SOCCER: Clinton Asary THE South African under-23 squad’s quest for a place in the finals of the All Africa Games continues this weekend when they visit the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, for the second leg of their second round encounter on Sunday. South Africa won the first leg 2-0, and our “Young Guns” look set […]

The battle for housing took a new twist when hostel dwellers paid R500 for a home — and destroyed a school in the process, reports Annie Mapoma AN education success story for 300 Mzimhlophe Hostel children is turning into a struggle for survival as hostel inmates this week destroyed classroom facilities and Guateng education authorities […]

SOCCER: Clinton Asary THE South African under-23 squad is currently on a two- pronged mission as it aims to qualify for the All Africa Games finals in Harare this September, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Should they beat Lesotho in their All Africa second round second leg encounter in Maseru on Sunday, the Super Squad […]

CINEMA: Stanley Peskin WRITTEN and directed by Tim Robbins, Bob Roberts (1992) has more than a passing resemblance to Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941), as well as to a number of films by Robert Altman, notably Nashville (1975) and The Player (1992), in which Robbins himself played a corrupt filmmaker. Originally a sketch for Saturday […]

Jacques Magliolo Newly acquired Billiton International made its debut in mining and financial giant Gencor’s first interim results. And, what an impressive start to its association it was. Billiton’s turnover, excluding associates and investments, amounted to US$1 074-million (R3 802- million) for the six months to end-December. Profit from operating companies (after depreciation) amounted to […]

The Bartel Arts Trust is injecting life into the arts scene in Durban, writes Humphrey Tyler DURBAN’S Bartel Arts Centre hasn’t got a door on its harbourside headquarters yet — the builders haven’t finished the entrance and you have to jump over the foundations to get inside — but it started full tilt this week […]

THEATRE: Humphrey Tyler WHAT a talented cast in Khaya in the Sky, now on in the Drama Theatre in the Natal Playhouse, in Durban — but, sadly, in the end, what a waste. It starts okay. The leader of a group of Durban squatters turns out to be called Rudolph Valentino, who speaks with an […]

The Markets Jacques Magliolo Does anyone actually know what is going on out there? The markets are becoming more confusing and complex by the day. Investors have to keep track of a vast amount of changing Johannesburg Stock Exchange and company law regulations, market movement, fundamental issues as well as the factors which affect these. […]

Weekly Mail Reporters MOST of the 14 regions of the ANC’s Women’s League have condemned the recent decision of 11 members of the league’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to resign their posts without proper consultation. The league’s Northern Natal secretary, Nokwethemba Biyela, said 12 of the 14 regions had “stood up” at the NEC meeting […]

Life assurers are honing their strategies in order to capture the multi-billion rand funeral business, reports Jacques Magliolo How big is the funeral business? Big enough for the life assurers to fight tooth and nail for it. Financial Services Board long term insurance manager Oppie Opperman says: “In 1993 total premium received by the life […]