OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.30am. DEMUTUALISED insurance giant Sanlam makes its long-awaited listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Monday, having raised R4-billion in its pre-listing offer to take its market capitalisation to R15,7-billion. The figure suggests a listing price of 600c, with analysts predicting the shares will trade between 700c and 900c, especially […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00pm. THREE domestic airlines, British Airways-Comair, Nationwide and Sun Air on Monday filed a complaint against South African Airways with the Competitions Board, accusing the parastatal of predatory behaviour. A joint statement issued by BA-Comair MD Pieter van Hoven, Sun Air MD Johan Borstlap and Nationwide GM Hugo Smit, said […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.00pm. SOUTH Africa are firmly in position to take the first Test against the West Indies in Johannesburg after dismissing the tourists for 170 runs in their second innings, a slender overall lead of 163 runs. Only a sixth-wicket partnership of 68 between Carl Hooper and wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs gave […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 8.30pm. KAIZER Chiefs beat Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on penalties to retain the R1-million Rothmans Cup at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. The final was decided on penalties after the sides drew 2-2 after 120 minutes of thrilling football. Striker Pollen Ndlandya’s score in sudden-death secured the match for […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.00pm. ZIMBABWEAN Nick Price won the Zimbabwe Open by five shots with a 17-under-par total of 271 after a final day nine-under-par 63 saw him drive back the field at the Royal Harare course on Sunday. Price’s win makes him the first player to win the title for the second […]

readership Johnny Masilela DIPHORORO TSA BOPHELO edited by MV Shai (Heinemann Mamela Afrika Series) In his foreword, the editor and compiler of this Sepedi language collection of short stories, MV Shai, goes to great pains to explain what protest literature is all about. Were contributing authors asked to come up with political stories? The first […]

Fine art: Brenda Atkinson The relationship between the private sector and the arts in South Africa has not traditionally been characterised by a spirit of mutual largesse: corporates regarded artists as garret-based idealists, while artists saw suits as conniving Thatcherites with philistine aesthetic inclinations. The terrain, however, has shifted notably in the past few years, […]

Five pairs of tickets can be won in the Mail & Guardian’s Bee Gees competition. All you have to do is answer this question: What are the Bee Gees first names? To respond call (011) 726-8098 between 6pm and 7pm on Friday November 27 for your tickets that will be valid for November 28.

SOCCER: Rothman’s cup final, Sundowns vs Chiefs Andrew Muchineripi The safest bet before the Rothmans Cup final between holders Kaizer Chiefs and Sundowns at FNB Stadium on Saturday is that Amakhosi coach Paul Dolezar will take longer to choose his team than counterpart Ted Dumitru. Suspensions rule defender Jacob Tshisevhe and wingback Lifa Gqosha out […]

directorate Stuart Hess South Africa’s first black female gynaecologist, Nothemba Simalela, will become the new head of the national Aids directorate on World Aids Day next Tuesday. A senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Medical University of South Africa (Medunsa), Simalela replaces Rose Smart. Smart said she is leaving as director because she […]