RUGBY: Jon Swift THE thing you have to admire most about South African coach Kitch Christie is that in his own quietly determined way he gets what he wants. Evidence enough of this is Ray Mordt’s inclusion as his deputy — no matter what title the former union test great and rugby league star carries […]

An exhibition running in Johannesburg rediscovers six `lost’ South African photographers, writes Hazel Friedman `WITHIN the black zone, every square inch is occupied … It’s like being buried in people. Their shoulders, hips, bellies and buttocks press against yours. You cannot shift your weight or raise an arm or turn around without displacing the various […]

Weekly Mail Reporter POLICE in Cape Town are investigating charges of assault against MP Tony Yengeni, after a man suspected to be implicated in the murder of Yengeni’s bodyguard was allegedly beaten before being handed over to the police. Chumi Siyeka was one of five people picked up on June 1 in connection with the […]

THE royal battle between Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and his rivals has grown bitter. Buthelezi last week pointed fingers at “latter-day busy-bodies” who were in the “forefront” of campaigns to “villify”him. He was referring to other players in the royal battle: Prince Clement. A former Iscor employee, he is now based inside the Royal Palace and […]

CINEMA: Fabius Burger Lars von Trier’s Zentropa is, in a way, about speed — most of the film takes place on a train. But at least some members of the audience will fall asleep: the opening sequence is a mesmerising, extended shot of railway tracks, with narrator Max von Sydow hypnotising us, taking us into […]

The political parties will gain R1,5m a month from a new proposal to pass on state subsidies. Chris Louw reports A SCHEME to give political parties large state subsidies is being slipped quietly into place in the guise of a “constituent’s allowance”. The plan, approved by the Speaker of Parliament and put to the Cabinet […]

GOLF: Jon Swift IT IS often difficult to get Brent Chalmers, tour director of the FNB professional golf tour, to be as moderate in his approach as to call a spade a shovel. He has never hesitated to say exactly what he thinks. It is, in an era of sports administration doublespeak, an often admirable […]

In marked contrast to previous congresses, Cosatu’s policy resolutions grapple with labour’s role in economic policy-making, productive investment and tax reform, reports Drew Forrest `THE devil’s in the detail,” quipped textile union boss Ebrahim Patel in the aftermath of Cosatu’s fifth national congress. Patel was referring to the vexed issue of tariff reduction in his […]

THE sight of people toyi-toying on the toppled statue of Dr Hendrik Verwoerd in Bloemfontein would naturally inflame Afrikaner sensitivities. But removing the graven image of a man who more than any other historical figure stands as a symbol of the country’s apartheid past surely does not warrant the hysteria being whipped up around the […]

Moveable Feast Marino Corazza FOR 20 years, my father-in-law and I had season tickets to Ellis Park. Initially the seats were those green, rickety wooden benches on the grass; then they became plastic bucket-seats set in cement. Both were in sort of the same place, halfway up the stand to the left of the players’ […]