Connie Selebogo MOTOR RACING For Batshobonke Sibuka (22), who grew up in a rural area in the Transkei where donkey tracks are the only fast lanes, a career in motor racing was something beyond imagination. Rising star Sibuka took his opponents by surprise when he beat experienced drivers in his motor racing debut at Killarney, […]
A landmark court judgment could force women to choose between having a family and pursuing a career Khadija Magardie The Labour Appeal Court has ruled that it is fair for employers to reject work applications for senior positions from women because they are pregnant. The judgment, delivered this week, is the first ever decision by […]
M&G reporter Sony’s chair, Norio Ohaga, and president, Nobuyuki Idei, recently announced their company’s online banking alliance with JP Morgan and Japan’s Sakura Bank. The online bank, to be capitalised at 222-million, will be 80% owned by Sony, 16% by Sakura and 4% by JP Morgan. It is due to begin services in the first […]
Andrew Muchineripi Bafana Bafana kick off their campaign for the 2002 World Cup against minnows Lesotho There is no reason why South Africa should not get off to a winning start against Lesotho on Sunday in their quest for a second consecutive appearance at the World Cup finals. Bafana Bafana are, man for man, a […]
A controversial top policeman at Chatsworth police station managed to escape this week’s shake-up Paul Kirk A senior policeman at the notorious Chatsworth police station has been running a private security company from the station and extorting protection money out of local schools. Inspector Gregory Naidoo has been charging R1E600 a shift to schools in […]
Andy Capostagno GOLF It seems only right that in the week prior to the 64th Masters the name of Nicklaus has been in the news. It is 14 years since the Golden Bear won his sixth and last green jacket, but he still sells newspapers. In the week that Tiger Woods revealed he kept a […]
Ivor Powell and Jubie Matlou The SABC’s entire top management will lose their jobs if the proposals of an independent consultancy into restructuring the beleaguered corporation are accepted. In a confidential report completed two weeks ago, international consultancy Gemini slams the corporation’s group executive for a shortage of skills and a lack of leadership, and […]
Mail & Guardian reporters Autonomy, the fast-growing British intelligent software company, last week launched a new product which it claimed would sound the death knell for the traditional Internet search engine. As part of a profile-raising exercise before its planned Nasdaq flotation, the Easdaq-listed company announced plans for Kenjin, a free software product expected to […]
Mary Dover Johannesburg’s luxury Westcliff hotel turns two this year, in the wake of last year’s centenary celebrations of its sister hotel, the Mount Nelson, in Cape Town. Fondly referred to as “the grand old dame of Cape Town” or “the Nellie”, the Mount Nelson also forms part of the exclusive Orient Express Hotel’s African […]
Jaspreet Kindra The CIA has warned that the HIV/Aids pandemic sweeping sub-Saharan Africa will lay waste to the ruling political and military elite in the region, provoking damaging power struggles over scarce state resources. In a recent report, posted on the intelligence agency’s website, the CIA warns: “In our view, the infectious disease burden will […]