Gaye Davis AS medical investigations wound their way this week to the predictable conclusion that President Nelson Mandela was fitter than most men of his age, a sense of crisis infused the presidency as the realisation dawned that the question of who will succeed him would have to be dealt with. “There have been informal […]
game Tactics in the one-day game are constantly being updated and coach Bob Woolmer is making sure the South Africans stay ahead of the game CRICKET: Mark Lamport-Stokes SOUTH AFRICA’S national coach Bob Woolmer has earned a deserved reputation for being an innovative cricketing thinker and strategist. nnnSince the former Kent and England all-rounder took […]
One of South African students’ oldest traditions, Rag, is starting to change its whites-only image, reports Philippa Garson IT’S Rag time again. Time for students to take to the streets in the age-old tradition of “Remember and Give”. Or is it “Retch and Gag”, given the beer swilling, rugger bugger image of Ragites of yore, […]
Politics: Senators and MPs opt for the private sector Marion Edmunds Many members of Parliament and senators have decided to give up politics after 1999. For some, politics is a life- long calling — for others, it is a stepping stone to greater things. The ANC’s chief whip in Parliament, the Rev Arnold Stofile, is […]
Zimbabwe’s last ‘independent’ newspaper has bowed to pressure to tone down its critical stance. Former Financial Gazette assistant editor and columnist. Iden Wetherell mourns the demise of his country’s free press. DID you jump or were you pushed? The question from colleagues was understandable, given the mounting list of casualties in the Modus House massacre […]
Marion Edmunds ‘This is a walk-out menu,” said Senator Mohamed Bhabha, “I come into the dining room, I look at the menu, and I walk out.” But Bhabha stayed put in the parliamentary dining room this week when he hosted the Mail & Guardian’s food critic, Robert Mulders, manager of Cape Town’s popular Rozenhof restuarant, […]
effect’ Madeleine Wackernagel reports on an unusual proposal to kick-start the RDP Two years after South Africa’s first democratic elections there is a sense of economic inertia. Part of the transition problem has been building a new government on old structures; conservatism is deeply entrenched, in business as well as government. Policy-makers are loath to […]
Beers’ hands Karen Harverson An upbeat De Beers — which this week announced a 14% increase in its attributable earnings to R2,25-billion for 1995 — is confident that 1996 will see its control of the rough diamond market strengthen. That control was threatened when Russia began leaking stones into the market in 1993, in violation […]
THE fat file from the archives in Military Intelligence on the 22nd floor of the Liberty Life building in Central Pretoria was the key which opened the door for the team from the Investigative Task Unit. The file was handed over by the then head of counter intelligence General Niewoudt and Brigadier Van Deventer to […]
Ricardo Dunn Accusations of abuse and intimidation of labourers on smallholdings in the Vanderbijlpark area are not uncommon. The local district surgeon says he treats up to 40 cases of abuse every month. Cheryl Felix, Vaal River chair of local government, says she has worked with numerous cases of physical and sexual abuse in the […]