The test series against India has once again revived all that is magical about cricket Cricket: Jon Swift THE last fortnight has shown that perhaps the greatest thing about this wonderful game of cricket is that it constantly redefines the parameters that ordinarily constrain the edges of sporting excellence. How else would you define the […]

Despite a bad week, Bafana Bafana remain confident of a successful game against Zambia SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi It has not been a good week for the South African World Cup soccer squad with Clive Barker in hospital, Helman Mkhalele nursing an ankle injury and Mark Fish flying back to Rome instead of Lusaka. But disappointing […]

Regional and developmental issues top South Africa’s agenda in the next round of EU negotiations, writes Madeleine Wackernagel After frequent setbacks, the next round of talks between South Africa and the European Union over a trade deal will kick off on January 22. This time, the departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry, jointly […]

Stephen Gray WOZA SHAKESPEARE!: Titus Andronicus in South Africa by Antony Sher and Gregory Doran (Methuen, R130) THERE is a fine South African exclamation to express human sympathy – “ag shame”. Said with a certain tone, it also means “look what you deserve!” Here are poor Tony and Greg, mounting their big Shakespeare number in […]

This week, Vida Heard was given a government payment of R46 000 more than 50 years after the disappearance of her husband, George. He was the Rand Daily Mail’s political correspondent and a Sunday Times columnist before enlisting in the navy. Their son, Anthony Heard, remembers his father … In September 1939 South Africa entered […]

Gustav Thiel A leading British bookmaker, William Hill, is betting on Cape Town as the site for the 2004 Olympic at the very generous odds of 6 to 4, followed by Rome with 2 to 1. However, the international magazine Sports Business puts Cape Town in third place, behind Rome and Stockholm. The International Olympic […]

buyers Lynda Loxton While most clothing companies look to the government to help them promote exports, a Cape Town company is relying on its quality products and the weaker rand to boost export earnings. Pals Holdings Limited has ploughed millions of rand into new equipment and staff training in recent years to improve productivity, and […]

THE first time I saw a Gibson Kente production was some time in the 1970s. Instead of dispatching my siblings and me to grandmother for their night out, my parents decided to take us along to the theatre. The play was called I Believe. I recall the name of the play; of the plot I […]

The Soweto String Quartet’s second album, Renaissance, is set to rocket the ensemble to international fame, writes GLYNIS O’HARA RIGHT now we’re living through South Africa’s Renaissance, say the Soweto String Quartet. “It’s in all aspects of life. It’s an awakening, a rebirth, as well as in the redefining of South African arts. Europe had […]

Until fairly recently, black magazines were treated by publishers and advertisers as a Cinderella medium. There was little or no investment in the titles “as brands” or in the editorial. Even the paper the magazines were printed on was inferior to that used for white magazines. An argument countering this was that black magazines ran […]