ATHLETICS: Julian Drew AFTER two years in regression, Sunday’s Soweto Marathon aims to recapture some of the lustre that led many to believe it would become the “Comrades” or “Two Oceans” of the standard marathon distance when it was launched in a blaze of hype in 1993. Towards this end Sunday’s race boasts the added […]

The union between black and Afrikaans chambers of business is a natural step towards economic integration, reports Max Gebhardt IT could be the most unlikely of marriages, both in terms of historical differences and future ambitions. Yet the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (AHI) and the National Federated Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc) have agreed to begin working towards […]

Today’s scientist can no longer afford to be an egghead. Simon Kent reports from London IN the movies, scientists are usually portrayed as humourless boffins: all brains and no personality. Take Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day, whose ability to defeat an alien ship, armed only with a laptop, was the result not only of years […]

The container-shipping industry has taken matters into its own hands to counter lack of police success in halting crime syndicates. Angella Johnson reports THE head of a police truck-theft unit has been transferred from his post following allegations that his section either colluded with crime syndicates or was incompetent in dealing with the scourge of […]

The new editor of Finance Week points a finger at weak TML management, writes Jacquie Golding-Duffy NIGEL BRUCE has been editor of Finance Week for 10 days now after jumping ship from rival publication Financial Mail. Bruce does not feel he has to excuse his abrupt move uptown to the ailing Finance Week: “I had […]

France have lost several key players to injury but they will have the weather on their side when they clash with the Springboks on Saturday RUGBY:Barney Spender HISTORY is overwhelmingly on South Africa’s side for the first Test against France in Bordeaux on Saturday, but the weather isn’t. It was always going to be a […]

Portnet officials, ignoring orders from parent company Transnet, went on a lavish golfing weekend in June. Andy Duffy reports ONE of the final orders given by outgoing Portnet chief executive Neil Oosthuizen was that the company should ignore the budget imposed by parent Transnet on its 1996 golf charity day. The organisation instead paid R664 […]

recommendation Battling reduced budgets, several universities are now also embroiled in rows over staff selection and payments Andy Duffy THE University of Venda has quashed a report by independent consultants which recommends hefty salary increases for staff. The university’s council, which commissioned the report from respected Pretoria human resources consultant FSA-Contact, refused last week to […]

Jacquie Golding-Duffy THE Press Council of South Africa, established in 1992 in response to pressure from former president PW Botha, will finally be dissolved next year following much debate on the future of this adjudicator. It will be replaced by an ombudsman and an appeal panel which should be up and running by March next […]

Jonathan Watts in Tokyo `AT first I wasn’t sure if I ought to. After all, everything was so valuable. But once I got started … well, I just let rip and it felt fantastic.” When Mr Watanabe, who describes himself as an ordinary Japanese businessman, and three of his female colleagues entered the stress- relief […]