Anthony Kunda ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba has more than doubled the salaries of his Supreme Court judges, prompting accusations that he is attempting to influence the outcome of the legal challenge to his re-election. The increases – the second in nine months – push the salary for Zambia’s chief justice from R416 000 to just […]

Foreign runners are flocking to the Comrades Marathon but the locals are still very much in the rush for gold ROAD RUNNING:Julian Drew LAST year it was won by a Russian. This year it takes place on June 16, a day remembered for the Soweto uprising of 1976 and now known as Youth Day. Comrades, […]

IN the intellectual sense there is something about our Deputy President, Thabo Mbeki, which reminds us of Baroness Orczy’s hero: “We seek him here, we seek him there … that damned elusive Pimpernel.” Once again this week we had a fleeting glimpse of the man who, for all intents and purposes, is running South Africa. […]

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN Rights Commission chairman Barney Pityana was appointed as a part-time member of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on Friday. The Commission is affiliated to the Organisation of African Unity, and Pityana has been signed on for the next six years. ALDWORTH FINED BOB ALDWORTH, the Absa bank executive […]

Golf: Bill Elliott JUST a few kilometres from the Congressional Country Club, venue for the United States Open which started on Thursday, America’s most famous golfer sits and wonders about the state of his game once he is fully recovered from injury. For Bill Clinton these are worrying times. While the president frets over the […]

Communists in South Africa have started a passionate debate with religious leaders, writes Vishwas Satgar ‘ALL things solid melt into thin air.” Applying this Marxist nomenclature to the South African Communist Party (SACP) reveals a political organisation grappling with the oldest left-wing political legacy in South Africa and Africa. The SACP is on a path-breaking […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: COMRADES marathon runners who wear Nike branded nose strips during the run face the prospect of disqualification from the race. Runners were warned by Athletics South Africa and Comrades Marathon Association that no brand names or logos will be allowed “inside the competition area”. Nike, manufacturers of sports goods and clothing, posted a […]

THURSDAY, 10.30AM MOSSGAS confounded its critics by doubling operating profit in the year to March to R715-million, but is also seeking government approval for an additional R1-billion investment to bring the EM field on stream. The increase in profits from last year’s R532-million (1994/95, R517m) was achieved on higher oil prices, increased production volumes and […]

THURSDAY, 8.00AM: THE British Lions put on a brilliant display against Gauteng at Ellis Park on Wednesday night, winning 20-14. Part of the march was played in semi-darkness, after the lights on the west side of the stadium succumbed to a power surge. The Lions, defeated by Blue Bulls at the weekend, were desperate for […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: FEARS of relegation for Premier Soccer League team AmaZulu were allayed on Wednesday, when the PSL disciplinary committee awarded them two points. The points were awarded to AmaZulu as a result of a three-month battle to disqualify two Bush Buck players who played without identity cards in a league match against AmaZulu in […]