MUNGO SOGGOT, Johannesburg | Friday 3.30pm. A CONSORTIUM headed up by head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s reparations committee Hlengiwe Mkhize is tipped to win a major government diamond valuation contract. The Diamond Board has yet to announce the winner, but rival bidders, who have expressed misgivings about the tender process, claim Mkhize’s consortium […]

Angella Johnson : VIEW FROM A BROAD Sophia Jardim was trawling the aisles of her local supermarket, one of her “children” precariously balanced on her hip, when a woman approached and lobbed a gob of spit at her. It was just another in a string of unpleasant attacks this 43-year-old divorcee has had to endure […]

Sergeant at the bar Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), probably because critics have begun to read the actual text of the report, it has become clear that the work of the TRC holds much of consequence for the future of our society. To take but […]

A player revolt, shuttle diplomacy and a letter from Nelson Mandela later, the Windies finally arrive, writes Andy Capostagno There were many good reasons to believe that it would never happen, but on Wednesday the West Indies walked on to the field at the Soweto Oval and cut the ribbon on their first ever official […]

Douglas Rushkoff : Online `I’m getting a call, hold on,” my friend explained before clicking off our phone conversation to check on another incoming call. He was the one who had called me – just seconds earlier, in fact. After hearing his voice on the machine (which I use as a filtration device) I figured […]

Wally Mbhele The former head of the security police, General Krappies Engelbrecht, may be charged for his alleged role in tampering with evidence relating to the plane crash that killed former Mozambican president Samora Machel. Machel and 24 others died on October 19 1986 when their plane crashed near Mbuzini in Komatipoort. Engelbrecht and a […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.30am. SOUTH Africa’s amateur golfers on Wednesday thrashed neighbouring Zimbabwe 11-1/2 to 3-1/2 in their golf Test over the Modderfontein course. Both teams fly to Chile on Thursday to compete in the world team championships for the Eisenhower Trophy in Santiago. The South Africans went into the second day with […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.15am. South Africa’s amateur golfers came from 2-1 behind in the morning session to beat Zimbabwe in five of the afternoon singles and share the sixth on the opening day of the one-off golf Test at Johannesburg’s Modderfontein course on Tuesday. The comeback sees the South Africans lead by 6-1/2 […]

CLAUDE KAMANGA MUTOND, Kinshasa | Wednesday 12.40pm. PEOPLE suspected of economic crimes such as hiking prices in the Democratic Republic of Congo will now be court-martialled and sentenced to death if found guilty, the DRC government announced. Counterfeiting money, hiking prices and setting arbitrary foreign exchange rates are now considered “high treason” in the DRC, […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.30am. BUSINESS confidence rose above general economic uncertainty to remain unchanged in October, the South African Chamber of Commerce said on Monday. Sacob’s October Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained unchanged in October, with six of the sub-indices which make up the BCI deteriorating and seven improving. Sacob said that, despite […]