Thebe Mabanga and Sarah Duguid Several hundred Alexandra residents who spent part of this week sleeping in the rain outside their homes were, by late yesterday afternoon, still in limbo awaiting yet another round of relocation and potential rejection by their future neighbours. The residents of Marlboro Transit camp, also known as the TzuChi village […]
Tracey Farren Exactly a year after 20-year-old Juan van Minnen was stabbed to death on a homebound train, a Western Cape organisation the Railway Commuter’s Action Group (RCAG) is taking Metrorail to court for failing to protect train passengers. Also summoned to a hearing in Cape Town’s High Court in June are the South African […]
South Africans have a good chance of picking up some track and field gongs in Manchester Martin Gillingham Much has been said and written in the past decade about South Africa’s athletes’ failure to come to terms with the demands of global competition. It’s true, the failures at the Olympic Games and world championships have […]
Julia Beffon Saturday night was all right for fighting in South Africa. At Carnival City, “Baby” Jake Matlala defended his world title in his final professional boxing match in front of a crowd of thousands that included former president Nelson Mandela and Hollywood superstar Will Smith. About 100km away, but light years distant in terms […]
HOCKEY Deon Potgieter in Kuala Lumpur The 10th men’s World Cup in Kuala Lumpur will be remembered for the fierce competitive spirit displayed by all the teams. No quarter has been given and even those nations not yet in the top league have played their hearts out in an attempt to be recognised as equals. […]
IT is often blamed for invading privacy and depersonalising communications, but it is also praised for the increased efficiency of communication Sheree Russouw The only sounds are the jarring sounds of fingers hitting keyboards. A harsh glare erupts from the computer screens, illuminating bodies that appear part of the machines. Seated in a dark corner […]
SOCCER Thebe Mabanga Santos enter a two-week period that may prove to be a litmus test for their season. They are sitting pretty on top of the log with 51 points from 27 games. Trouble is, hot on their heels are defending champions Orlando Pirates with two fewer points from the same number of games. […]
Sheree Russouw Sarie Nortman’s four children stare at her in quiet admiration as she bakes yet another cake, works out on her exercise bike, nurtures her vegetable garden and happily consents to working overtime at her job in Germiston. Somehow, she still finds the time, and the seemingly boundless energy, to take care of her […]
SARAH DUGUID, Johannesburg | Friday A THIRD of children who leave school this year will have been the victims of some form of sexual abuse, according to an independent study published this week. If the child attends a school in the Western Cape or Gauteng, the figure is likely to be higher. “It is well […]
THE Russian equipment aboard Nasa’s Mars Odyssey space probe revealed large quantities of ice upon the red planet’s surface, Russian scientists said on Tuesday. The Hand instrument examined the Martian soil and revealed some 10-million square kilometres of ice underneath the planet’s south pole, head of Russia’s space research institute Igor Mitrofanov said as quoted […]