Andy Capostagno GOLF It seems only right that in the week prior to the 64th Masters the name of Nicklaus has been in the news. It is 14 years since the Golden Bear won his sixth and last green jacket, but he still sells newspapers. In the week that Tiger Woods revealed he kept a […]
Ivor Powell and Jubie Matlou The SABC’s entire top management will lose their jobs if the proposals of an independent consultancy into restructuring the beleaguered corporation are accepted. In a confidential report completed two weeks ago, international consultancy Gemini slams the corporation’s group executive for a shortage of skills and a lack of leadership, and […]
Mail & Guardian reporters Autonomy, the fast-growing British intelligent software company, last week launched a new product which it claimed would sound the death knell for the traditional Internet search engine. As part of a profile-raising exercise before its planned Nasdaq flotation, the Easdaq-listed company announced plans for Kenjin, a free software product expected to […]
Mary Dover Johannesburg’s luxury Westcliff hotel turns two this year, in the wake of last year’s centenary celebrations of its sister hotel, the Mount Nelson, in Cape Town. Fondly referred to as “the grand old dame of Cape Town” or “the Nellie”, the Mount Nelson also forms part of the exclusive Orient Express Hotel’s African […]
Jaspreet Kindra The CIA has warned that the HIV/Aids pandemic sweeping sub-Saharan Africa will lay waste to the ruling political and military elite in the region, provoking damaging power struggles over scarce state resources. In a recent report, posted on the intelligence agency’s website, the CIA warns: “In our view, the infectious disease burden will […]
Melvyn Minnaar LIFESTYLE What becomes a legend most? In South African wine the compelling answer would be: keeping tradition on the roll. This weekend’s Nederburg Auction 2000, the 26th annual sale of “rare Cape wines” in Paarl, sports a zingy new logo. In place of the previous rather drab landbouskou design, a golden globe backs […]
A Sandton City salons opens its doors once a week to streetgirls for a free hair style – and a dose of self-esteem Boetie Damane The salon Hair Images attracts a celebrity clientele – stars like Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, Dennis “Chesa Mpama” Lota of Orlando Pirates, and Boom Shaka’s Lebo. On Tuesdays, sitting alongside such clients […]
Steven Friedman WORM’S EYE VIEW The “meaningless” may mean more than we think. One example may be parliamentary questions. The African National Congress wants to re-engineer them by allocating them to parties according to their strength. And it has scrapped “interpellations” in which MPs can initiate debates with ministers. This has drawn predictable reaction from […]
Fiona Macleod Ronnie Kasrils, former Umkhonto weSizwe head of military intelligence and democratic South Africa’s first deputy defence minister, gets to be the demolition man again when he blows a giant concrete overflow tower to smithereens. In his present role as Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, Kasrils is planning to push the button that […]
Denzel Washington’s latest role, in The Hurricane, adds to a body of work that bears elegant testament to the black American experience Elvis Mitchell For a long time, Denzel Washington made a career out of suffusing old-school white liberal movies with a dizzying rush of flesh and blood. Take the well-meaning Cry Freedom in 1987 […]