Jaspreet Kindra Former homeland leader Lucas Mangope is considering abandoning his alliance with the Democratic Party in favour of a partnership with the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania ahead of the local government elections. PAC sources said this week that Mangope, the leader of the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP), has been in exploratory discussions […]

Justin Arenstein Mpumalanga Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu’s buffoonish and often petty behaviour is endangering Southern Africa’s largest public infrastructure project, the R25- billion Maputo Development Corridor (MDC), and is scaring away international investors, a new international study warns. The damning Lessons from the MDC Toll Road study, funded by the Canadian government and compiled by the […]

l Formed by royal charter 100 years ago, hence Real meaning Royal l One of only three clubs, with Barcelona and Osasuna, “owned” by the “socios” or club members l There are 68E000 “socios” l Dictatorial former president Santiago Bernabeu helped to organise the first European Cup, which Real won by beating Stade de Reims […]

to feedom A relocated bull elephant named after the former president keeps returning to the Kruger park Fiona Macleod When “Madiba”, the biggest bull elephant yet relocated from the Kruger National Park, was moved to a small game reserve in Northern Province two weeks ago, he decided captivity was not for him and set off […]

Andy Capostagno rugby It might not have occurred to anyone in a position of power in South African rugby, but Conrad Jantjes has just had his life rearranged. The Lions utility back, with Blue Bulls wing Rayno Hendricks, is at the centre of the row over quota manipulations. Jantjes is one of those rare talents […]

Peter Dickson On the seventh day he rose from the dead, slipped on some shades and went to collect his life policy. It was an inspired move in the desperate north-eastern Cape town of Venterstad, but not enough for another miracle in the Queenstown Regional Court last week. Former Venterstad mayor Siphiwo Nqayi, who faked […]

AFP, Harare | Friday FOUR opposition officials have been arrested after police in Zimbabwe raided three offices of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in search of weapons. One of several lawyers representing the MDC, Brian Kagoro said “they (the police) have arrested and detained” four officials after the early morning raid found […]

HIGH Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Cheryl Carolus, has emerged as the African National Congress’s most favoured choice for mayor of Cape Town in the forthcoming local government elections, Business Day newspaper reports. An unnamed departmental official said he was aware of moves to end Cape-born Carolus’s tenure in London 18 months early so she […]

Rupert Neethling With the arrival of Windows Millennium, home users are asking themselves whether they should shell out yet another couple of hundred rand for an upgrade. However, if you’re among those who would rather see how long they can keep on going with what they’ve got, you may be pleased to hear that with […]

Conservative whites lack the cohesive political leadership that is necessary to lead them beyond the laager of exclusion Charles Villa-Vicencio ‘Every time a white person speaks in this conference, another white stands up and says he or she is not speaking for me.” An observation made at the recent racism conference in Sandton. At Stellenbosch […]