WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM: KAIZER Chiefs PRO Louis Tshakoane has come up in support of the “Amakhosi” French coach Pual Dolezar. He said they have asked Dolezar not to make any media statements in future regarding the affairs of the club but to concentrate on coaching the team. “Dolezar does not know the culture of the local […]
WEDNESDAY, 9.40AM: Marius Hurter has been dropped from the Northern Transvaal side for Currie Cup match against Western Province at Newlands on Saturday. Joost van der Westhuizen, who looked equally out of sorts in the weekend win over Griquas, has been declared fit and keeps his place. Piet Boer wil replace Hurter after replacing him […]
Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer With South Africa qualifying automatically for the 1998 African Nations Cup in Burkina Faso as title holders, the biennial competition has tended to slip from the minds of the local football public. While 28 national teams fought for the honour of competing in the African showcase, Bafana Bafana could afford to […]
Ferial Haffajee Did you know that Sissy Boy jeans are a local range? Kevin Aspoas, the managing director of the Jupiter Drawing Room, claims a mark of their successful shocker ad campaigns is that many people regard the brand as international although it is homespun. Theres nothing blue about the business of jeans. Potential profits […]
Greg Bowes: Desert Storm rave Just past the gate to Verneuk Pan is a sign that reads No Mans Land. After spending a bewildering afternoon in the scorching heat there, one begins to understand why. The extreme weather provided most of the talking points at this years Desert Storm party and can be blamed for […]
branches Wally Mbhele Despite Mathole Motshekgas conciliatory statements after he won the African National Congress Gauteng chair, a provincial conference early next year could result in a wholesale purge of ANC provincial executive members. Motshekga, who spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week amid new speculation that heads would roll, does not believe relationships […]
The days when the likes of Wilbur Smith and Stephen King ruled the book shelves in public libraries are over. So says June Moshoeshoe, the director for Provincial Library, Information and Archives Services in the Eastern Cape. Our focus is on education and development, she says. The recreational side of our libraries has to take […]
Despite affirmative action policies, government print tenders are still going to big companies, writes Julia Grey If government policy were followed to the letter, small emerging black businesses should be benefiting when tendering for printing government paperwork everything from annual reports to ballot papers. In reality, few previously disadvantaged individuals (PDIs) are reaping any rewards […]
Mail & Guardian reporters National Police Commissioner George Fivaz has quietly ordered an investigation into an undercover police unit that reports directly to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. Members of the Cape Town-based unit, led by a former bodyguard of President Nelson Mandela, believe the action against them is the result of their investigations into high-ranking […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM THE World Bank will heavily promote regional integration with maximum private-sector involvement in Southern Africa during the coming year, Bank officials said in Washington on Tuesday. Country director for SA Pamela Cox, after a meeting of country directors and resident repesentatives of 12 Southern African countries, said regional integration is less advanced in […]