Olympic 800m silver medallist Hezekial Sepeng was asked to sign a contract which stipulated how often, how fast and against whom he would race in South Africa, writes Julian Drew ATHLETICS SOUTH AFRICA (ASA), the body with overall responsibility for the sport in the country, tried to rig races for the forthcoming season involving Olympic […]

`THE isolation cell is usually a small, windowless room, perhaps with a tiny observation window or peephole in the door. It generally has no carpeting or furniture, and either a cement block or a thin mattress or mat on the cement floor provides the sleeping space. There is usually an open toilet and sometimes a […]

Two South African women have been nominated for Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s job, reports Ann Eveleth TWO South African women – parliamentary Speaker Frene Ginwala and Judge Navi Pillay – have been nominated for the position of secretary general of the United Nations. Women’s rights activists proposed them, and they are among six candidates put forward by […]

Stuart Hess AS the shattered community at Stilfontein started recovering from the violence which left at least 24 dead, it emerged that police at the miners’ settlement have been told to shoot any miners caught inciting violence. “Police have been given the right to kill,” said Sixtus Sethunya, senior hostel personnel assistant at Scott Hostel, […]

This week Jean-Paul Akayesu became the first Hutu to go on trial for the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994, reports Chris McGreal JOSEPHINE MUKANKUSI cannot even look back on her wedding with happiness for she remembers who was there. Her brother was just a young boy when she married in 1970. Even so, […]

Damon Hill joins a list of great racing names when he attempts to clinch the world championship in the last race of the season MOTOR RACING: Richard Williams DAMON HILL’s long quest for the Formula One world championship will go down to the wire but at least the odds keep improving. By finishing second to […]

Britain’s huge cash bonanza shows how a lottery can help South Africa, but the local wheels of fortune fail to spin Ann Eveleth SOUTH AFRICA’S first national lottery – which is expected to make a major contribution towards dealing with the government’s financial troubles – is now only expected to be launched by mid-1998 at […]

When it comes to comparative advertising, it is wiser to know the law before you play the game, writes Charles Webster THERE have been suggestions in the press ever since the new Trade Marks Act (No 194 of 1993) came into force on 1 May 1995, that comparative advertising is acceptable in South Africa. The […]

Was the arch-colonist a monster? Or is the script just being PC? And was he gay? Marion Edmunds reports THE BBC’s television series on Cecil John Rhodes – coming to South Africa early next year – has sparked fierce controversy over Southern Africa’s most famous colonist: was he saint, sinner or pervert? Or all three? […]

Lack of resources and bureaucratic bungling have caused major delays in the Rwanda genocide tribunal, reports Chris McGreal THE start of the long-delayed international Rwanda genocide tribunal ran into new difficulties this week after the lawyer for the first Hutu scheduled to appear in the dock said he will boycott the trial because he has […]