Lorna Sage’s prize-winning Bad Blood is just the latest sensation in a growing trend, writes Claire Armistead The late Lorna Sage was a professor of English with some distinguished academic books to her name. But the work she will be remembered for is a childhood memoir. Bad Blood carried off the Whitbread biography award, only […]

Ntuthuko Maphumulo The administrator of the University of the North and his management team were forced to leave the campus last Friday when about 100 students and non-students occupied their offices. Professor Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed by Minister of Education Kader Asmal last year after the university’s vice-chancellor, Biki Minyuku, was suspended following staff complaints […]

The Angolan rebel movement appears to be stockpiling weapons from new sources Sechaba ka’Nkosi Former Eastern bloc countries have emerged as the main suppliers of arms to Angola’s Unita rebel movement as fears mount in the international community that rebel leader Jonas Savimbi may be stockpiling weapons. A report by the United Nations monitoring team […]

Jaspreet Kindra A SECOND LOOK Should a developing state lose strategic control of assets that provide basic services? Debates are raging within the government and the tripartite?alliance over whether the state will be able to fulfil its social and?developmental obligations once privatisation takes hold.? This debate has been rekindled with the expected market entry of […]

Andy Capostagno golf Woodhill Country Club in Pretoria celebrates its second birthday in style this week by hosting the South African PGA Championship. Through a deal with the Sunshine Tour, Woodhill will be the host for South Africa’s second-oldest event for the next three years. The prize fund is R1-million, which might appear small potatoes […]

Graham Welch and Justin Arenstein Irate staff at the beleaguered Afrikaans talk station Punt Radio laid criminal charges against their managers this week and ordered attorneys to apply for the company’s urgent liquidation. The staff including high-profile presenters, journalists and former managers have not been paid salaries for two months. They allege that Punt has […]

Neal Collins soccer Europe looms. Months ago, the only thing we footie freaks talked about was the Champions League. You remember those heady days in early December: Leeds beating Lazio, Arsenal getting stuffed by Spartak Moscow and boring Manchester United winning both of their second phase games so far. Seems like years ago, doesn’t it? […]

Nawaal Deane A company belonging to the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is using taxpayers’ money to test, market and launch an immune booster being tested on people with HIV. The state oil company CEF owns a subsidiary company, Enerkom, which was established in 1992 to house the patents and technologies of the National Energy Council. […]

Peter Robinson cricket Is Allan Donald’s head worth R1 000? His wicket certainly is if you are to believe Ray Jennings, the Easterns coach who dumped all over his young fast bowler Andre Nel last weekend for bursting into tears when he felled Donald. Ultra-competitive and ever-abrasive, Jennings was far less concerned about the fuss […]

Barry Streek ‘Political tourism” provides huge economic benefits to the Cape Town region and Parliament is worth about R870-million a year to the local economy, according to the chief executive officer of Cape Metropolitan Tourism, Rick Taylor. The presence of Parliament in Cape Town ensures there is a steady flow of political tourism to the […]