The law should give way to allow the media to report on divorce proceedings, says Khadija Magardie None of the good citizens of Utah batted an eyelid when, one spring morning in 1868, Brigham Young, a farmer, became “sealed” to Ann Eliza Webb, a 24-year-old bright-eyed divorcee with two children. She was his 19th wife. […]

Ernie Els believes the hottest streak in golf will end in the heat at Southern Hills Michael Vlismas in Tulsa There was a collective gasp of disbelief among the American media when Ernie Els declared: “Even Tiger is going to struggle this week.” They were not quite ready to believe him, of course. The prospect […]

Barry Streek South Africa has ousted former colonial power Britain as the largest supplier of exported goods to Kenya and Uganda and total exports to Africa are growing at a rate of between 20% to 30% a year. In 1994 value-added manufactured exports were 9% of the total exports for the year. By 1999 this […]

Nona Cummings Body Language The well-brought up ladies of Jane Austen’s novels did it. Anna Nicole, all size 42-DD of her, did it. The royal families of Europe have always done it. Larry Fortensky gave up a happy life of hauling tonnage on United States roads to do it. Scarlett O’Hara stabbed her own sister […]

Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer The type of South African soccer that has entertained township fans for many years has been called diski. It’s based on short-passing, flair, passion and a love of the game and it’s known as samba football in Brazil. MTN last year launched a six-a-side version of the people’s game and named it […]

David McKay Anglo American, the United Kingdom-listed mining group, is forecast to suffer at least a one-fifth reduction in income from diamonds this financial year amid weakening confidence in the United States economy. That will be the implication of sales figures delivered by Anglo’s 45%-held subsidiary, De Beers, on June 19. The diamond group is […]

Barry Streek The government’s commitment to provide water and sanitation to rural areas falls short of targets for the worst-affected provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Northern Province, Auditor General Shauket Fakie told Parliament this week. Fakie said by August 1999 only 195 of the 1025 approved Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) projects had been […]

SOUTH Africa’s central bank cut its key repo rate by 100 basis points to 11% on Thursday, taking the financial markets by surprise. The Reserve Bank said that its decision was based on the clearly discernible declining trend in inflation and projections from its Monetary Policy Committee that the CPIX index would be within its […]

PAUL KIRK, Durban | Friday THE high-profile owner of a Durban electronics shop was arrested this week on suspicion of illegally tapping the telephones of a major shipping company. Police say only three cases of illegal telephone tapping – including this weeks case – have been prosecuted since new legislation was passed allowing for serious […]