A power struggle within the ANC was behind the Tokyo Sexwale drugs probe, reports Stefaans BrUmmer GAUTENG Premier Tokyo Sexwale this week refused to bail Deputy President Thabo Mbeki out of his embarrassment over allegations that he had been behind a drugs probe into Sexwale after the 1994 elections. In the process, Sexwale and National […]

He didn’t exactly kill with kindness but there is a charm to Eugene de Kock that belies the murderous work he carried out for the apartheid government. Eddie Koch reports IT was a balmy autumn afternoon back in 1993 and Eugene de Kock was sitting, as arranged, on the terrace of the Centurion Park Hotel […]

FINE ART: Julia Teale The insularity and complacency of the Cape Town art scene has become a commonplace of South African art journalism. The only solution for artists is often to move northward. But the last few years have seen the birth and maturation of a number of exhibition spaces, such as The Castle and […]

The Dutch queen has overstepped her authority in ousting the Dutch ambassador to South Africa, reports Bart Luirink The Dutch ambassador in South Africa, Eduard Roell, has been reassigned as ambassador to Belgium because of an alleged extramarital affair, months before the official end of his term. According to a leading Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad, […]

Kevin Mitchell blames the folly of weak and stupid men for a criminal act waiting to happen as they gamble all in Las Vegas THE brave gentlemen of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, who issued Evander Holyfield with a medical certificate last week clearing him to challenge Mike Tyson for a version of the world […]

Ian Traynor in Berlin Germany and France this week signalled their determination to merge their currencies in January 1999 as part of an overall European Monetary Union. Despite misgivings from Britain about a single currency, key finance and banking officials from the two countries moved to dovetail their fiscal policies before this weekend’s meeting of […]

RUGBY: Jon Swift IT is, given the length and public ugliness of the rugby season, gratifying that some semblance of order is about to come back into our sporting lives with the first hints of the budding cricket season ahead. This weekend there comes the chance to shake off some of the rust of inactivity […]

An American who sued Noseweek and the Cape Argus bit off more than he could chew, reports Rehana Rossouw WEALTHY American dentist Robert Hall clearly didn’t know what he was getting into when he took on the formidable, and famously eccentric, investigative journalist Martin Welz. Hall sued Welz for R550 000 and the Cape Argus […]

With the dissolution of Sadwu, domestic staff now have even fewer provisions available to protect their interests and working conditions, writes Fay Davids THE domestic worker affiliate union of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has been dissolved, leaving question marks over the effectiveness of world-class legislation about to be passed to protect […]

Trevor Manuel talks to Madeleine Wackernagel about the successful European roadshow and his optimism about our economic prospects Five European cities in as many days is “hell on the body, but great for the country”, says Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, citing the DM500-million Eurobond issue as evidence of a successful tour. Now he has to […]