Steve Whiting CRICKET The “back from the brink” one-wicket win over England at Canterbury last Sunday gave South Africa’s women cricketers more than a glimmer of hope in a five-match series that seemed to be slipping into oblivion after they lost the first two – it also gave them a hope of being taken seriously […]
drums Paul Kirk Rural communities in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands may be slowly poisoning themselves by using metal drums stolen from a highly controversial chemical factory. Thor Chemicals, the plant in Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal, that was the subject of a judicial commission of inquiry after two of its workers died from mercury poisoning, has admitted that […]
financier Justin Arenstein Former Mpumalanga premier Mathews Phosa distanced himself from shady “freelance” financier Jean Mopotu this week following revelations that the Zairian tried to source funding for Phosa’s ambitious R390-million casino development in Mozambique. Mopotu attained notoriety in 1998 when he helped international fraud fugitive and suspected chemi- cal weapons dealer Moshe Regen- streich […]
Thebe Mabanga IN YOUR EAR The convergence of the Internet and radio was an inevitable development in the face of rapid technological advancement. For radio, the need to broadcast over the Net is a logical development from its initial use of the Net to advertise. Once advertisers and listeners start reading about the station on […]
Andrew Muchineripi The often-criticised South African Football Association (Safa) has finally made a move on the Bafana Bafana coaching front and it could pave the way for a brighter future. Much-maligned coach Trott Moloto takes one step down the ladder to senior assistant coach and Carlos Alberto Parreira or Clemens Westerhof takes charge under the […]
Martina’s back and her huge army of fans go to Eastbourne to lay out the welcome mat Veronica Lee Eastbourne is a funny old place. Famous for being the south of England’s favourite retirement town, where you can smell the formaldehyde rolling in off the sea, it’s also slap bang in the middle of a […]
losses Glenda Daniels ‘I might be earning cents at the moment, but it’s early days and it’s better than sitting at home and starving,” says thirtysomething single mother Joyce Moemedi, who has joined a small-business project to learn mosaic skills after 10 years of unemployment. Moemedi, who once had no skills, is now general secretary […]
David Beresford ANOTHER COUNTRY The Chief Chief, House of Lords c/o Cricket Ground, Marylebone, Great Britain, Overseas URGENT AND IN YE UTMOST CONFIDENCE Dear Chief Lord and/or Chief Lady, We write to acquaint you with a dread Affliction which has befallen the Spirit of the Game, the said game being Ye Olde Sporte of Cricket […]
intact and subdued Howard Barrell On his desk, atop a clutter of scattered papers, lay a copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, the ancient Chinese text on how to have your cake and eat it on the battlefield. Behind his desk, the senior Democratic Party official was up and down in his chair […]
Khadija Magardie The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has appointed as its new CEO a junior management consultant with no background in gender politics after he drafted a glowing report on the commission’s activities and eulogised its senior management. The consultant, Zith Mahaye, was recruited to advise the commission on ways to improve its image. […]