Donna Block Cooking up a little something for Valentine’s Day? How about this. A little sport, a dash of sex, a pinch of Wall Street and a lot of the Internet, and what have you got? The recipe for “sexcess”. This is what happened on Super Bowl Sunday when a 30-second advert promoting Victoria’s Secret’s […]

Friday night: Michelle Constant Some people do a day at the races, others a night at the opera, mine was an evening at the boxing. Past Hammanskraal, down the freeway, the evening heat lifting off the tired tarmac and the Carousel lights twinkling. Maybe it’s the heat, the almost- desert light at sunset, but it […]

Peter Hooley and Hal Austin Television chat show host Oprah Winfrey, one of the wealthiest black women in the world, is to quit because she fears a killing on live television. Winfrey’s claim comes amid growing concern on both sides of the Atlantic at the increased culture of sleaze on some daytime TV talk shows. […]

HUGE crowds are expected at the AA Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand at the weekend when the official Vodacom F1 test session starts on Saturday. The Williams and Grand Prix newcomers British American Racing (BAR) teams will be testing at Kyalami from Saturday until Wednesday. Technical crews from both teams arrived in South Africa […]

Martin Jacques:SHARE WORLD Six months ago, China was the new global star. While virtually every other country in East Asia had devalued its currency, China resisted, cushioning the effects of the regional crisis. United States President Bill Clinton and a succession of other Western leaders trod the increasingly obligatory path to Beijing. Economic reform, notably […]

Securitisation should give the banking industry a kick in the pants and investors a new toy, writes Donna Block Looking for a new home loan? Okay, “round up the usual suspects”. Only a month ago most consumers looking for a home loan would have taken a similar tact. The major banks all have comparable rates, […]

Howard Barrell: OVER A BARREL Who would want to be President Nelson Mandela? Not me. And my reasons have nothing to do with spending nearly 30 years in prison. What would convince me I could do without international adulation and the Nobel Peace Prize would be the exasperation of having to placate, encourage and cajole […]

Iden Wetherell President Robert Mugabe stepped up his offensive against Zimbabwe’s independent media this week with the arrest of more journalists amid clear signs that he is determined to punish anyone who criticises his army’s performance in the Democratic Republic of Congo or challenges his arthritic grip on power. Four journalists from the weekly Zimbabwe […]

Ramotena Mabote and Keith Henderson run the rule over the local bands who will be appearing at Womad Amersham: Four-piece Johannesburg pop outfit that has cornered a large number of rebellious youths of the harmless garden gnome variety. Boo!: The Munki Punkers deluxe. With gender bending, whacky accents, wild personae and tons of cheek this […]

Angola Howard Barrell South Africa has launched a diplomatic offensive to spur the United Nations and big powers into decisive action to halt Angola’s accelerating slide into all-out civil war. In Parliament this week, President Nelson Mandela called for a new international approach to bring peace to the Angola. At the same time, South African […]