The heirs to Beeld andDie Burger are firmly divided, writes Gustav Thiel The failure of Nasionale Pers newspapers managers to testify before the truth commission has catapulted an ascendancy battle between verligtes and verkramptes at its two flagship newspapers into the open. When staff threatened to donate their shares in Naspers to victims of apartheid […]

Lorraine Pace Telkom has crossed lines with Business Report, the Independent Group’s business insert, over coverage of the telecommunications parastatal. In a complaint laid with the press ombudsman Ed Linington, Telkom charges that an article on its apparent efforts to monopolise high- quality ISDN lines was inaccurate and untrue. Prior to Telkom laying the complaint, […]

FRIDAY, 3.30PM THE Department of Labour says that before the contentious Basic Conditions of Employment Bill is passed, an investigation should be launched into whether it will indeed cause damage to small businesses. The department was making a presentation to the parliament’s labour committee on Friday in response to submission from English, Afrikaans and African […]

Jon Henderson : Squash Of all Wasil Khan’s rebellious achievements, providing the first family of squash with a female heir seems to give him the greatest pleasure. Just 16, Karla Khan, the older of his children, was recently installed as Britain’s 14th-ranked under-19 player. “I’ve got a point to prove,” says Wasil, his smiling eyes […]

Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer The line-up for the Rothmans Cup semi- finals this weekend befits the richest domestic cup competition in Africa with Orlando Pirates tackling Sundowns and Manning Rangers confronting Kaizer Chiefs. After pumping millions of rand into the new, two-leg knockout competition, the sponsors opted for seeded draws in the hope of keeping […]

Steve Morris : Rugby In many ways, the week leading up to the departure of the Springboks for their five- Test tour of Europe has not been exactly the way coach Nick Mallett would have planned it. He lost Corne Krige – the tearaway Western Province number six flanker the coach admitted was a vital […]

Interviewed in Edinburgh, Minister of Sport Steve Tshwete said the enemies or reform in South African sport are digging in. Kevin Mitchell reports ‘When we won the Rugby World Cup in 1995, never once in the history of that country, never for a single moment before, were the people so solidly united. Never! That was […]

FRIDAY, 4.00PM: MALAYSIA and South Africa have signed an agreement to increase investor protection and safeguard the securities, futures and options market. South Africa is Malaysia’s biggest African partner, accounting for US$38,8 million in investment last year, or two percent of Malaysia’s total overseas investment. On Friday, Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) and the Financial Services […]

Johannesburg Biennale: Good works, heated debate. Brenda Atkinson reports Not since Cape Town artist Beezey Bailey adopted the identity of a black woman to get his work into the South African National Gallery has the local art world been as anxious as it is now about racial politics in the visual arts. The tension follows […]

FRIDAY, 6.00PM THE JSE ended its worst-ever week on Friday in a stronger position, with the all share index up 294 points from Thursday to 6589. The industrial index gained 305 points to close on 8130, while the financial index ended the day 514 points stronger on 9572. The gold index closed on 896 — […]