SOCCER: Andy Capostagno If it’s August, can the English soccer season be far=20 behind? Sad, but true, alas. And if you don’t think it’s=20 sad you obviously didn’t see Leeds United’s two=20 contributions to the United Bank Challenge. At Loftus Versfeld, Mamelodi Sundowns outplayed the=20 Yorkshire Monoliths, but only won 1-0 thanks to some=20 typically […]
At more than R18-billion, the amount of fraud under=20 investigation poses a serious problem for police. Reg=20 Rumney reports Around R18,5-billion of white-collar crime is under=20 investigation in South Africa at present. The Office for Serious Offences is investigating around=20 R9,5-billion worth of fraud, while the South African=20 Police Commercial branch is investigating around 23 […]
Fumane Diseko Cape settler Simon van der Stel may have come from a continent where people devoured snails and frogs’ legs with relish, but he could not stomach a local culinary custom — the roasting and eating of mopane worms. “This caterpillar is called aroutse by the Namaquas and is found in their country,” he […]
Marion Edmunds Parliamentarians are making mileage out of the taxpayer — MPs and senators get to keep “voyager miles” earned while flying on official business, and may use them to pay for their holidays or personal business. South African taxpayers last year paid for R21,5- million worth of flights for parliamentarians. This involved 20 317 […]
The Mail & Guardian, the most “wired” newspaper in Africa, has launched a new media division to strengthen its electronic publishing programme. The new division, eM&G, will be focused on expanding the M&G’s Internet profile, developing specialised electronic services to harness the publishing opportunities presented by the information The M&G has committed two of its […]
Trade and investment are necessary to set Africa back on=20 the road toward economic development. Karen Harverson=20 Africa urgently needs trade and investment to drive its=20 development which is slower now than it was 30 years=20 ago, says one of Southern Africa’s leading economists. Tony Hawkins, professor of Business Studies at the=20 University of Zimbabwe, […]
CINEMA: Stanley Peskin IT was in the city of Barcelona that Queen Isabel=20 received Columbus on his return from the New World. In=20 Whit Stillman’s Barcelona, there is a witty reversal of=20 this event as he describes the experiences of two young=20 Americans abroad in post-Franco Spain. Although the film=20 is set in the 1990s, […]
Tuesday sees the world premiere in Johannesburg of Athol=20 Fugard’s new play. He spoke to MATTHEW KROUSE ATHOL FUGARD’S island, today, is not the isolated penal=20 colony he once dramatised with fellow actors John Kani=20 and Winston Ntshona. His present refuge is a territory=20 of optimism, where he directs hopeful youngsters who=20 symbolise freedoms gained. […]
Okkert Brits is the only serious contender for Sergei=20 Bubka’s pole-vaulting crown at the World Athletics=20 Championships in Sweden tonight ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THEY call Sergei Bubka the czar of pole-vaulting. He has=20 dominated the event for the past 13 years and set 35=20 world records, 18 of them indoors. His current world=20 record stands […]
Local transport organisation Portnet is considering=20 managing the Congo’s major port. Karen Harverson=20 Portnet may enter into a joint venture with the People’s=20 Republic of the Congo to manage and operate the=20 country’s major port, Pointe Noire. Portnet chief executive Neil Oosthuizen says in-depth=20 discussions have been held with the Congolese ambassador=20 and minister of […]