Saturday’s Currie Cup final is likely to be a torrid affair, with no quarter asked or given Andy Colquhoun Most of us will never play in a Currie Cup final. And we probably have as much chance of properly comprehending the sound and fury of the rugby coalface as a cat has of riding a […]

Eldene Eyssell and Elisabeth Lickindorf A Stellenbosch team has found a fast, accurate test for the fungus known as “black goo” which has been devastating the world’s vineyards. Slow to grow, the deadly fungus (Phaeomoniella chlamydospora) is difficult to detect in its early stages. Like cholesterol that blocks arteries in humans, the fungus attacks the […]

Mail & Guardian reporters The G7 industrialised nations intervened on behalf of the euro last month to test whether the clamour for United States assets, which has been boosting the dollar on the foreign exchanges, had been overdone, the Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Eddie George, said recently. Since the euro was launched, […]

Former Springbok media liaison officer Alex Broun examines how over a period of almost two years Nick Mallett was slowly forced out of his position as Springbok coach, nearly causing a breakaway by the Springbok team in the process Despite what the South African Rugby Football Union’s (Sarfu) public relations department (better known as certain […]

The art world is becoming more intimate due to bonds forged at a cultural development conference in The Netherlands Alex Sudheim A seminal, international art initiative has been launched by 12 young artists from India, Indonesia, Mexico, Mali, Argentina and South Africa. In June, at the behest of the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten and the […]

James Astill Directly inspired by the popular uprising that felled Serbia’s strongman, street protests in Cte d’Ivoire swept out the West African state’s first and only military dictator this week, after less than a year in power. General Robert Gue is in hiding after trying – like Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade – to declare himself […]

The community is said to be undergoing an identity crisis which has become more profound recently Howard Barrell Indian South Africans feel more deeply alienated from the government and the country’s political institutions than any other racially or ethnically defined community, according to a recent opinion survey. The surprise is that they have a significantly […]

When it comes to filling senior posts in the judiciary, a judge’s ability is no longer determined by the number of gray hairs on his head Khadija Magardie When the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the body tasked with appointing judges, met this week to interview its latest batch of candidates, its preoccupation with “transformation” appeared […]

The workers’ compensation system fails to protect those it claims to serve Paula Howell Khadija Magardie’s article “Workers’ fund crippled by ‘steady rot’” (October 13 to 19) was an accurate description of what is happening in workers’ compensation. There is, however, a more fundamental problem, which is whether the current system can adequately serve the […]

The collapse of LeisureNet has only highlighted problems that have long been characteristic of an image-driven industry David Le Page Hard-selling, quick fixes and steroids. That’s the eternal tale of the fitness industry, which encapsulates the recent downfall of LeisureNet, custodians through the Health & Racquet Club (H&RC) group to many of the nation’s less […]