Vic Marks shares the middle with the well-rounded Devonian who is the natural successor to Dickie Bird as the best and most recognisable umpire in the world WHILE Dickie Bird was wallowing and weeping amid all the attention that enveloped him prior to his final Test, David Shepherd, his successor as the most recognisable umpire […]

A mature, new model Monica Seles made a return to Wimbledon, but it was cut short in the second round TENNIS: Mick Cleary IT MUST have been a relief to feel the pain. It was real, it hurt and it could be precisely located. After more than two years spent chasing shadows in her mind, […]

Minister Jay Naidoo has hit the first snag in attempting to rush the sale of SABC’s radio stations, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy A BID by Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Minister Jay Naidoo to speed up the sale of six SABC radio stations by amending the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Act is likely to fail. While Naidoo […]

The skirmish for Wits University’s top job continues, writes Philippa Garson THE students and academics who rallied behind Professor William Malegapuru Makgoba in his recent skirmish in Wits University’s corridors of power have turned against him and don’t want him to lead the institution. As speculation around contenders for the university’s top job grows, it […]

With the South African media industry transforming, a new class of media players is emerging. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports on the most prominent among them An eminent group of media moguls is waiting in the wings as the South African media industry goes through a series of ownership changes. The most prominent among them is New […]

Justin Pearce GROWING anti-landmine sentiments in South Africa and abroad have prompted the Department of Foreign Affairs to announce a permanent ban on the export of the mines by South Africa, confirming a moratorium which has been in place for the past two years. A suspension has also been placed on the use of mines […]