Ntuthuko Maphumulo Today’s soccer stars play for money but the heroes of yesteryear often played to entertain the fans without planning for the future. Top former players are seen today begging on the streets and no one wants to take responsibility for them. Former Bafana Bafana defender Sizwe Motaung has nothing to show for his […]
Judith February a second look If there was ever any justification for revisiting the 1994 King Report on Corporate Governance, the recently revealed shenanigans at South African Airways (SAA) and Transnet have provided it. The drama that has unfolded has seen accusations flying from Cape Town to London between Jeff Radebe, Minister of Public Enterprises, […]
whipping boy As Durban prepares for the biggest day on the South African racing calendar, with bitter disputes and possible legal challenges again hanging over the July, racing goes ahead with a truly horrendous eight-race programme at Greyville on Saturday night. While the blaze fanned by trainer Mike de Kock’s protest against the weight allocated […]
Bafana Bafana need one point from their final two matches to qualify for next year’s World Cup Ntuthuko Maphumulo Next year’s World Cup seems so near yet so far for Bafana Bafana. South Africa is waiting with bated breath to see whether the national soccer side can do as they did in 1998 and qualify […]
All eyes are on Jennifer Capriati at Wimbledon this year, reports Frew McMillan The world’s number-one player is not playing the world’s number one tournament. As bright as a light is Gustavo Kuerten’s tennis, but all he will be doing at Wimbledon is casting a dark shadow over the men’s field. Kuerten played some wonderful […]
Guy Willoughby It’s not often that a playwright has two full-length dramas running concurrently in a major centre, but such is the happy fate of Fiona Coyne, actress, elephant lover and recently author, whose plays Dearly Beloved and Glassroots open at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown this weekend. “Please God they don’t close too […]
THE Sudanese army said on Thursday its troop have recaptured a strategic area of the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan, killing or wounding more than 200 rebels in oil-rich areas, and are preparing to retake the towns of Raga and Deim Zubair in southern Sudan. Speaking on state-controlled Omdurman Radio, Armed Forces representative General Mohamed […]
THE United States administration’s point man for Africa, Walter Kansteiner said on Thursday the US would only restore normal relations with Zimbabwe when violence there ends and rule of law is reestablished. Kansteiner, the US assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, said there had been a significant deterioration in Zimbabwe’s human rights record, a […]
AT least six people were killed and 13 wounded after fighting erupted in south Mogadishu on Thursday, witnesses and medical sources said. The clashes pitted militiamen of Somali warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid against Somali Transitional National Government (TNG) policemen, the witness said. A medical officer said two people were killed and four wounded after a […]
BEER giant South African Breweries (SAB) has acquired a controlling 76%- interest in Mysore Breweries Limited through its subsidiary company SAB India (SABI), the company said on Thursday. It paid $17,6-million dollars, or 500 rupees per share, for the stake. Under the terms of Securities and Exchange Board of India regulations, a simultaneous public offer […]