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 […]

SPIRIT LEVEL Cedric Mayson How can South Africa learn to cope with the human instincts of self, sex and the herd? They are good instincts. We need them to survive and enjoy living. But, like chocolate and whisky, too much of a good thing can be bad. Sex is scary. People are shattered by the […]

REVIEW Gavin Foster Kia Carnival, R236985 Kias Carnival sold elsewhere as the Sedona is a big bus. Almost 5m long, 1 900mm wide and 1 790mm high, the Korean wagon looks a lot more imposing than it feels from behind the wheel. Available in South Africa with a choice of 121kW 2,5-litre six-cylinder petrol power […]