Mail & Guardian reporters One of South Africa’s top nuclear scientists has been given two weeks to leave the country after the Department of Home Affairs accused him of fraudulently obtaining citizenship. Marcel Dube, who has lived for many years in Zimbabwe, was appointed executive general manager (technical services) at the Atomic Energy Corporation (AEC) […]

Andy Capostagno Tennis There is only one thing better than winning Wimbledon and thats winning it again, said the late Arthur Ashe. The 1975 mens champion just about summed up most peoples feelings about the All England Championships. For while Wimbledon is full of cant and class distinctions it is also full of people, and […]

Angella Johnson Pity Philippe Troussier. The Frenchman with the poor interpersonal skills has emerged as the national scapegoat for Bafana Bafana’s less- than-sparkling performance in the World Cup. The charges: that as a foreigner he lacks any real understanding of the way football is played in this country; and that he deliberately sabotaged the first […]

Angella Johnson: VIEW FROM A BROAD `You’re going to train with the Springboks? Lucky cow!” was the general outcry when I told a group of female friends over lunch that I was spending a day with the national rugby team. Some of them (the white ones, that is) wiggled pleasurably in their seats. “Oooh, that […]

Bongani Siqoko About 130 homeless children, aged between five and 17, living at the Daily Bread Charitable Trust shelter in East London, were severely assaulted and 56 of them kidnapped last weekend. The children were attacked by men claiming to be African National Congress marshals, who accused them of illegal posession of firearms and stolen […]

You can negotiate with your bank to get the best deal on your bond or car financing, writes Belinda Beresford Waking up after the night before, that faint hint of an ache in your forehead is a disagreeable reminder of the pain to come as the hangover hits with full force. Its the same wincing […]

Much like the most recent X-Files movie, Windows 98 is depending on word-of-mouth for its success, writes Douglas Rushkoff The modestly trumpeted launch of Windows 98 seems, on the surface, out of character for Microsoft – especially when compared with the global promotional blitz that accompanied the roll-out of Win95, for which Bill Gates spared […]

Mukoni T Ratshitanga A senior Gauteng transport department official is facing 10 charges of misconduct after an internal probe found he held a taxi permit despite his position as the province’s chief negotiator with taxi associations. In April, the former MEC for transport ordered that Lennox Magwaza be suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, […]

Much speculation at the Dorsbult Bar over how much luggage Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was carrying on that British Airways (BA) flight from London to Johannesburg to have been charged R9 000 for excess baggage on a first-class ticket. If BA stuck by the book she would been carrying nearly 100kg of luggage. But, as every seasoned […]