Jacquie Golding-Duffy Labour Party leader Tony Blair is expected to address the Commonwealth’s biennial conference to be held in South Africa in October. Chairperson of the organising committee and Cape Times editor Moegsien Williams says the conference is significant as it is the first time since South Africa walked out of the Commonwealth in the […]

Duncan Mackay AS THEY approached the bend in the 200m final, the leaders were even making their differences seem mere matters of style. Frankie Fredericks, the Namibian who finished second in the 100m five days earlier, ran so tall and long that Michael Johnson, with his lower knees and shorter gait, looked like a trotter […]

The Kerzner/Holomisa imbroglio gives ground for concern about the thin fabric of our still-fragile society. The issue of corruption, while troubling, is not the most worrying factor. It is rather the effect a succession of these sorts of rows is having on the character of the ruling party. South Africa has much to be grateful […]

In contrast to The Felicia Mabuza-Suttle Show, Dali Tambo’s People of the South is regarded as an entertaining talk show which does not dwell on politics and is more “light-hearted”, says television analyst Don Seokane. People of the South’s ratings are highest among Afrikaans-speaking audiences, pulling in 11ARs. According to Seokane, People of the South […]

Although the business confidence index has dropped significantly, Sacob believes the longer-term outlook is positive, writes Madeleine Wackernagel The sharp reversal in the business confidence index for July came as no surprise, says Dr Ben van Rensburg, chief economist of the South African Chamber of Business (Sacob), which compiles the monthly measure. “Inflation, interest rates […]

To become globally competitive, South Africa’s marketers have to be innovative, argues Hunt Lascaris TBWA director Paul Bannister The poor state of the rand is a reminder of the strength of incoming competition. Foreign competition’s marketing budgets are more powerful as they are backed by a much stronger dollar. Marketing budgets for global brands targeting […]

Tricky revolutionised UK hip-hop with his debut album, Maxinquaye. Seasoned music writer SHERYL GARRATT considers his breed of cross-over TO punks, disco was the enemy. Veterans of the battle of the beat are now a bit sheepish about telling their war stories, but not so very long ago the British music press was split into […]

BILL CLINTON’s promise in the 1992 presidential campaign to “end welfare as we know it” is turning out to be all too true. As the next election approaches, he has bowed to a Republican Congress, signing a Bill that abolishes the federal safety net set up after the Depression to protect those most at risk. […]

Mungo Soggot reports on a bizarre supreme court case against the dog squad which has cost the taxpayer about R60 000 THE police dog squad has spent about R60 000 of taxpayers’ money challenging allegations that it stole a design for a dog kennel despite a supreme court judgment against it last year which found […]

Mohammed Farah Aideed, the Somali warlord who humiliated the United States in 1993, died last week in clan fighting. Mark Huband witnessed his bloody career first-hand HE was usually grinning, broadly enough to expose a sparkling gold tooth at the back of his mouth. It sparkled almost as brightly as the massive diamond perched on […]