Roger Boka’s recent move into the tobacco industry signals an attempt to break up the white-dominated cartel, writes Jan Raath ROGER BOKA’S way of hating is unnerving. What he has said and written is crude, full of bad grammar, unreason and errors of fact. You think it has boiled up from brimstone in the pit […]

A frenzy of activity around the Lubombo development in KwaZulu-Natal signals a drive to boost employment ahead of the 1999 elections. Jim Day reports THE need to show progress on one of the largest development proposals in Southern Africa has Cabinet ministers, the premier of KwaZulu-Natal and the MEC for economic affairs and tourism, all […]

The computer industry, led by Bill Gates, is hoping to sell intelligent television to couch potatoes. Mark Tran reports from New York `WHAT’S the biggest innovation of the last 20 years in the TV industry? The remote control,” says Steve Goldberg, who manages the digital television marketing programme at Compaq Computer. The comment sums up […]

Julia Finch in London LACHLAN MURDOCH, the elder son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, recently emerged as the heir-apparent to his father’s global empire, which means the 25-year-old will take control of News Corp’s Australian operations. Speculation has centred on whether Lachlan or his elder sister Elisabeth (28) – a senior executive with BSkyB – […]

1975 Born Eldrick Woods on December 30 in Cypress, 35 miles from Los Angeles, son of retired US Army Lt Col Earl and Thai-born wife Kultida. Nicknamed Tiger after Vietnamese friend of Earl. 1976 At six months sees father hit golf balls into a net and imitates his swing. 1978 TV appearance, putting with Bob […]

Now that Robben Island has an arts and culture programme it has an abundance of potential as a work in progress. DENNIS MAIR reports INSTEAD of being sold to Sol as a resort of note, Robben Island now intends to set itself aside as a creative platform for the multi-lingual voice of the rainbow land. […]

Despite denials of involvement in The Asian, allegations of Dolphin Group financing persist, reports Justin Arenstein DAYS before the launch of The Asian, a tabloid aimed at Indian readers in Durban and other major cities, come allegations that the controversial Dolphin Group may be financially backing the new publication. Meanwhile, the Dolphin Group has announced […]

GLYNIS O’HARA finds out why Jennifer Ferguson, the singing MP, is going to live in rural Sweden to pursue kinder, gentler things `I’M really sorry people think I’m a flake, I think I’m very grounded,” says Jennifer Ferguson, MP, singer, composer and pianist of note. “The problem with the media is that you always get […]

any Time is what South Africa’s young cricketers need to mature into a competitive team, but there is not much of that available before a tough tour to Pakistan CRICKET:Pat McDermott FOR many of South Africa’s cricket-loving public this has been a disappointing summer. Beaten in India away and trashed by the Aussies in both […]

This week supermodel Naomi Campbell spoke out against prejudice in the fashion world. ALISON DANIELS reports on her claims IF the fashion industry peered into the mirror it would prefer to see a white face staring back, claims Naomi Campbell, the world’s best known black supermodel. In a newspaper interview coinciding with New York fashion […]