Tony Leon’s arrogant treatment of the NNP drove it into the ANC’s arms, argues Drew Forrest In the highly fluid aftermath of the New National Party’s withdrawal from the Democratic Alliance, it is impossible to say how much damage has been inflicted on the multiparty cause in South Africa. But if there is significant damage, […]

CRICKET Neil Sonnekus Back in the Seventies there was a heavily Expressionist-type style of black art in magazines like Staffrider and on record covers by the likes of one of our greatest bands, Sakhile. It was deeply political in subject matter but highly original in conception. To reconstruct an image from memory and imagination: a […]

SOCCER James Richardson As football crises go, the one running at Fiorentina right now takes some beating. Tuscany’s top team are up to their teeth in trouble: without an owner, stripped of their best players, and threatened by both relegation and bankruptcy. And to top it off, this week there’s the real risk their own […]

Sundowns have to overcome Petro Atletico to reach the Champions League final Ntuthuko Maphumulo Some teams make history, others are part of history, and Sundowns will be looking to add a new chapter to the history books of the African Champions League this weekend. Only one team from Southern Africa has won the continent’s top […]

North American responses to anthrax highlight the apparent hypocrisy of the developed world’s position on patents Belinda Beresford Faced with the threat of a killer disease invading its borders, the Canadian government acted with commendable swiftness, acquiring a stockpile of one of the best antibiotics to treat it. But because the patent holder couldn’t supply […]

Granite: Granite, like the gladiators of ancient Rome, is the toughest of the tough, the meanest of the mean. His motto is: “You can achieve anything in life as long as you believe in yourself.” Spider: Take heed of what this “hanging man” has to say: “Make as many friends as possible and have lots […]

Niki Moore In a high-tech, sealed room in the Sugar Experimental Station at Mt Edgecombe, human figures move around in white lab coats and sterile coverings. No, they’re not developing a new killer virus to wipe out mankind as we know it they’re actually breeding thousands of caterpillars. The caterpillar in question, however, has the […]

The minister of finance also announced an increase in HIV/Aids spending Barry Streek and Glenda Daniels In the government’s first move to promote job creation through the tax system, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel this week announced tax breaks for companies that employ new workers as learners. The announcement was a key feature of the […]

John Young If your idea of a braai is burnt chops and dodgy wors over stuttering flames, then a universe-expanding experience awaits you at this weekend’s Chateau Libertas World Barbecue Championships, to be held at Canal Walk, Century City, in Cape Town. Barbecued musselcracker tandoori, rooibos-smoked tomatoes, waterblommetjie risotto and a prune, bacon and corn […]

Glenda Daniels Loyalty to a company, together with lifetime employment, is a thing of the distant comfortable past. This worldwide trend is particularly pertinent in South Africa where retrenchments are rife. More than one-million jobs have been lost over the past decade according to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). But managers still […]