Nthuthuko Maphumulo Cameroon’s snazzy sleeveless jerseys and Nigerian Julius Aghahowa’s spectacular multiple-somersault goal celebration were the talking points of the first round of matches at the African Cup of Nations inMali. The soccer often could not match the shirts, however, and the opening eight games produced just five goals. The colourful and festive opening ceremony […]

High jumper Hestrie Cloete makes her first appearance on home soil since becoming world champion Martin Gillingham The appearance of world high jump champion Hestrie Cloete at the Herman Immelman stadium in Germiston on Friday should ensure the season gets off to the fastest possible start at the first meeting in the 2002 Absa series. […]

Ngwako Modjadji National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi is set to investigate allegations of racism, intimidation, corruption and maladministration against police officials at the Welbekend police station, outside Bronkhortspruit in Gauteng. A representative of Selebi, Sally de Beer, confirmed this week that they are waiting for a report from the area commissioner in Pretoria before investigations […]

Mashupye Ratale Kgaphola and Annette Lansink Kirk-Cohen on the Unisa squabble Newspaper readers and news followers in general in recent weeks may be forgiven for confusing the unfortunate squabble between the council of Unisa and the Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, with the real debate in respect of the changing landscape of higher education in […]

The IFP and the DA making eyes at each other, the PAC making eyes at the Boers, the UDM making eyes at just about everyone … These are the machinations of opposition parties as the next election approaches. The Mail & Guardian spoke to opposition leaders this week Drew Forrest The Inkatha Freedom Party is […]

TENNIS Mail & Guardian reporter Martina Hingis and Jennifer Capriati are to meet again in the final of the Australian Open. For Hingis it will be her sixth consecutive Melbourne final, and for Capriati a chance to retain her women’s singles crown. But to predict a winner from the pair will be more tricky, after […]

BODY LANGUAGE Ellen Goodman To be frank, I had nearly given up on scientific research as the road to health. I had almost abandoned the last hope that medicine would come up with a user-friendly formula for longevity. First there was the bad news about cloning, the genetic path to immortality. Dolly the clone has […]

BOXING Deon Potgieter Three South African boxers are featured in world-title action on Saturday and all three face a testing time. Jan Bergman makes the first defence of the World Boxing Union (WBU) welterweight world title he won in June against Colombian Guilermo Mosquero. Although Bergman still possesses one of the most awesome left hooks […]

SOCCER Ntuthuko Maphumulo The second half of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) season looks to be tightly contested, although the gap between log leaders Moroka Swallows (39) and bottom of the log Classic (13) is 26 points. The title race is likely to throw up a new champion as some of the perennially strong teams […]

BOXING John Rawling As the dust settled in New York’s Millennium hotel, after a press conference to showcase the richest fight in history had disintegrated into mayhem, one overriding conclusion was clear: Mike Tyson is patently unfit to be taking his place in a boxing ring. This was no stage-managed World Wrestling Federation-style knockabout hype, […]