It is a long time since South Africa has produced a discus thrower of note, but Franz Kruger looks like he can fill that gap ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THE discus throw has been dominated by Americans and athletes from the former Societ bloc. But lately the pendulum has begun to swing as new political doctrines […]

Residents of Kathorus will get their homes back, writes Mduduzi ka Harvey. But where will the illegal occupants live now? THERE’S a ray of hope for more than 2 000 Kathorus families who were forced to flee their homes because of political violence between Inkatha Freedom Party hostel dwellers and ANC-aligned residents in the East […]

Farouk Chothia THERE have been seven attacks on prominent Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members involved in peace initiatives with the ANC since last September. The Human Rights Committee (HRC) suspects these attacks are being carried out by hardliners who oppose the peace initiatives of their moderate colleagues. But IFP senator Philip Powell vehemently denied this. […]

Weekly Mail Reporter THE Weekly Mail & Guardian hired a private investigator to “bug” the offices of former Civil Co-Operation Bureau chief Staal Burger in 1992 after receiving evidence from a number of sources about secret meetings at his Hillbrow hotel, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court was told this week. The intention, senior staffer Eddie Koch […]

Media and marketing Clive Simpkins THE marketing of our new dispensation is not and should not be to the overseas investment community only. There’s dignity-marketing too. Like many of the people I speak to, I am desperate that we project a mature, rational and dignified national image and example to countries both in Africa and […]

CRICKET: Jon Swift THE enduring memory of this summer’s cricket will be an incident on the boundary ropes rather than any of the truly exciting things which happened out in the middle. It was the sight of Fanie de Villiers in the middle of the Kingsmead Test following the umpires and their lightmeters off the […]

What’s in a name? Plenty if its a branded product which is bypassing the regular channels. Reg Rumney reports. AS a rule you can’t count on what’s available at flea markets — except for cheap brand-name audio cassette tapes, the essential element of the home-taping the record industry abominates. Not only at flea markets, but […]

Gaye Davis in parliament THE huge task of writing the country’s new constitution began in earnest this week as political parties squared up against each other in sometimes acrimonious debate, spelling out their vision for the document which will become the supreme law of the land. Deputy President Thabo Mbeki rejected the notion of continued […]

OPERA: Peter Klatzow VERDI’S Nabucco (Cape Opera Festival) may not be one of his most popular masterpieces, but it offers plenty of evidence of the mastery which was to follow in Rigoletto and La Traviata. Already present is his astonishing ability to weave disparate characters and melodic lines together into a cohesive ensemble. As is […]

South African troops are not welcome in Angolan peacekeeping operations. Stefaans Brummer reports SOUTH Africa will not be part of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Angola because Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos won’t play host to countries previously involved in his country’s war. Zimbabwe Defence Minister Moven Mahachi this week attacked South Africa for […]