As Pick ‘n Pay loses its lead in the stores market and Pepkor gains ground, Jacques Magliolo explains why Pepkor is the horse to back Behind the scenes battles took place in two of South Africa’s largest stores listed companies in 1994. While Pepkor finished the year by concluding a major corporate deal and seeing […]

Combating discrimination was the main focus of the international Aids conference held in Cape Town this week. Justin Pearce reports BURIED in the agenda of this week’s Cape Town International Conference for People Living with HIV and Aids was a session entitled “Identities”. Delegates split into interest groups — sex workers, heterosexuals, drug users, lesbians/gays, […]

John Velzian coaches the Kenyan athletes so he’s well qualified to reveal the secret of their success ATHLETICS: Julian Drew IT was on a Friday evening in July 1954 at London’s White City that the barefooted figure of Chepkwony from Kenya went to the line for the six miles at the English AAA championships. In […]

Clive Simpkins Years of recession and the new reconstruction-and- development-programme spirit have bred a healthy clutch of street intersection entrepreneurs — but buying from them is not for the incautious or the unwary. The bunch-of-flowers brigade are particularly slick operators. I recall a businessman friend of mine with all the Seigel-Sand-nous that comes from eastern-block […]

A fast rise for the Malagasy lassie TENNIS: Stephen Bierley SUDDENLY and — judging by her performance this week — refreshingly, a talent of quite exceptional ability has emerged from Madagascar. Dally Randriantefy is only 18 but already has poise beyond her years. It would be invidious to liken her to any of the greats […]

Jacques Magliolo Diamond giant De Beers released its unaudited results for the year to December 1994 this week and promised investors virtually unchanged earnings per share and a mere 4,5 percent increase in dividends. It seemed that the sole focus of the presentation was to voice their annoyance at Russia’s refusal to adhere to signed […]

Gaye Davis A LEADING candidate for the post of Public Protector, Brian Currin, has withdrawn his nomination. The former national director of Lawyers for Human Rights told the Weekly Mail & Guardian he was no longer available as he had had to take other employment. He said he had not expected he would land the […]

A rather unlikely witness gave evidence at the Eugene de Kock trial this week, writes Jan Taljaard AS the prosecution this week trotted out its star witness in the case against former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock, Judge Richard Goldstone’s “Mr Q” turned out to be an incongruously boyish policeman with an itchy trigger finger. […]

A new Bill before parliament, if passed, will bring South Africa in line with world standards of censorship. Gaye Davis reports CLAUSES barring hate speech or acts likely to incite racial hatred have been erased from a new censorship Bill which sweeps away the draconian rules of the past, allowing adults to think for themselves. […]

Although crowds at the New Zealand Test were disappointing, it was a triumphant end to a hard season for South Africa’s cricketers CRICKET: Krish Mi’rams SOUTH AFRICA’S one-off Test win over New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland capped a season of great triumph for South Africa’s cricketers. The 94-run victory was the fourth in […]