Despite the gold price hitting a three-year low, Anglogold chair Bobby Godsell tells Max Gebhardt that he is upbeat about the mining industry At a time when negative sentiment is ruling the market, there is a strange, yet welcome sense of optimism at Anglo American’s gold and uranium division in its Main Street headquarters in […]

The Eastern Cape may have a lot of natural riches, but maladministration makes it a holiday in hell, writes Aspasia Karras The minutes of a staff meeting at the Dwesa nature reserve provide ample proof of the extent of the Eastern Cape’s shambolic state. The final meeting of 1996, which began at 8.30 on a […]

Justin Arenstein The Mpumalanga Parks Board (MPB) has signed an agreement with a foreign conglomerate that contractually obliges it to support the full listing of the commercial rights to some of South Africa’s prime environmental assets on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Assets include the second-biggest canyon in the world, Blyde River Canyon, South Africa’s […]

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 […]