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 […]

Unions and mine bosses prepare to wrestle with pay issues in South Africa’s biggest industry, reports Ferial Haffajee FOR the next four months, mining and union bosses will be virtually incommunicado as the annual wage talks get under way. Busy cellphones and bated breath will be the order of the day. But down on the […]

The skull affectionately known as Mrs Ples was unearthed 50 years ago. What are the new controversies in evolutionary theory, asks Lesley Cowling MRS PLES would be hard to find at an exhibition of human fossils, if she weren’t encased in glass and mounted on a little podium of her own. There is not much, […]

The conflict in Zaire took a long time to make the news and has been poorly reported, with a few notable exceptions, writes Alison Campbell SO far, there is little in the reporting of Zaire, or Congo, as the rebels have renamed it, to suggest that it is any more than another tin-pot African war. […]

Eddie Koch and Charl Blignaut wrestle with just what it is that makes the big men in little costumes fly through the air IS it theatre? Is it sport? we wondered, as the African Storm World Wrestling Federation (WWF) tour rumbled into town. The truth is, it’s probably something altogether in between. Wrestling is, said […]

Mungo Soggot COLIN BUNDY, vice-rector at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), has emerged as a leading contender for the politically charged top job at Wits. The widely respected historian, closely associated with UWC’s transformation, confirmed this week he had accepted nomination for the post. Bundy, it is believed, enjoys strong support on the […]

South African police blame it all on the Nigerians, but the drug trafficking problem is much larger than that and if it continues to be ignored is likely to lead to violent confrontations Philippa Garson SOUTH AFRICA’S drug abuse and trafficking problem is not being treated seriously enough and there will be further Pagad-style confrontation […]