Gavin Foster The day of reckoning has come, and we’re still not really any the wiser. We’ll have to wait for the second MotoGP of the year at Welkom’s Phakisa raceway on Sunday to find out if Honda’s 1 000cc V5 RC 211V is really that much quicker than everything else in the new premier […]
I was Judge Willie Hartzenberg’s clerk for almost the entire duration of the Wouter Basson case. That being said, I must point out that I am writing this letter without the knowledge of Judge Hartzenberg. I have no affiliation to any sphere of the political spectrum, I am not a Basson groupie and do not […]
Sandra Cattich An attractive man pulls up in a convertible to ask me where he can find The Vagina Monologues. I have to tell him that I’m still looking as I wander towards the closest building at Caesar’s Palace, venue of South Africa’s first V-day event, musing that the bizarre interchange is probably one of […]
Under the dictates of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Haiti began a programme of rapid trade liberalisation in the 1980s, writes Charlotte Denny. The import tariff on rice, the staple crop of Haiti’s largely rural population, was cut from 50% to 3%, opening the country to a flood of cheap United States imports. […]
Nawaal Deane The South African Union of Journalists (SAUJ) is facing a financial crisis that may lead to its demise if drastic measures are not implemented to cut costs and restructure its office expenditure. Financial statements for last year indicate that the union office has been depleting funds held in the Joint Journalists Unemployment Benefit […]
Tony Jackman It’s difficult to put a price to the finest wines and a jolly good time but some of the best went for a knock-down price at this year’s Nederberg charity auction If you’ve ever observed the rich at a charity auction you will know that the thought uppermost in most minds is to […]
Wisani wa ka Ngobeni A row has erupted between the state-owned Eskom Enterprises and a black empowerment mining group over the parastatal’s decision to award a lucrative marketing contract to an international coal firm without following government tender regulations. The Mail & Guardian is in possession of documents exchanged between Eskom Enterprises, the unregulated arm […]
Peter Robinson On Monday evening, only a few hours after the Supersport Series final had curled up and died of neglect at Kingsmead, South Africa’s Test match sponsors, Castle Lager and MTN, held a farewell do for Allan Donald in Johannesburg. It was a low-key affair. As ever Donald was immaculately dressed in a suit, […]
The last days of a young mother’s life have highlighted the power and danger of anti-retrovirals, writes Belinda Beresford Sarah H died on Sunday, after suffering a rare side effect of the anti-retrovirals she was taking in an attempt to save her life, in the face of severe Aids. She had been a key public […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo Bafana Bafana coach Jomo Sono must have been glad that he did not attend his team’s match against Ecuador in Spain on Wednesday as it did not yield magnificent football. To put it mildly, it was boring. Sono took the opportunity to have a look at South Africa’s World Cup opponents, Paraguay, in […]