‘You need to know what they are feeding on and how they=20 are behaving, then decide on a strategy.’ This is=20 Cyril Ramaphosa speaking not about his tactics in=20 parliament, but about one of his greatest passions:=20 trout fishing. Lesley Cowling reports There is an urban legend which gives the trout a broker’s=20 role in […]
SOCCER: Gerald Combrink THE Coca Cola Cup has since its inception in 1992 become the property of the minnows of South African soccer. It is a competition that, like the sponsor’s logo, seems to “add life” to the lesser knowns of the local game. In fact, the only giant to do anything significant in the […]
PUBLIC comment is urgently being sought — by June 25 –=20 on a bold new land policy framework that promises sweeping=20 reforms for the poor and dispossessed. The Department of Land Affairs recently published a Land=20 Policy Framework Document which covers crucial land reform=20 issues including restitution, security of tenure and=20 sustainable land use. The […]
JAZZ CD OF THE YEAR: Ronald Atkins ANY shortlist of jazz groups of the year must include the Mingus Big Band. All their material was written long ago by Charles Mingus. So, does their album Gunslinging Birds (Dreyfus FDM) confirm the fears of those who grumble about jazz navel-gazing instead of thrusting ever onward? If […]
His body told him it was tired but the messages on Shaun Meiklejohn’s arms helped him to victory in the Comrades Marathon ROAD RUNNING: Julian Drew A CURSORY glance at many photographs of Shaun Meiklejohn could present the newly crowned Comrades Marathon champion as a trendsetter in the sphere of body adornment. As was the […]
GOLF: Jon Swift WE are a nation of immense expectations, buoyed by the optimism which tends to flatten out the hills of the failures which are so inherently part of the human condition. In the realm of South African golf, thank heaven we We have had any number of success stories within the boundaries of […]
SAILING: Jonathan Spencer Jones WITH little more than two weeks to go before the start of the next Rothmans Cape to Rio race, preparations are gathering pace for this, one of the foremost southern hemisphere yachting events. Yet it has not proved as popular as had been expected with the final total of 59 entries […]
Paul Dixon and Nicola Gain Foreign investment is on the increase. While falling short=20 of pre-election hype, the tide is changing, with inward=20 investment is gaining strong momentum. United States firms have taken the lead — not surprising=20 since they disinvested heavily during the 1980s.=20 Current activity may only be the tip of the iceberg, […]
Pearl Connor NATHAN ”Dambuza” Mdledle, who has died aged 72, was the lead singer with The Manhattan Brothers, and found fame in Britain when he starred in the Fifties musical King Kong. Blessed with a magnificent baritone voice, good looks and a charming manner, Mdledle was the spokesman for the group. The son of an […]
Laura Cumming Whoever would have guessed that John Banville’s Faustian murderer, Freddie Montgomery (now calling himself Morrow) would appear in a third novel as a middle-aged suitor, hard of breath, prone to tears and lewd with wonder at his own tumescence? Well, he’s in Athena (Secker & Warburg). A staggered old bull, he calls himself, […]