The National Party’s congress was a slick show but it will take more than a good stage performance to restore the NP to its former state, reports Gaye Davis ENERGETIC tannies boogying to township jive, black speakers prefacing their inputs with cries of “Viva, NP, viva!”, the multi-lingual phrase booklet in every delegate’s blue congress […]

Four new plays are being showcased at the Civic — in the form of dramatised readings. Matthew Krouse, who participated in one, reports DISCONTENTED local dramatists, tired of playing second fiddle to international work, can perhaps begin to breathe a small sigh of relief. As the first two dramatised play readings of New Stages — […]

The South African team is on a winning streak but now the players have to prove that they can win away from home as well CRICKET: Jon Swift THERE can be no doubting national cricket coach Bob Woolmer’s intentions as the 16-strong South African side prepare to leave for the one-off Centenary Test against New […]

The Markets Jacques Magliolo ‘WHEN restrictions are lifted, overseas investors will come into our country and clean out our cupboard (of shares),” a shareholder told me at one of last year’s Christmas parties. “We have to keep restrictions and, in fact, strengthen them,” he asserted, in a near state of panic. Immediately, he had an […]

South African troops are not welcome in Angolan peacekeeping operations. Stefaans Brummer reports SOUTH Africa will not be part of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Angola because Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos won’t play host to countries previously involved in his country’s war. Zimbabwe Defence Minister Moven Mahachi this week attacked South Africa for […]

It is a long time since South Africa has produced a discus thrower of note, but Franz Kruger looks like he can fill that gap ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THE discus throw has been dominated by Americans and athletes from the former Societ bloc. But lately the pendulum has begun to swing as new political doctrines […]

South Africans may never know the truth if the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Bill goes through, argues Paul van Zyl THE recent furore over the clandestine attempt to grant amnesty to 3 500 members of the security forces (including Adriaan Vlok, Magnus Malan and Johan van der Merwe) has strengthened calls for the […]

Police have reacted to the amnesty issue with a threat to release damaging information on cabinet members an politicians reports Gaye Davis POLICE have put a loaded gun to the head of the government of national unity (GNU), threatening to release evidence linking cabinet ministers and politicians in the National Party, ANC and other parties […]

Weekly Mail Reporter DEADLINES for voters to register for the October municipal elections are so tight that polls may be very low if same-day registration is not allowed. This is the call from Project Vote, a democracy education organisation which this week released findings of pioneering research into voter attitudes to the forthcoming elections. The […]

CRICKET: Jon Swift THE enduring memory of this summer’s cricket will be an incident on the boundary ropes rather than any of the truly exciting things which happened out in the middle. It was the sight of Fanie de Villiers in the middle of the Kingsmead Test following the umpires and their lightmeters off the […]