Jacques Magliolo Nervousness among smaller stockbrokers was highlighted this=20 week by Frankel Pollak Vinderine’s (FPV) takeover of Hayes=20 Cutten & Co, a stockbroking firm which concentrates on=20 futures trading. Hayes Cutten & Co’s John Cutten says the move was prompted=20 largely by the changes likely to materialise with the=20 imminent deregulation process which the JSE […]

RUGBY: Luke Alfred THE hoary question of how the Highveld altitude affects=20 visiting rugby teams has never been more squarely in the=20 frame, particularly with the arrival of 15 World Cup squads=20 The results of sides playing Transvaal in this year’s Super=20 10 appear to contradict the truism that “visitors fade in=20 the second half”, […]

SOCCER: Gerald Combrinck MORE or less a year ago in a packed and highly emotional=20 Ellis Park Stadium more than 50 000 South Africans=20 experienced possibly the greatest moment in their lives. Having been inaugurated just hours earlier as South=20 Africa’s first democratic president, Nelson Mandela’s first=20 official assignment was to watch the national soccer […]

Clive Simpkins A CHALLENGE to South African marketers is keeping pace with=20 the changes occurring daily as a result of the awakening of=20 the once-sleeping giant of black enfranchisement. Black women, historically the bottom of the heap in terms=20 of earning power, status and direct influence in business=20 and society, are emerging as a major […]

and continued: “‘Tis none of your business, dear friend, for the gentleman of Caucasian extraction possesses a palm that is two times your visage. Glasses ar expensive …” In revolutionary zeal, I had neglected to look at the size of the offending whitey and thought onl’ of my self- righteous blackness and how I could […]

Opera: Coenraad Visser THE PROBLEMS with Pact Opera’s revival of Puccini’s=20 treasured masterpiece La Boheme start in the pit, where=20 Gert Meditz’s moribund and clumsy conducting shows scant=20 regard for Puccini’s soaring lyrical lines. Nor does he=20 seem to realise that there are two sets of lovers involved,=20 to portray two different types of love, […]

The current account deficit is growing. Drastic measures=20 must be taken now if the economic recovery is to be=20 sustained. Lynda Loxton reports Economists, ever watchful for dark clouds on the horizon,=20 are tempering their delight about the continued strong=20 growth of the economy by worrying about the deepening=20 current account deficit. And they received […]

Rehana Rossouw DRUG addicts and dirty needles go together like love and marriage used to in the old lyrics but, in Cape Town, where drugs are smoked rather than mainlined, a zealous doctor is using (clean) needles to cure addicts of their curse. In his comfortable Rondebosch acupuncture clinic, Dr Won H Lee launches passionately […]

Television: Hazel Friedman DOLLY RATHEBE and her evergreen Inkspots, George Lee=20 singing the Ghana blues and The Radio Rats — South=20 Africa’s quintessential rock band — articulating the angst=20 of a generation over boiled eggs and Spring rolls. This is=20 just a sample of what you can expect to see from May 18 to=20 September […]

Rehana Rossouw After months of negotiation and consultation, the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is expected to announce next week that it has a new rector — Professor Cecil Abrahams. The announcement has been delayed by weeks of sensitive negotiation about the rector’s salary package and tenure, which has been improved considerably. Unlike Professor […]