In the flssigas brot brewing process, yeast is added to malt and hops (and other secret, I-could-tell-you-but-then-I’d-have- to-kill-you ingredients) to convert the complex sugars into alcohol, splitting the world of beer into two distinct styles which are determined by where in the brewing vessel the yeast ferments. So top-fermented beers, or ales, date from the […]

FRIDAY, 11.00AM: BAFANA BAFANA coach Clive Barker is likely to field a squad that will attack from the first whistle against Germany. He said Bafana Bafana’s skill is the only way to upset Germany. “If we are not creative we will be beaten,” said Barker. “I believe we are stronger than them in a one-on-one […]

Nkosazana Zuma and Louis Luyt are taking pep-up pills from spin doctors Ferial Haffajee It cost a lot, but the R2,8-million which Minister of Health Nkosazana Zuma splashed out on improving her image and that of her department is paying dividends. Watch her: there’s a softer touch; less defensive and more confident. The three Bills […]

Andrew Muchineripi Boxing Is Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu hungry enough to retain his IBF junior featherweight title? This question will be answered on Saturday as he makes the 10th defence of his title against Philippine-born Australian Arnel Barotillo at the Carousel. The determination and hunger he displayed when he dethroned former American Olympic gold medallist […]

Julian Drew Swimming The pool which was the final staging post for Penny Heyns before her date with Olympic destiny again proved something of an omen for the double Olympic champion. After a lacklustre season which had already seen her talk about the possibility of failure at January’s Perth world championships, Heyns returned to the […]

The Investors’ Conference into the Wild Coast Development unveiled R12-billion worth of new projects but critics argue only a chosen few will benefit, writes Craig Bishop `The Eastern Cape development train is in motion – don’t be left behind,” was the advice given by President Nelson Mandela to more than 500 delegates at last weekend’s […]

The timing of Kenya’s elections, called this week, says much about Daniel arap Moi’s intent. Kenya’s aging president has left the ballot until the last minute, December 29, just two days before the constitutional deadline for an election. It will be held during the Christmas holidays when large numbers of city dwellers, who tend to […]

Certain churches have agreed to restore land rights, but some wonder whether they will uphold this decision, Ann Eveleth reports In 1854 Sir George Cathcart told the Duke of Newcastle that portions of Eastern Cape mission land should be sub-divided for cultivation “as the native residents become gradually fit for it”. This statement, so evocative […]

Gustav Thiel The South African Rugby Football Union’s newly appointed communications manager Anthony MacKaizer wants to resurrect Louis Luyt. No, Luyt hasn’t died, but his image has taken a battering with bothersome nepotism scandals and frequent run-ins with the Minister of Sport and Recreation, Steve Tshwete. MacKaizer will try to show in Luyt’s last two […]

Ann Eveleth A Northern Cape pastor evicted 11 relatives – including two septuagenarian female cousins – from the only home they had ever known late last month after they fell behind on their rent in the midst of an ownership dispute. The farm Uitkomst has been in the Jansen family for more than a century, […]