A Durban business project has aligned the ANC and Inkatha against the ANC’s traditional allies — union and civic organisations, writes Farouk Chothia THE ANC has found itself on the side of the Inkatha Freedom Party with its traditional allies ranged against it over its support for Durban City Council’s ostentatious building projects worth hundreds […]

GOLF: Jon Swift IF YOU are prepared to turn a blind eye to a private jet, a multi-million dollar bank account and the type of celebrity status which precludes a visit to the local steakhouse, not much has changed about Nick Price. The amiable Zimbabwean’s stunning wire-to-wire victory in the US PGA at Southern Hills […]

Armscor and Fuchs Electronics have offered R108-million to settle an embarrassing US court case, report Paul Stober and Eddie Koch ARMSCOR is willing to pay up to R54-million in an out- of-court settlement to save its officials the embarrassment of being extradited to the United States for a trial involving charges of violating the international […]

The CP has put two proposals to the government with one prupose in mind — supremacy in the rightwing. Jan Taljaard reports THE Conservative Party and Afrikaner Volksfront’s (CP/AVF) proposals to the government last Friday on their possible partici-pation in constitutional talks were a last-ditch bid for supremacy within the rightwing. By putting two alternative […]

Gwen Ansell takes a look at the high notes and uncertainties of this year’s Guinness Johannesburg Jazz Festival THE homecoming of two eminent South African jazz performers is the highlight of this year’s Guinness Johannesburg Jazz Festival, running from September 30 to October 1 at the Market Theatre Precinct. Pianist/saxophonist/composer Bheki Mseleku returns after close […]

Andrew Trench LATIN is creeping into the East Cape legislature, and if you’re a politician that could mean being called “calamari” or a “baboon”. It all started with NP MP Billy Nel. Rising to speak in a debate on the fishing industry, he referred to his NP colleague Sakkie Louw as a “Loligo Vulgaris Politicus” […]

Critical Consumer Pat Sidley WHEN an upmarket Johan-nesburg supermarket pulled all the chickens from its shelves it sparked a salmonella scare in the city. An investigation into the matter revealed that Woolworths’ fridges were empty because various diseases had affected the fowls and the supermarket was waiting until the chickens reached a larger size before […]

The disappearance of the seven single is more than a disappointment for music fans, writes Fred de Vries. Bands find it more difficult to make it and the taste of listeners is growing increasingly conservative DOES anyone still remember the good old single? That seven-inch slab of vinyl, preferably packed in an arty picture sleeve? […]

Chris Louw PROFESSOR Peter Vale, director of the Centre for Southern African Studies at the University of the Western Cape, has applied to become director general of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The post — presently occupied by Rusty Evans — was advertised recently. Vale, who was directly involved in drafting ANC foreign policy before […]

The family of a murdered woman has accused the Witwatersrand attorney-general of delaying the prosecution of the alleged killer, a man suspected of being involved in a trade union scam, reports Stefaans Brummer A FORMER security police captain allegedly at the centre of a “dirty tricks” operation against a trade union, and who is a […]