Richard Jago “Cry for help when there’s no here-Rafter …” wailed the Melbourne Age when the Australian’s rickety shoulder was apparently falling to bits. That sentiment is being even more keenly felt now as Pat Rafter, arguably the most popular man on the tennis tour, plays what may be his final grand slam. All year […]
Thebe Mabanga The 10th Arts Alive International Festival kicks off this weekend in Johannesburg to induce a frenzy that will leave Gauteng citizens reeling with a month long hangover. At the festival press launch in mid-July two of the many events unveiled as being aligned to the festival were the Joy of Jazz Festival this […]
We watch reality TV shows to see a narrative emerge from the daily flux One of the hallmarks of our post-modern age is its ability to recycle anything and everything. Heart of Darkness was a key modernist text about barbarism in colonial Africa; now it is the title of a computer game. And Big Brother […]
Mamotloga Ramohlale The auditor general is investigating possible fraud and corruption in the Eastern Cape government after tens of thousands of rands earmarked for bursaries for needy students did not reach the recipients. According to MEC for Finance Enoch Gondongwana’s office, the bursaries were awarded to between 650 to 700 students a year. About R7-million […]
A Second look Bishop David Russell It is with sadness that I have to share with you my disappointment and even alarm at certain trends in the body politic. Yes, we have a wonderful Constitution, a wonderful Bill of Rights and this government has put through some good and necessary legislation in seeking to right […]
Two young Kiwis have taken a year off from their studies to share their rugby knowledge with a Mitchells Plain club. Marianne Merten reports Two young New Zealand rugby players have introduced their take on the game to a Cape Flats team as part of an exchange programme with the Auckland Rugby Football Club. Afa […]
Carol Dundas A new programme to educate potential first-time homeowners with a practical understanding of homeownership and finance is to be launched in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga next week. This is an initiative of the Home Loan Guarantee Company (HLGC) to assist low income earners who are either in the process of acquiring a home […]
A NIGERIAN university said on Thursday that it has expelled more than 100 students for fraud and impersonation. The University of Jos in central Plateau State said in an official statement that 102 students had gained entry into the university “through improper means.” “Some of the students had fake academic entry qualifications, some impersonated other […]
MALAWI’S revenues from tobacco, the nation’s top foreign currency earner, are expected to drop 13% this year. Projected earnings from the 2001 crop are $143-million, 13% less than in 2000 and 23% less than in 1999, said Godfrey Chapola, general manager the parastatal Tobacco Control Commission (TCC). Chapola blamed the drop in earnings on smaller […]
THE Kenyan government has identified six foreign firms to bid for the purchase of state-owned Kenya Reinsurance Corporation, a government official announced here on Wednesday. Finance ministry investment secretary Esther Koimett said in a statement that a total of eight local and international firms had sent in expressions of interest on or before the July […]