Julian Drew THE National Sports Council (NSC) said this week it will investigate allegations of fraud against Athletics South Africa (ASA) which arose during the “rigged contract” scandal exposed by the Mail & Guardian three weeks ago. The allegations concern a fax sent on October 2 by ASA to Tommy Tesnar, the coach of Olympic […]

forever In the heart of the Karoo, three killings came out of the blue, reports our guest writer Mike Nicol THIS is about malevolence. Or killers from the veld. It’s about random, gratuitous, inexplicable violence. More specifically about what happened at Nieuwoudtville on Tuesday evening, September 24 1996. It’s about what police Captain Paul van […]

David Shapshak MEMBERS of a right-wing cabal long involved with Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the Inkatha Freedom Party may now have a say in who is next to rule Britain. Prime Minister John Major, who faces a general election by next year at the latest, is running scared in the face of a challenge from the […]

Joshua Amupadhi THE Angolan government has called on Southern African countries to exert pressure on Unita to implement the Lusaka peace protocol. The call followed the forth extension of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (Unavem) last week. The Security Council agreed to extend Unavem IIIfor only two months – from the set withdrawal date […]

This week the South African team took their first steps on an arduous tour in a country that regards them as no less than brothers CRICKET:V Roger Prabasarkar THE pervading national atmosphere on the three occasions that South Africa’s cricketers have visited India has been characterised by an uncommon free-wheeling of spirit. A significant percentage […]

Angella Johnson SOON after the young couple moved into 75 Reitz Street with their three children, Daphne Kolesky knew these were no ordinary neighbours. Within days teenage boys, some still in their school uniforms, started arriving in groups of three or four at the house in the quiet Potchefstroom suburb near the university, where FW […]

Firms in the West want to stop it, but will consumers pay a premium to end Third World exploitation, asks Roger Cowe CHILDREN paid a pittance to pick jasmine for French perfume houses before dawn in the mud of the Nile delta have a potential new ally – the British shopper. Consumers are now in […]

Race scientists say intelligence is built into our genes – should we believe them? Gary Younge reports from London CHRISTOPHER BRAND is proud to be a racist. Not a mad, bad racist who sticks lit fireworks through Asian people’s letterboxes, or a violent nutter who attacks black people on the streets with broken bottles. Brand […]

TENNIS: Jon Swift IT is apposite, with the high-profile Champions Tournament taking the limelight this weekend at a venue which has caused the Sandton kugels to make a detour to the up- market shops around Sandton Square, to contrast this with the other end of the tennis spectrum and an event which happened last weekend. […]