In just three years he has become the best sportsman on the planet. John Carlin charts the astounding progress of Tiger Woods from golfing prodigy to global phenomenon Tiger Woods was furious. He had just missed a 3,6m putt at Pebble Beach. The ball had drifted 15cm left of the hole. Teeth gritted, eyes murderous, […]
king David le Page and Mungo Soggot Some of the more controversial dealings of De Beers, the Oppenheimers and the United States government have been cast in a new light by a South African government request that the diamond conglomerate explain its ties with Maurice Tempelsman. Tempelsman, most renowned as a former consort to Jacqueline […]
Charlene Smith on being misquoted by the president who last week accused her of ‘racist rage’ How do you measure a president’s success or otherwise? By examining those he chooses to blame for his failures. President Thabo Mbeki and the Democratic Party’s Tony Leon have sent long letters to each other about HIV and rape […]
Paul Kirk KwaZulu-Natal has been hit by a wave of farm invasions in which thousands of squatters have stormed farms, stripping millions from the value of the province’s agricultural output. The invasions have destroyed at least 4E000 agricultural jobs in the Mangete area near Stanger on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, where most of the 63 […]
Marianne Merten It is not unusual to see asylum seekers gathering outside the locked doors of Customs House on Cape Town’s foreshore as early as 7am. Hours later, the narrow linoleum-tiled corridor outside the fifth floor refugee office is a jumble of languages, frustration and patience worn thin among the dozens of applicants and home […]
Andy Capostagno rugby It is likely to be a quiet evening in Couran Cove on Saturday. At their retreat on Queensland’s Gold Coast, the Springboks will be digesting the opening Tri-Nations Test between Australia and New Zealand. And maybe as they tuck themselves up in bed for the night, they will ponder the fact that […]
Frans Botha will be on a hiding to nothing on Saturday when he fights a great heavyweight champion Gavin Evans I suppose I should admit to some bias here: first, I feel passionately about Lennox Claudius Lewis. Second, I’m not so wild about Francois Johannes Botha. The Botha thing I can get out of the […]
Glenda Daniels Occupational health and safety inspectors from the Department of Labour are resigning in droves and some have been suspended amid mounting concern about a major overhaul of the department. The exodus of staff coincides with a backlog of 5 000 unexamined accident cases, including 700 fatalities at workplaces across the country. In just […]
Tim Radford In 1999 there were more disasters than ever before and they killed more people than any year in the decade except one. According to the latest Red Cross report, there were 623 forest fires, floods, landslides, avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis, epidemics, droughts and volcanic eruptions around the world. They did economic damage estimated at […]
Pretoria Girls High has been dragged into the sleazy underworld of crime and drugs Thuli Nhlapo and Thebe Mabanga Just a few months ago, Tanya Oosthuizen was one of South Africa’s luckiest teenagers – a bright, young and attractive brunette, head girl of one of Gauteng’s leading schools with a range of lucrative professional careers […]