Mozambique’s national airline (LAM), which is to be restructured as part of the country’s economic reform programme, is facing a crisis. Not only is it bedevilled by a drop in demand and maladministration but it is also facing stiff competition from neighbouring South Africa. Since its formation in 1980, following the demise of the Portuguese […]

The first thing the Inkatha Freedom Party will have to do when its national conference opens in Ulundi this Friday is try to solve the vicious power struggles within its own ranks. The frequent internecine battles have shattered the party’s public image and diminished its hopes of becoming a potent political force. The recent fiefdom-building […]

OLYMPIC athletes looking to work off the effects of too many steroids had better watch out: they could run foul of some bizarre laws dating back to the days of Scarlett O’Hara which were designed to keep Southern morality intact. Oral sex carries a possible life prison sentence in the state of Georgia. There are […]

Sprinting isn’t called an explosive event for nothing and personality clashes are rife in the 100m ATHLETICS: Duncan Mackay TO SAY that Donovan Bailey hates Linford Christie might be too strong. Dislikes him, probably. Wants to dust him right off the track, without doubt. For proof, just look at his face, frozen on the finish […]

CRICKET: Barney Spender MAYBE it was the belated arrival of the sun. Maybe it was just that the cobwebs were well and truly shaken off. Maybe it was simply that the getting-to- know-you process was over. Whatever the formula, the South African A cricket tour to England took a noticeable turn last week as everyone […]

Joshua Amupadhi The University of the Orange Free State (UOFS) has at last admitted there may be racial tensions on its campus and has agreed to investigate the causes of campus violence last week — which university authorities earlier dismissed as the result of drunkenness. UOFS Dean of Students Professor Teuns Verschoor said both black […]

Among Beatrice’s conundrums is how she came to live in a pigsty. She can put all the elements together. War. Persecution. Genocide. Survival. Even a victory of sorts. But the way things have worked out just don’t make sense to the forlorn Rwandan Tutsi who believes her life is over although she is only in […]

TO Freddy Nyathela, the road travelled by local black music technicians is less a road than an obstacle course. Founder and head of Sara (South African Roadies Association), a union established in 1992 for technical crews from disadvantaged communities, Nyathela has taken on the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, the Standard Bank National […]

Despite two losses, South Africa are showing plenty of promise, except when it comes to handling the referee RUGBY: Jon Swift `SEAN FITZPATRICK,” remarked South African coach Andre Markgraaff dryly, “tends to have that effect on people.” The reference was to the now infamous head-butt laid on the All Black skipper by John Allan in […]

Rob Davies discusses the implications of a free trade agreement for South Africa’s neighbours with Lynda Loxton As the South African government continues to finalise its mandate for negotiations with the European Union on a free trade agreement (FTA), the ramifications of such a deal are becoming more complicated. African National Congress MP and trade […]