Hestrie Cloetes gold medal in Edmonton made her South Africas top sportswoman Martin Gillingham In a discipline where most world-class competitors look like Kate Moss after a long day on the rack in a medieval torture chamber, Hestrie Cloete is noticeably different. Shes tall, but not that tall. Shes also got hips. And when she […]

United Kingdom DJ and producerRoy theRoach (above) plays at the Sprite Metro FMBirthdayDance Extravaganza at The Dome in Johannesburg on December 15. Call Tel:(011) 727 7039 onFridayDecember 14 between 1pm and 1.15pm. The first two callers win six CDs each by artists performing at the show Mandoza, Arthur, Bongo Maffin, TKZee, Zola and Mdu (prizes […]

Analysis Margaret Legum Minister of Finance Trevor Manuels decision to allow Anglo-American to list in London turns out to have been the thin end of a very thick wedge. After Anglo, Billiton and South African Breweries could not be denied. Now there is a queue. Once you start, where do you stop? The clamour extends […]

Justin Arenstein The worlds largest international money transfer company, Western Union, suspended all services in South Africa this week following local cash-flow and foreign exchange problems. The freeze on payments totalling an estimated R100-million a month is expected to hit migrant miners and workers hardest. Migrant workers and South African expatriates use Western Union to […]

REVIEW Gavin Foster Subaru Legacy 2,5 Outback R248 950 If you admire those who have the balls to do things differently, Subaru must be high on your list of heroes. While most manufacturers went the route of front-wheel-drive, the Fuji Heavy Industries subsidiary decided that permanent all-wheel-drive was the way to go. And while everybody […]

COMMENT Mike Berger The “declaration of conscience” published in The Sunday Independent (December 9) challenges the Jewish community to admit that Israel is the transgressor in the Middle East and, hence, bears the responsibility for bringing the conflict to a just resolution. Although the latter assertion does not logically follow from the former, the document […]

Professor Mbeki (PhD. www) secures a place in historys Hall of Shame NO blows BARRED Sipho Seepe Great leaders “make the times” by delighting us with new insights and perspectives. Their profound insights, often beyond our comprehension, advance thought and influence subsequent thinking. The likes of Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Malcom X […]

whipping boy The Cape Guineas in February is widely regarded as the premier event for three-year-olds, with pundits trying to narrow down the major contenders for months before the race is run. Trainer Mike de Kocks Flight Alert, recent impressive winner of the Dingaans at Turffontein, is being widely tipped as a shoo-in for the […]

Nieps board now hardly fuctioning Glenda Daniels An exodus of economists is under way from what was once one of the countrys most influential economic think-tanks, the African National Congresss National Institute for Economic Policy (Niep). More than half of Nieps economists have left for the private sector, government and academia this year, or are […]

He says hes not a one-man cavalry but the Tykes hope for great things from the Bok Paul Rees Braam van Straaten made his debut for leeds Tykes last weekend after putting the English premierships bottom club ahead of South Africa. And he sparked the Yorkshire club to a 23-18 win over Harlequins, kicking 13 […]