week’s truth commission hearings in Durban is that the effects of the organisation’s work can never be easily predicted. Instead of hearing evidence from mainly ANC- aligned victims — as was widely expected because of an Inkatha boycott — the commission ended up strengthening its non- partisan image and […]
Manchester United have won the Premier League and now they’re going for the FA Cup, but Liverpool are a tough proposition even for United’s unique blend of youthful skill and wily experience SOCCER: David Lacey HISTORY beckons Manchester United. Now only Liverpool stand between Alex Ferguson’s team and a unique second double, the first of […]