As the first black consortium bids for TML, a charter is suddenly being drafted to safeguard editors and to preserve traditions in the group. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports THE editors of Times Media Limited’s (TML) core publications say they do not fear losing their jobs under a new black stakeholder. However, on the eve of the […]
Mike Loewe The most ambitious public relations stunt by a South African newspaper is degenerating into farce as two ill-prepared women climbers scramble for the top of Mount Everest. South African mountaineer Cathy O’Dowd, a Rhodes University photojournalism masters student and daughter of Anglo-American director Michael O’Dowd, will carry with her the hopes of her […]
Rehana Rossouw RECENTLY divorced President Nelson Mandela is not in the market for a first (or should it be third?) lady. He can cope perfectly well on his own, say his staff. But bachelor presidents are the exception rather than the rule, with most heads of state relying on their wives to lend a helping […]
Transvaal’s players are now being properly paid, but they have to perform to justify those high salaries RUGBY: Jon Swift TO ANALYSE the current problems within the Transvaal team, you have to go back to the euphoria which greeted the South African side — the bulk of that side Transvalers — winning the World Cup […]
Cyril Ramaphosa’s move into the business sector is a serious blow to South Africa. His absence from the post-election Cabinet was regrettable and the failure to draft him on the occasion of the recent re-shuffle was equally lamentable. The ANC’s explanation for his move — that it is part of a brilliant strategy to broaden […]
The final constitution: In the mad rush to meet deadlines, there is pressure on all sides to reach deals which may have serious long- term consequences Marion Edmunds Pressure-cooker politicking to resolve final constitutional disputes by Friday’s deadline has forced the African National Congress and the National Party into a series of exclusive bilaterals which […]
Mail & Guardian Reporters PRETORIA Attorney General Jan D’Oliveira, whose office this week wound up its marathon prosecution of Eugene de Kock, plans to charge more security force members in high-profile “political” murder trials over the next “month or two”. These prosecutions may pre-empt applications by perpetrators of apartheid crimes to the Truth and Reconciliation […]
Baby Jake growing bigger Baby Jake Matlala will be stepping into the big time when he steps into the ring for his next bout against a meanie from Mexico BOXING: Gavin Evans THE magnificent renaissance of lovely little old Baby Jake Matlala is about to be taken into a higher realm. He is set to […]
South Africa’s about-face on Nigeria brings it more into line with the approach of other African countries, reports Stefaans BrUmmer FAR from Nelson Mandela’s trailblazing call last year for sanctions against Nigeria, South Africa was trying this week to pull the teeth from a United Nations resolution which slams the West African country’s human rights […]
The events of a single day may make all the difference to Lawrie Fraser’s battle for his adopted child, reports Justin Pearce The adoptive parents of the infant son of Lawrie Fraser and Adriana Naude took the child out of South Africa only a day after the adoption was secured, according to a letter submitted […]