FRIDAY, 6.30PM: PAKISTAN’S batting collapsed in their second innings on Monday, leaving them reeling at 120/7. Asked to chase 394 for victory, the tourists were always going to have a hard task but, as in the first innings, their batting could not take the South African attack’s pressure. Allan Donald picked up two wickets, with […]
Craig Bishop A two-year-old agreement with Danish funders to fund community radio projects jointly has finally been honoured by the South African government. Dr Pallo Jordan, the former minister responsible for broadcasting, agreed in 1995 to match a two-year Danish contribution of over R3-million to develop community radio through an independent fund. The agreement stressed […]
Maria McCloy: CD of the week So you might be sick of the endless articles about spiritual, herbal tea-drinking and turbaned “Nu-Soul Queen” Erykah Badu. You might think that Baduizm Live (BMG), the live version of her beautiful 1997 album, Baduizm, is just the record company cashing in on her massive popularity. Maybe it is, […]
FRIDAY, 6.15PM: TRADING in the shares of Rand Merchant Bank, Southern Life Association, First National Bank Holdings and Momentum Life Holdings was suspended by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Friday at the request of the comapnies’ boards. The suspension came as discussions of a merger between Anglo American and RMB’s financial interests progressed. The various […]
Andy Capostagno: Rugby It has been an interesting couple of weeks for the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu). First came the good news; the Super 12 season would begin with four regional teams from South Africa who, at least on the surface, would all be happily putting aside provincial differences to raise the level […]
Mukoni T Ratshitanga More than 200 striking farm workers, including 26 mothers and their babies, were arrested in the Northern Province for allegedly violated a high court ruling preventing them from intimidating colleagues. Their lawyer, Phillip Sebola, said the workers included three pregnant women, five of their visitors and 33 parents who had left children […]
Iden Wetherell Ignoring government threats of dire consequences, Zimbabwe’s workers this week stayed at home in response to calls for a peaceful protest against tax increases from trade union leaders who have proved once again that they represent a powerful challenge to President Robert Mugabe’s arthritic regime. The capital Harare and other major centres were […]
Michael Brooks At Nasa’s research labs in the heart of Silicon Valley, alchemy is back in fashion. But turning base metals into gold is an old dream; the new alchemists are trying to turn coal into diamond. Re-arranging carbon atoms to build diamond-based materials would release a range of powerful new technologies – from silicon […]
Angella Johnson The “general” who was given 1% of Virodene’s parent company for African National Congress “introductions work” claims he actually received the share as a gift from Ziggy and Olga Visser for helping them make contact with prominent black businesspeople. Documents used to attack the ANC this week for its alleged involvement in the […]
Mandy Collins Thankfully, the days when “living together” was considered a mortal sin are over. Today, many heterosexual couples choose not to get married, homosexual couples may not get married and many customary marriages are not recognised by South African law. All that adds up to quite a few couples who live within a committed, […]