Steven Friedman worm’s eye view We continue to mention race in public, but not to talk about it. For those of us who have argued that we do not acknowledge race publicly as much as we should, the clash between President Thabo Mbeki and opposition leader Tony Leon should, in theory, be a breath of […]
Matthew Simpson LIFESTYLE Frankly flea markets have begun to bore me. The first one I ever went to was the mass of stalls which squatted outside the Market Theatre in the early 1980s when I was all of eight or nine years old. The place seemed to stretch for miles and was a treasure trove […]
In October the Internet will host its first election, with registered voters deciding who will regulate this medium Lauren Shantall Only 200 South Africans will be voting for one of two African candidates for Icann, the Internet “traffic authority” – despite there being nearly two million local users. The Icann election, from October 1 to […]
REUTERS, Johannesburg | Friday CONSTRUCTION and engineering company, Group Five Ltd, expected a sharp improvement in business, despite the 50% plunge in earnings per share in the last year. The group, which was hit by significant losses in its engineering division and a sluggish performance in construction, expects its EPS to surge by 70% in […]
habit’ Melinda Ferguson Oliver Christensen is 19 years old. At 17 he was hardened crack addict, a dealer and a thief. He was caught selling drugs at school. Faced with a heavy jail sentence, he found his way out of a mire of darkness. This is his story: I always wanted to do forbidden things. […]
Justice is blind – and she’s close to broke, as a cash-flow crisis cripples the courts Glenda Daniels and Khadija Magardie The Johannesburg High Court has run out of money to pay for fax paper and has enough cash for just one month’s worth of judges’ telephone bills, it emerged this week. Lawyers told the […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION Recently BBC World ran a documentary that I sincerely wish someone would shove down the throats of Mr Ronnie Kasrils, Mr Jeremy Cronin and any other latter-day commies they can find. Called Mission to Moldova, the documentary told the story of a voluntary United Kingdom charity aid convoy bringing three large pantechnicons […]
Andrew Muchineripi soccer Think carefully about the question I am about to pose before you answer it: what are the most common words on the lips of football fans ahead of any cup final? A clue. It is so obvious that it may not be obvious. Without fear of contradiction I declare that “Who will […]
Daniel Taylor soccer The first bouquets started arriving just before 11am. It started as a slow trickle, followed by a steady flow. Very soon, as the news reverberated across the old cotton town, Ewood Park had become the focal point for the mourning of a club and its community. Not only Blackburn but English football […]
Jaspreet Kindra Liberia’s ambassador to South Africa this week conceded that the arrest of the four journalists in Monrovia on charges of spying was the latest in the series of blows to the country’s credibility. Ambassador Llewellyn Witherspoon said the arrests “did not help the country’s image”. The four journalists, including South African cameraman Gugu […]