OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 12.15pm. THE South African government is set to intervene on behalf of South Africa’s cricket captain Hansie Cronje and three other players, Herschelle Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Nicky Boje who were charged with match-fixing by Indian police. “The South African government is to contact the Indian government to convey […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 4.00pm. Trott Moloto has decided to change tack and allow Bafana Bafana to play a zonal defense when they come up against Lesotho’s Likoena at the Setsoto Stadium on Sunday in their 2002 World Cup qualifier clash reports the Sowetan. Moloto made himself unpopular with soccer fans when he decided […]
Review: The Cider House Rules
Two enterprising souls are trying to breathe new life into an old movie-house in a Windhoek township, reports Andrew Worsdale.
The dispute over payments for feel-good flick Heel Against the Head continues, reports Andrew Worsdale.
Charlene Smith In 1995 (when 35 000 rapes were reported) the Human Sciences Research Council reported that South Africa had 149,5 rapes per 100E000 population, compared to 34,4 rapes per 100E000 in the United States. The danger of being raped is five times higher in South Africa than in the US. According to rape homicide […]
The longer you wait before you buy life insurance, the more it’s likely to cost you Judy Barnes One of the most important things you will ever undertake before shuffling off this mortal coil is purchasing life assurance. It’s a process likely to be complicated as everyone you know attempts to advise. Because our date […]
With our property prices among the world’s lowest, bricks and mortar could be a very solid investment Ian Fife ‘I been down so long it looks like up to me,” says the old blues song. That’s how property people feel too. Everyone else is getting instant gratification in shares and the money market, so real […]
Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH I have absolutely nothing against people sitting down and talking together. But if I had my way, the sort of talkfest that has just taken place in Cairo between European and African leaders would not take place. I mean, if all the fuel costs of the presidential jets, the […]
As I style myself from time to time as a former “war correspondent”, the horror film hit, the Blair Witch Project, was a bit of an embarrassment to me. To be frank, I’ve never been so terrified in my life. This was not the case with the winsome film producer who volunteered to accompany me […]