FRIDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA put up a brilliant performance on Thursday to win their opening match against Ireland 2-1 in the Alfred Dunhill Cup in St Andrews in Scotland. All three South Africans — Ernie Els, Rietief Goosen and David Frost — were under par, with Els beating Darren Clarke 66-71, Goosen beating Paul McGinley […]

Mahmood Mamdani reviews Comrades in Business, an examination of the economic politics of South Africa in the post- apartheid order Comrades in Business is an irreverent and outrageous book. Its argument, in a nutshell, is that black rule is the price white privilege had to pay to buy legitimacy. But the black leadership that was […]

incompetence Secret agents across the globe have become a laughing stock after a series of rather embarrassing gaffes. We report on the world’s second oldest profession Peter Hillmore and Ed Vulliamy Spying is not what it used to be. Gone is the ideology, gone is the efficiency. The FBI last week arrested three middle-aged former […]

Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer Somewhere between the overlavish praise and the unjustified criticism surrounding the friendly between France and South Africa in rain-lashed Lens, lies the truth about our national team. While defeat is never an enjoyable pill to swallow, a country competing in the international arena for just five years has no reason to […]

FRIDAY, 1.00PM: SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett has lashed out at overseas reports about Sarfu president Louis Luyt being involved in team selection for next month’s tour of Europe and the United Kingdom. ”It’s crazy, completely nonsense,” he said. ”No one can tell me or any of the Springbok selectors who we should pick or should […]

STATE MUST PAY KAUNDA’S RENT FORMER Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, who faces eviction by his landlord for years of failing to pay his rent, is suing the Zambian government, which he says is responsible for the rent. Kaunda’s press secretary says that the President’s Retirement Benefits Act provides for payment of Kaunda’s living expenses. The […]

THURSDAY, 5.30PM IN A move that has been taken as a sign that the dissolution of parliament and the announcement of elections is imminent, the Kenyan government on Wednesday suddenly introduced a reform Bill for debate in the legislature. The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, tabled by attorney-general Amos Wako, allows the formation of a […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African Rugby Football Union CEO Rian Oberholzer on Wednesday confirmed that Sarfu has received two new nominations for both president and vice-president. Speaking in Cape Town, Oberlholzer said Border’s Mluleki George and Natal’s Keith Parkinson will oppose Louis Luyt for the presidency. Mpumalanga and Eastern Province presidents Hennie Erasmus and Silas Nkanunu […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM The world’s third-largest oil company, Mobil Corporation, is set to launch an “aggressive marketing campaign” into lubricants in South Africa, to boost local subsidiary Mobil Oil SA. Local MD John Pototsky said on Thursday tens of millions of dollars will be invested in the South African oil market. Mobil left SA in 1989 […]

THURSDAY, 4.00PM PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Thursday ordered the chiefs of the police and army to to refine security measures already in place to combat crime and gang violence on the Cape Flats. The order follows a special security meeting involving security chiefs and Cabinet ministers called by the president at his Cape Town residence […]