Robert Kirby: Loose cannon FOR SALE OR HIRE: One slightly-used sentimental Candle in the Wind ballad for use as musical grief/tribute/time- filler. Only used twice before, but both previous deceased in whose honour it was written were very well-known and deeply loved blondes. For a reasonable extra fee, the mutton- throated composer of this poignant […]

Kuyasa is a thriving example of black entrepreneurs entering the white-dominated mining industry, writes Sechaba kaNkosi Ayanda Bam, the executive chair of Kuyasa Mining Company, does not mince his words about his aim in business to make as much money as possible. But beyond that, Bam sees his role as creating more black entrepreneurs rather […]

Tiny Rowland is not the only critic to raise questions about the companies closer links, writes Madeleine Wackernagel The news that JCIs Tavistock coal interests would go to Lonrho came as no surprise once the Gold Fields offer had been turned down. But analysts agree the price and timing were off-beam, especially as the coal […]

Bill Elliott : Golf When Richard Hills, the European tour official in charge of this months Ryder Cup, flew back into London from Switzerland last Friday, he was astonished to discover that the flowers outside Buckingham Palace were visible from his window seat. He could have been excused if he had thought also that flowers […]

The truth commission is to question business about its apartheid role, writes Charlene Smith Was business an innocent bystander or active participant in apartheid? What was its role in South Africas defence industry, security apparatus, sanctions campaign and homeland system and how did this impact on political conflict both directly and indirectly? These are just […]

Young Afrikaners swing to the right or to Roelf as racial incidents rise, writes Gustav Thiel Student leaders at Afrikaans universities across the country say the days of National Party domination of campus politics are over. Both the Freedom Front (FF) and Roelf Meyers New Movement Process (NMP) are gaining ground at Potchefstroom, Stellenbosch, Orange […]

The jurys still out on what kind of contribution Hans Jurgen Eysenck, who died last week, made to psychology, writes Joan Freeman No one could have accused Hans Eysenck, who has died aged 81, of being short of courage. All his life he had been, if not caught up in confrontation, then the instigator of […]

Biko Steve Bikos tormentors protest their innocence, but if that is true they need not have applied for amnesty, argues Lizeka Mda Steve Bikos torturers came to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions amnesty hearing in Port Elizabeth to persuade the gathering they had come to finally tell the true facts about the circumstances in which […]

contaminated. Andy Duffy The base created for 32 Battalion, the notorious army unit that fought on the frontline of South Africas dirty wars in Angola and Namibia, is to be closed amid fears that it is a potential death trap. The army said this week that Pomfret military base, home to nearly 5 000 soldiers […]

Paul Hayward : Soccer David Beckham is a 22-year-old millionaire with a Spice Girl on his arm and a Porsche in the garage. Talk to him about Glenn Hoddle, though, and he still sounds like a youth training scheme trainee with a line of mucky boots to scrub. The first time I came to the […]