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 […]

Jacques Magliolo reports on the CBD’s captive market, the stockbroking fraternity STOCKBROKERS are unlikely to abandon the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) building in a mass exodus once automated trading is implemented. This is the feeling of a number of stockbrokers, who were responding to media speculation that once an automated trading system (ATS) has been […]

Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, =20 rejects the claim that his is the least effective=20 government department, reports Rehana Rossouw=20 South Africans are still extremely parochial and the=20 Department of Foreign Affairs cannot be expected to act=20 aggressively to protect human rights internationally if=20 its citizens are complacent, says Deputy Minister of=20 Foreign […]

South African broadcasters have been caught unawares by=20 Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of southern hemisphere rugby=20 broadcasting rights, reports Justin Pearce Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of the television rights to=20 southern hemisphere rugby has caught the South African=20 broadcasting world unawares, with the Independent=20 Broadcasting Authority and the SABC still searching for=20 an effective response to a […]

Jonathan Ancer He attacked policemen in court; he had nine different=20 lawyers; he called Springbok rugby wing James Small as=20 his witness; he made an obscene gesture to the judge,=20 tried to force his recusal and yelled at him ”I’ll see=20 you right”. Now Gary Beuthin is going to the Constitutional Court=20 to continue his […]

Alan Morris and Stefaans Brummer IN the new South Africa, the military-industrial=20 complex should expect to find it a lot harder to=20 operate in the covert, money-is-no-object manner of the=20 The government set up the Cameron Commission to=20 investigate the industry after a large consignment of=20 South African rifles and ammunition was found in a=20 […]

Stefaans Brummer A SHADOWY company that was a nerve centre for security=20 police dirty tricks planning in the Witwatersrand since=20 late 1990 still exists as a police front. The company, which operated under the cover names=20 Lamont Market Research and LM Research, shed its more=20 notorious “Stratcom” component in late 1991 or early=20 1992, but […]

Reg Rumney IT may be fashionable to focus on manufactured goods,=20 but commodities still earn most of South Africa’s=20 foreign exchange. Precious metals, diamonds, base metals and mineral=20 products make up 69 percent of South Africa’s exports. Indeed, rather than ignore its traditional source of=20 foreign exchange, South Africa should actually=20 diversify within its traditional […]

Leticia Muller is leaving Pact to join the Birmingham=20 Royal Ballet. Stanley Peskin mourns the loss of a rare=20 WHEN David Bintley came to Johannesburg to stage “Still=20 Life” at the Penguin Cafe for Pact Ballet in 1994,=20 there was considerable delight among ballet-lovers. The=20 choreographer of this poignant work had chosen to=20 oversee the […]