Jaspreet Kindra Moses Mayekiso is vague when asked whether he has the blessing of many African National Congress leaders for the launch of a civic association in opposition to the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco). Rumour has it that key members of the ANC’s national executive committee, angered by Sanco’s support for the union […]

Barry Streek South African Airways (SAA) has indicated to the government that it will approach it for assistance to cover the increased insurance costs of its aircraft following the terror attacks in the United States. A government spokesperson on Thursday said the plea would be sympathetically considered. Business Day reported this week that SAA stood […]

First it was Virodene, now it’s “oxihumate-K” the University of Pretoria is at the centre of a new saga about another state-backed Aids treatment Nawaal Deane, David Macfarlane and Mungo Soggot The South African government’s oil agency, the Central Energy Fund, has pumped at least R80-million into an unproven, coal-based HIV/Aids treatment that is being […]

An Aids care facility performs “miracles” by keeping patients on a regimen of vitamins and fresh food Niki Moore Lana Oatway is quite smug about the fact that she can work miracles. “People arrive here on the back of a bakkie, showing all the symptoms of full-blown Aids, more than half dead,” says Oatway, manager […]

Barry Streek The heavily indebted Road Accident Fund (RAF) paid more than R68,5-million including nearly R6-million in attorney’s fees to a legal firm in which its deputy chairperson George Maluleke is a partner. In addition, a secret R3,2-million audit report, leaked to the Mail & Guardian, has found “systematic fraud” against the fund. According to […]

Martin Gillingham With United States golfers apparently too scared to step on to a transatlantic jet and the world seemingly on the brink of war, what we’d give for a global superstar who could not only go under par at the Belfry but also, between times, broker peace in the Middle East. Step forward Wilson, […]

Mboniso Sigonyela The rand’s weakness against the United States dollar is well documented, but the South African currency is also failing to hold its ground against other African currencies. The rand has recorded new lows against the pound and the dollar since the terror attacks on the US on September 11. On Thursday the currency […]

The Buccaneers have been sailing stormy waters, dogged by on- and off-the-field problems mostly of their own making Ntuthuko Maphumulo “Once a pirate always a pirate” is a slogan that has finally caught up with reigning Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions Orlando Pirates. The Buccaneers have been dogged by controversy since the 2001/2002 season began. […]

SOCCER Ntuthuko Maphumulo As the row over the omission of Kaizer Chiefs chair Kaizer Motaung from the three Premier Soccer League (PSL) representatives to the South African Football Association (Safa) executive simmers, further tensions have come to light in the national body. There have been allegations that president Molefi Oliphant and his deputy, Irvin Khoza, […]

China, managed by a Serb, are favourites to qualify for the World Cup finals from Asia’s preliminary groups Amy Lawrence in Doha, Qatar The Arabian gulf: a scrum of Chinese photographers make the room flash like a disco, capturing the moment a Serb, who has been speaking Spanish because his wife lives in Mexico, and […]