Nicola Byrne THE first time Olympic gold medalist Josia Thugwane received any support from South African sporting authorities was when he arrived at Johannesburg International Airport to depart for the Games in Atlanta. On that occasion he was given a kit bag which held two Springbok strips to add to the six pairs of running […]
Jon Swift IT is of more than passing interest that Bruce Fordyce, the man head-hunted to become the first paid executive director of the Sports Trust, admits freely to coming from a “priveleged, white background” and attributes much of his sporting success to this factor. For Fordyce now has the task of administering the body […]
Martin Thorpe MARTIN THORPE of the Guardian,” you say, offering your hand. “Gianluca Vialli,” comes the reply. Perhaps he thinks people in England do not know who he is. Such modesty comes as a shock. The severe haircut and ferocious grimace that sears his face when he plays give the impression of a short-tempered big- […]
The latest team to tackle Mount Everest has faced a sponsorship storm, reports Tara Turkington After months of struggling to obtain sponsorship, five mountaineers and a cameraman left for Tibet on Sunday August 16, in South Africa’s second-ever attempt at scaling Mount Everest. The battle for sponsorship followed the recent Sunday Times-sponsored expedition which saw […]
Once hailed as a hero, former Chiefs star Shane MacGregor will be hoping to hand out a beating to his former team this weekend SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi SUPERSPORT UNITED player-coach Shane MacGregor, the forward who once starred for Kaizer Chiefs, will plot the downfall of his former club at the weekend. The teams clash in […]
Eddie Koch THE ANC’s armed struggle never amounted to more than a “sporadic and symbolic endeavour” despite a moderately high cost in terms of deaths and casualties, says an unpublished account of the liberation movement’s military tactics written by a former member of the organisation. The study by Howard Barrell, entitled Conscripts To Their Age: […]
Proposals by the Department of Health to curb the dispensing of medicines by doctors will create all kinds of other problems, reports Rehana Rossouw SOME three million patients across South Africa receive medication from their doctors every month. By the end of September, the Department of Health will have changed this. Dispensing doctors have united […]
Being raped is just the beginning of the ordeal for thousands of South African women, writes Angella Johnson IT was a bitterly cold evening when Gladys Masai wrapped up in her winter coat and set off to visit her aunt in Brits. The journey from Pretoria should have taken about an hour and she was […]
Gaye Davis MO SHAIK, chief of the National Intelligence Co- ordinating Committee (Nicoc), is to quit his position at month-end for a new post in either the Department of Foreign Affairs or the Department of Trade and Industry. Smart money is on the latter. An announcement is expected shortly, but it is understood Shaik’s new […]
OPERA: Coenraad Visser reviews Tosca WHEN Scarpia slams his door to shut out the sound of Tosca singing, he makes the point that the power of the politician will always be stronger than that of the artist. Perhaps that is Pact Opera’s oblique comment on current events affecting the continued existence of this art form […]