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Four years after being among South Africa’s most bitter rivals for the chance of hosting the 2006 soccer World Cup, England is now among this country’s keenest backers for the…
Cassius Green, cut man supreme, is probably quite glad that Laila Ali’s regular trainer, Floyd Mayweather Snr, does not enjoy long-distance flights. Mayweather has deputised…
Anthropomorphism and science are usually, at best, uneasy bedfellows — but, as the acronym for the Karoo Array Telescope is KAT, it is not surprising the astronomers involved…
The middle-aged woman waiting patiently on the sidelines at the Atrec playing fields in Alexandra on Tuesday summed up the effect the influx of sports heroes had on South Africa…
Any South African who uses national highways or main roads in our cities will sooner or later run into a government convoy. Depending on the rank of the politician being taxied,…
On September 8 1966 Earth first made contact with the most famous split infinitive in the universe: ”To boldly go”. A decade after Star Trek hit the small screen South Africa…
I first took notice of Andre Agassi during the 1988 French Open, a tournament I particularly remember as it coincided with my last meaningful attempt to get fit. I’d installed an…
A quick check of my online horoscope on Wednesday morning helped allay the fear that had kept me awake most of the previous night: the planets were still favourably aligned for…
As the first ”legally blind” entrant to complete the gruelling Iditarod dog-sled race through the frozen wilds of Alaska, Rachel Scdoris should have had no problems with a 7,8km…
Burger King’s claim to be ”the home of the Whopper” has been challenged by Johannesburg in the past couple of weeks. Although the United States fast-food chain’s advertising…
When Manchester United were last in South Africa, in 1993, the club were on a high. A campaign driven by Eric Cantona had seen them crowned inaugural Premier League winners —…
When Bernardo Provenzano was arrested in mid-April, a few people in the computer-gaming industry might have suspected Electronic Arts of having a hand in it. What better…
As predictable as sensationalist coverage of the ”lesbian murder trial” recently was the reaction from conservative religious groups to the verdict. No sooner had magistrate Rita…
It’s a tribute to modern vehicle manufacture that the biggest problem I’ve encountered since buying a car last year is to describe its colour. ”Oyster silver” means little to…
The Mail & Guardian‘s business section ran stories late last year on how advances in voice-over-internet protocol present a huge challenge to Telkom. The telecommunications…
The South African swimming team could probably practise in a pool filled with the tears brought to the eyes of their compatriots by Roland Schoeman’s statement this week that…
The <i>Weekly Mail</i> was the first home of the country’s best cartoonists, writes Julia Beffon.
Enthusiasm is something Mimi Mthethwa, newly elected president of Netball South Africa, has in plentiful supply. The Empangeni-based deputy chief education specialist is still…
"There’s something about watching the start of a mountain bike race that makes you want to burst out laughing. There’s this mob on jumped-up BMXs, most kitted out as though they…
Thunderous applause, whistling and ululating filled the grounds of a Soweto school on Tuesday as more than 200 students welcomed British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to the…
