RUGBY: Luke Alfred GLADWELL MAJALIMA and I are sitting next to each other watching the members of his club practising against a distant backdrop of fir and eucalyptus trees. It is the last day of February and the first chill of winter is in the air. We could be in southern Scotland or parts of […]
Stefaans Brummer ONE of the men allegedly involved in the 1982 bombing of the ANC offices in London is now an Anglo American security supervisor. John Adam is one of the seven alleged bombers named by former South African agent Craig Williamson two weeks ago when he confessed to his own role in the London […]
Analysis: Anton Harber AN Inkatha Freedom Party decision to quit the Government of National Unity will set the scene for a period of intense conflict between the central government and kwaZulu/Natal. The IFP agenda is clear and has been expressed by senior leaders: to cement their provincial base and launch a strong push for regional […]
Stefaans Brummer THE detailed information on Winnie Mandela’s alleged corruption supplied by police immediately after their raid on her house and other premises came as a surprise to many, not least of them Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi. Police tend to play their cards close to their chest in investigations relating to corruption and […]
They may be provincial teams but the Super 10 matches will be vital as a pointer to the strength of the international teams for the World Cup RUGBY: Jon Swift THERE is more than just Super 10 points riding on the outcome of the opening games in this matching of the top rugby sides in […]
SOCCER: Clinton Asary WHEN the 24th BP Top 8 final kicks off on Saturday afternoon there will be two contrasting eras in South African soccer on view. Wits defender Peter Gordon (31), in the twilight of a distinguished career that has spanned 11 years of professional soccer, 10 of them at Wits, might well be […]
Sources say the IFP has no alternative but to quit the government of national unity and form a vocal backbench opposition. Weekly Mail & Guardian Reporter THE Inkatha Freedom Party is likely to pull out of the Government of National Unity but return to parliament before the expiry of the 15-day deadline that could see […]
South African institutions and stockbrokers say * ocal trading is too small to suffer a Barings Bank-style collapse, reports Jacques Magliolo The collapse of Britain’s 300-year-old Barings Bank has reverberated around the world and forced local institutions and stockbrokers to reassess their own security systems and prevention mechanisms. The announcement that Nick Leeson, a Singapore-based […]
THREE cheers for Frene Ginwala, speaker of the National Assembly, for apologising for the role of her predecessors, now colleagues in the government of national unity, in devastating neighbouring Mozambique. She said what had to be said, and she did it with appropriate dignity and forthrightness. It is unusual for a speaker of parliament to […]
Lewis Machipisa in Harare Zimbabwe’s four-year-old economic structural adjustment programme (Esap) has failed to meet its key targets, despite strides to implement the austere measures, says a report by a leading Zimbabwean bank. According to the strategic planning division of Standard Chartered Bank, the government has not been able to check its extravagant spending, money […]