WHAT happens when Mandela goes? The concern underlying the question becomes even more acute when one considers his performance over the last week. As the president’s stature continues to grow, so does the likely vacuum when he finally and voluntarily bows out of the political arena. Mandela is deserving only of praise for the way […]

SOUTH AFRICA this week passed the test of religious tolerance after a “misunderstanding” about visas almost blocked a visit by controversial Reverend Sun Myung Moon, “messiah” of the Unification Church. No sooner was Moon allowed into South Africa than his followers showed intolerance of their own. Press photographers were assaulted when they tried to get […]

CINEMA: Andrew Worsdale DAVID FINCHER’S Seven takes place in a drenched, sleazy metropolis, not unlike New York, where there’s a deadly sin on every corner. Plumbing untold depths of atmosphere, he creates a fairly routine buddy cops-meet-serial killer movie with an intelligence and craft that make the result genuinely disturbing. Brad Pitt is Detective David […]

David Beresford THE most powerful indictment of the death penalty ever produced in South Africa is arguably Alan Paton’s Cry the Beloved Country. But the man who plays the central role in the latest screen version of the novel has made a passionate appeal to Nelson Mandela: Hang them high! Eric “Waku” Miyeni, the comedian, […]

Can the IBA afford the parliamentary delay in reappointing councillors when it has such a heavy work load? asks Neil Bierbaum Delays in the reappointment of Independent Broadcasting Authority councillors has again come under fire, with industry players accusing Parliament of neglect – if not deliberate delays. The IBA has been reported as saying that […]

WINNNIE MANDELA will appear in the Witwatersrand Supreme Court today after yesterday’s postponement of her application for leave to appeal against the judgment in the diamonds from Angola, Foster Webb air charter case. The case was postponed because Modise Khoza, the advocate defending Mandela in this case, was in Durban. Mandela is applying for leave […]

There were good and bad performances from both sides in the first Test in Pretoria and only the weather showed consistent form CRICKET: Jon Swift IT IS HARD to formulate any real opinion of the current series against England when one side has not batted and the other not bowled. Even more so when those […]

SOCCER:Lungile Madywabe AS an international defender Ruud Krol played 83 games for Holland before going to Belgium and Switzerland where he coached Mechelen and Servette. He then went on to become coach of the Egyptian under-23 team and after the success of the youngsters at this year’s All Africa Games in Harare two months ago, […]

Rehana Rossouw PW BOTHA could face two years behind bars if he remains opposed to testifying before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after it begins its work next year. His defiant refusal this week to “repent” before the commission could see him falling foul of the law. The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act […]

Are there any solutions to prevent sophisticated fraud syndicates plundering our credit card accounts? asks Karen Harverson CREDIT cards represent convenience to card holders, big business for banking institutions and increasingly, easy pickings for criminals. Credit card fraud, estimated at millions of dollars a year worldwide, has more than doubled in South Africa this year, […]