Letters to the best man Chez Uhuru 228 Musgrave Road iThekwini To:Dr Essop Pahad The Presidency Union Buildings Tshwane Dear Dr Pahad, Let me declare immediately that I share your deep concern about the mounting attacks on our leader. Rarely in the field of human endeavour has one man been so sadly misunderstood. We need […]
Andy Capostagno rugby Difficult though it might be to comprehend, if the Sharks beat the Chiefs in Rotorua on Saturday they will have qualified for the Super 12 semifinal with three rounds of the competition still to go. Currently lying on 28 points from seven matches, a win would take Rudolf Straeuli’s team to 32 […]
Sex work is a major income-generating opportunity but most sex workers want to leave the profession, a recent Hillbrow study shows. David Macfarlane and Glenda Daniels report In today’s insecure job market, any employment that requires no CV, low skills and no education, allows you to be your own boss, work your own hours and […]
Pule waga Mabe African National Congress MP Peter Mokaba and other members of the ANCYouth League’s “old guard” were influential in the surprise re-election of Malusi Gigaba as league president at its national congress at the weekend. And in an interview this week Gigaba echoed former youth league president Mokaba who had told the 1996 […]
Matthew Krouse By April 9, officials of the National Council of SPCAs in South Africa had not viewed the Mexican film Love’s a Bitch (Amores Perros) with its controversial dogfight that almost led to its banning and subsequent age restriction in the United Kingdom last year. They have, however, made contact with their British counterpart […]
The agency tasked with disbursing funds to combat poverty is not meeting its targets David Macfarlane Creating the momentary impression that you’ve stepped on to the flightdeck of the Starship Enterprise, electric-blue light glows and hums in the irradiated reception area of the National Development Agency’s (NDA) elegant new offices in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Astronomically, the […]
Rob Stout A Painted House by John Grisham (Century) What does an author do when he has become so successful that he has worked his genre to the point of endless repetition? John Grisham, the current patent-holder of legal thrillers in the United States, has left the safety of the courtroom for rural Arkansas to […]
whipping boy With the pool boosted by R600?000-plus from a carryover at the Vaal on Tuesday, the pick six at Newmarket on Thursday night assumes an attractive glow. It’s all too easy to be suckered into laying out too much money on these occasions in the hope of a life-changing dividend. Playing the pick six […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday POLICE have denied that they used teargas against thousands of soccer fans at Johannesburgs Ellis Park stadium, where a stampede on Wednesday night killed at least 47 people – including women and children – and injured at least 85 more. Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour is to meet senior soccer officials […]
SIZWE SAMAYENDE, Komatipoort | Thursday SOUTH African and Norwegian scientists are using sophisticated technology to track nine rare tiger fish in Mpumalanga’s Crocodile River. Scientists from the Mpumalanga Parks Board (MPB), the Kruger National Park and Norwegian Institute of Nature Research implanted sophisticated radio transmitters on the adult fish near Komatipoort last week to determine […]