Madeleine Wackernagel THE appointment of Khaya Ngqula, managing director of Norwich Unit Trusts, as chief executive officer of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has raised eyebrows among the labour constituency, which is due to present its report on restructuring the IDC this week. Says an insider close to the investigation: “The timing of this announcement, […]

After the Francois Pienaar debacle Springbok coach Andre Markgraaff has been dubbed `Saddam Hussein’ by the players, and it’s not just because they both have moustaches RUGBY:Jon Swift IN examining the Francois Pienaar debacle it must be understood at the outset that South African rugby is, and always has been, reliant on the FU factor. […]

Rehana Rossouw THE massive manhunt and successful capture this week of Dawid “Doggy Dog” Ruiters, suspected of killing five people in Nieuwoudtville, has focused national attention on crime in the Cape’s rural communities. Ruiters’s capture followed the murder of two women and a four-year-old child in Niewoudtville in the Northern Cape last month. For months, […]

Paul Murphy and Patrick Donovan in London GOLDMAN SACHS, one of the world’s most powerful investment banks, has been secretly “unwinding” the huge holdings of copper owned by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation in the wake of this year’s market-rigging scandal on the London Metal Exchange (LME). The American bank was handed in June what is perhaps […]

Robin Wright in Luanda UNITED STATES Secretary of State Warren Christopher flew into this war-ravaged capital this week to try to jump-start the process to end one of the world’s deadliest conflicts. But the visit from the highest-ranking US official since Angola became independent in 1975 was marred by the non-appearance of Jonas Savimbi, leader […]

Radio listeners will have much more choice after the second wave of licence applications, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy IMAGINE a radio station solely dedicated to sport coverage or jazz or classical music. Imagine tuning in your radio and discovering a station which broadcasts only horse racing or predominantly local music by African artists. Strange as these […]

Julian Drew THE National Sports Council (NSC) said this week it will investigate allegations of fraud against Athletics South Africa (ASA) which arose during the “rigged contract” scandal exposed by the Mail & Guardian three weeks ago. The allegations concern a fax sent on October 2 by ASA to Tommy Tesnar, the coach of Olympic […]

forever In the heart of the Karoo, three killings came out of the blue, reports our guest writer Mike Nicol THIS is about malevolence. Or killers from the veld. It’s about random, gratuitous, inexplicable violence. More specifically about what happened at Nieuwoudtville on Tuesday evening, September 24 1996. It’s about what police Captain Paul van […]

David Shapshak MEMBERS of a right-wing cabal long involved with Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the Inkatha Freedom Party may now have a say in who is next to rule Britain. Prime Minister John Major, who faces a general election by next year at the latest, is running scared in the face of a challenge from the […]

Joshua Amupadhi THE Angolan government has called on Southern African countries to exert pressure on Unita to implement the Lusaka peace protocol. The call followed the forth extension of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (Unavem) last week. The Security Council agreed to extend Unavem IIIfor only two months – from the set withdrawal date […]