OWN CORRESPONDENT, Blantyre | Friday THE high-profile trial of a former Malawian cabinet minister facing corruption charges has opened amid tight security and high tension. Brown Mpinganjira, who had been widely tipped to succeed President Bakili Muluzi as leader of the governing United Democratic Front (UDF), faces up to 12 years in prison for his […]
OWN CORRESPONDENTS, Johannesburg | Friday FEARS that the cholera epidemic ravaging KwaZulu-Natal might spread to the rest of South Africa have heightened with reports of the disease in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and in neighbouring Swaziland. At least six people have died in Swaziland after the epidemic crossed into the tiny kingdom from KwaZulu-Natal, where 57 people […]
102 Dalmations. She’s back. Cruella de Vil (Glenn Close) re-emerges with a social conscience that lasts a full 10 minutes. Representing us ordinary, good folk is the pretty probation officer who will keep an eye on Cruella but keeps Dalmations. Wonderfully surreal, it’s a pity that Cruella’s comeuppence takes so long, because by then the […]
Deon Potgieter boxing Dingaan Thobela has appealed to the World Boxing Council (WBC) to declare his super-middleweight world title fight against Dave Hilton in Canada last month a no contest. Thobela is not contesting the ludicrous split points decision which robbed him of his title, but rather the gross neglect of world boxing regulations. Dave […]
South African groundsmen are preparing pitches to last the full five days but the lack of variety might kill off interest in Test cricket Peter Robinson When a batsman who has just scored 180 in a Test match wonders publicly whether the type of pitch he’s just scored his runs on really suits his side, […]
Jon Henley in Paris As controversy rages in Britain and South Africa over the Steven Maisels’s sexy Sophie Dahl advertisement for Opium perfume, French feminists are turning up the heat in their war on a national ad industry that has long considered bare breasts an appropriate way to advertise anything from lawnmowers to low-fat margarine. […]
Let us also be clear that, as of now, there is no proof of wrongdoing on the arms deal by any current or former member of the ruling party.
Paul Dolezar, master of touchline animation, rejoined Sundowns as coach this week after a spell in Paris recovering from an operation.
The ANC’s leadership meeting to be held next week is likely to set policy and tone for the year ahead.
Port Shepstone municipal councillors were subjected to a lie detector test as they were all under suspicion of voting for the wrong mayoral candidate.