Michael Vlismas golf In the same week that Tulsa’s new Miss Firecracker will be crowned, Tiger Woods will light the fuse that is expected to blaze a path through 72 holes of major golf on its way to another explosive impact on sporting history. The 101st United States Open at the Southern Hills Country Club […]
JOHANNESBURG | Friday WHITE males still dominate South African business, but the situation is slowly changing, according to a report published on Thursday. The report, by Deloitte and Touche Human Capital Corporation, says black women fill just six percent of business positions in South Africa, where blacks make up 78% of the population and whites […]
This is the make or break year for Cape Town baritone Fikile Mvinjelwa, writes Mathaha Mathaha A string of local and international awards, including the 2001 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music, have put Fikile Mvinjelwa under the spotlight. Is he destined for better, bigger things or will he fade? After Love and Green […]
As one of several indigenous sports, jukskei is becoming popular among black South Africans Marianne Merten The Voortrekkers may have claimed jukskei as their own, but the first hesitant moves are under way to popularise the throwing game of 18th century Cape transport drivers among black South Africans. Although many regard the game as a […]
A handwriting expert has confirmed that some of the petition lists had been entirely composed by the same person Mungo Soggot The office of Peter Marais, the Democratic Alliance mayor of Cape Town, has been presiding over a vote-rigging exercise to have two prominent streets named after former presidents FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. […]
Three days before the 1998 Tour de France a little-known team assistant, Willy Voet, was stopped by customs officials on the Franco-Belgian border. What they found in the back of his car stunned the world of professional cycling. This is his story Willy Voet was born in the Belgian town of Hofstade on July 4 […]
Garry Mulholland CD OFTHEWEEK The real clue to What the Manics Did Next had nothing to do with launching their sixth album in Cuba, nor their much-hyped return to a revolutionary punk-rock agenda. Nope, the real clue was tucked away on the B-side of last year’s limited-edition, back-to-basics, number one single Masses Against the Classes, […]
whipping boy The scintillating triumphs of three-year-olds Hoeberg and Badger’s Drift last weekend has consolidated their positions at the top of the betting boards for the Durban July, but another of their generation could stake a claim in the R500 000 Grade 1 Gold Challenge over a mile at Clairwood Park on Saturday. Victory for […]
A cash settlement worth more than R60-million puts paid to the public’s right to know if the third cellular licence was awarded fairly Stefaans Brmmer The out-of-court settlement between Cell C and Nextcom has resolved a tug-of-war that wreaked havoc on investor confidence but the deal has likely also deprived the public of the right […]
Microsoft’s operating system won the battle for the desktop. Now the software giant wants to remould the Internet to keep its dominant position. Jack Schofield reports Even if Microsoft’s Xbox games console flops, it should do at least one useful thing: it should stop people thinking of the company as merely a PC software firm. […]