Justin Pearce and Jonathan Ancer Nico van Burick, acting editor of TV1’s Agenda, has=20 resigned with effect from next week — but seems likely=20 to stay on at the SABC for a further month. His resignation comes five months after the revelation=20 that he had been a commanding officer in the citizen=20 force propaganda unit […]

Aspasia Karras speaks to Vodacom general manager Joan Joan Joffe, general manager of Vodacom’s marketing and sales department, is no newcomer to media attention. Since she first stepped into the business world, she has been a well-documented phenomenon in the computer industry — an industry she describes, in apocalyptic terms, as an opportunity that appeared […]

Chris Louw More than a year after the inauguration of the ANC- dominated Government of National Unity, diplomatic ties=20 are still maintained with the small island of Taiwan,=20 whose independence is not recognised by China. This, despite the African National Congress’ official=20 policy to establish diplomatic ties with China, an old=20 ally in the struggle […]

It has been a bad week for Derek Hanekom with=20 opposition to his land reforms coming from several=20 fronts, writes Eddie Koch LAND reform has come under siege from four fronts as=20 officials battling to reshape apartheid’s rural=20 geography were hit this week by the simultaneous=20 prospect of land invasions from labour tenants, civil=20 disobedience […]

He made his money from fertilizer and he always seems to be putting his foot in it, but there are a couple of redeeming features to Louis Luyt, writes Jon Swift FOR many in this country, rugby lovers or not, there is something about Louis Luyt which evokes the twitches of a nasal nasty. But, […]

Pat Sidley SOUTH AFRICAN wearers of disposable soft contact lenses=20 are at risk from a rare but devastating condition which=20 can lead to blindness. The condition is caused by an organism carried in water=20 (including tap water), dust or air, and it causes a=20 disorder called Acanthamoeba keratitis. Although uncommon, sufferers can go blind or […]

Four weeks of trauma and triumph culminated in South Africa emerging as champions, now they have to face up to that challenge, writes Jon Swift THE euphoria will take a while to evaporate into the realities of everyday life but the bitter aftertaste of Louis Luyt’s ill-timed attempts at humour will probably take a bit […]

Gavin Du Venage Johannesburg’s R6,5-billion budget passed earlier this week held few shocks for rate payers. However, business has been hit with an increase that could be as high as 30 percent, most of which will go to fund a huge deficit as a result of unpaid township debts. The first unitary budget to be […]

Jon Swift THE inherent weakness in picking a World XV is that it remains a paper exercise made more difficult by pulls of patriotism and the dictates of producing a line-up which would not necessarily gel in real life. There were, however, some truly stand-out players in the World Cup where no dispute can be […]

The visit of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams to South=20 Africa highlighted both the similarities and=20 differences between the South African and Irish peace=20 processes, writes David Beresford The departure of Gerry Adams from South Africa last=20 week is likely to have been met with a sense of relief=20 in Stormont and Whitehall. The memory […]