Rehana Rossouw THE law requiring members of Parliament to declare their assets and financial interests and extra-parliamentary income may be well-meaning but it is nearly impossible to uphold, according to the person responsible for administering the register. Acting registrar of members’ interests, Peter Lilienfeld, said that without funds to hire investigators to check out MPs’ […]

THE stench arising from the administration of rugby in South Africa is over-powering. If the coaching career of the Springbok coach, Andr Markgraaff, is the immediate casualty of this week’s rugby race row, the putrefaction which gives rise to the stink lies with the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu). It has been obvious for […]

The universe is bigger and older than first believed, but sci-fi writer JG Ballard sees space as a vacuum New evidence shows that previous assumptions about space were wrong, reports Lesley Cowling A SOUTH AFRICAN astronomer this week presented evidence to international cosmologists that the observable universe is 10% larger than previously supposed. This means […]

The Dolphin Group which has secured huge interests to develop tourism in Mpumalanga is struggling to defend its chief, reports Justin Arenstein THE public relations drive by nature reserve heavyweight Dolphin Group stumbled this week after Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi’s office denied it had issued letters vindicating Dolphin chief Ketan Somaia. The supposed letter […]

Mature economies are battling to expand rapidly; while this may mean nirvana for some theorists, it could spell hell for Britain’s Labour Party, writes Victor Keegan in London LOOSEN your seat belts, the world is slowing down. According to the latest figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the 15 economies of […]

Controversial film-maker Larry Clark is coming to SA to promote his film, Kids, reports CHARL BLIGNAUT ‘DAD, I’ve never seen anything like that before.” So said photographer and film- maker Larry Clark’s 12-year-old son after watching the premiere of his photographer father’s debut movie Kids. Hardly surprising, considering Kids is one of the most original […]

Stephen Bates in Brussels and Larry Elliott in London FEARS were growing in Brussels, Belgium, this week that Germany’s inability to tackle the costs of its mounting unemployment crisis could scupper the Maastricht timetable and delay the start of monetary union for at least a year. Despite official protestations that the single currency will happen […]

emerges Fay Davids IN the mining industry, the proof of the pudding is in productivity. And in an industry where production hit a 40-year low last year, the story of a newly qualified miner at Gengold’s Beatrix mine is inspiring. In a 24-shift month he achieved a face advance – the rate at which a […]

Holy hormones! The Preacher’s Wife has Whitney Houston renouncing sex in the bid for sainthood. JOHNATHAN ROMNEY is not happy THERE are many things to respect Whitney Houston for: Like the fact that her song I Will Always Love You is the number one favourite to be played at funerals; or her glacial composure when […]

The lineout Steve Tshwete will field in his match with Louis Luyt could include the Receiver of Revenue, reports Stuart Hess SPORTS Minister Steve Tshwete’s special task force will use alleged tax evasion, a charge with criminal implications, as the main thrust of its investigation into rugby supremo Louis Luyt. The Mail & Guardian established […]