ENGLAND captain Lawrence Dallaglio said on Thursday that he would not be happy having South African World Cup flyhalf Joel Stransky playing for England. Stransky has been in superb form for his English club Leicester and there has been speculation that he could qualify to play for England in this year’s World Cup. Coach Clive […]

ZIMBABWE’S Mark McNulty threw away a first-round lead at the Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open in Mbabane on Thursday with a rare triple bogey on the course’s third easiest hole. McNulty finished on 68, three strokes behind leaders Chris Davison, Brenden Pappas and Justin Hobday. Wimpie Botha, Andre Cruse, Ashley Roestoff, Ian Kennedy AND American […]

Trevor Manuel boasted of increased government spending, but analysts say the budget won’t boost development in real terms. Ann Eveleth reports Low-income wage earners will benefit from significant tax cuts this year, but the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is poised for a setback following real cuts in most social spending categories as the 1999/2000 […]

MOZAMBIQUE will soon be one of Africa’s most competitive producers of sugar thanks to the privatisation of the industry two years ago, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Arnaldo Ribeiro, director of Mozambique’s sugar institute, anticipates that Mozambique will be producing at least 300000 tons of sugar a year by 2005, following rehabilitation of […]

buffalo Fiona Macleod All the buffalo sold at the prestigious annual KwaZulu-Natal Conservation Service game auction last year were diseased, and the service is now facing huge claims for damages from the buyers. Last year was the first time the KwaZulu- Natal conservation authority sold buffalo at the annual auction, which has become a celebrity […]

got Beukes? Five arrested Pagad members have laid charges of torture against their interrogators, writes Tangeni Amupadhi Superintendent Henry Beukes, one of South Africa’s old-style policemen with a well- documented history of killing crime suspects, is in the spotlight once again. Five People against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) members arrested in the Karoo recently have […]

Dawie Roodt South Africa has certain serious economic shortcomings, such as a lack of sufficient savings, investments, job creation and economic growth in general. It is widely accepted that governments should provide a social safety net and redistribute income. However, the extent of this redistribution in South Africa is so large that it may affect […]

Andrew Muchineripi Soccer National soccer coach Trott Moloto faces another no-win situation on Saturday in Gaborone where Botswana host Bafana Bafana in a Castle Cup Southern Africa championship first-round match. Given the lowly stature of the home team, who lie 133 places behind their opponents on the world rankings, Moloto will be expected to return […]

Ferial Haffajee These are some of the back-room budgeteers behind Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel’s budget this week: l Deputy Minister of Finance Gill Marcus: plucked from her role as the chair of Parliament’s standing committee on finance to serve as Manuel’s deputy, she has worked primarily to improve revenue collection. The changes at the […]

EIGHT people including a Briton, an Australian and a Lebanese were arrested in Liberia on Wednesday for “collaborating” with Sierra Leonean rebels. The arrests occurred at the offices of a local company, Red Deer International, in the capital, Monrovia. The company’s general manager, Richard Ratcliffe, a British national, was among those arrested. Military uniforms, communication […]