Uncertainty in the markets is pulling private investors hither and tither, writes Shaun Harris Pity the private investors. They are being pushed and pulled from different directions and are clearly finding it difficult to take a view on where to invest their money. That seems the only plausible explanation for the trends emerging in the […]

Mail & Guardian reporter The ability to compare prices quickly and easily is one of the attractions of shopping on the Net. In the real world, you have to trudge between shops, trying to remember which had this or that item at the best price. But online, one store is a click away from another. […]

Andrew Muchineripi Soccer I am seriously wondering whether some soccer officials have not lost the plot. Crowds are dwindling fast at Premier Soccer League (PSL) fixtures, yet they want to introduce another competition. Amid all the talk of fixture congestion, the PSL board of governors wants the Top Eight competition revived, with media speculation hinting […]

Naseem Hamed seems to have calmed down, but that doesn’t mean he’s lost his bite, writes Kevin Mitchell In his suite at Caesar’s Brookdale, a shiny resort in the Poconos Mountains of Pennsylvania for newlyweds and others who prefer their entertainment in-house, Naseem Hamed is one lonely little geezer. In fact, he is so lonely […]

Paul Edmunds Granted, this was no inner-city free luxury bus ride. Instead, it was a jerky trundle on a diesel-smelling orange behemoth, askew on its tired springs. It was also probably one of the only times most of the passengers will ride on a public bus this year. Art Night was begun by gallery owner […]

Shaun Harris This is the first quarter that the local unit trust industry has operated under its new classification system, introduced because the rapid growth of new funds was quickly making the old system outdated and to get South African funds in line with international markets, particularly that of the United States. Overall, the new […]

Deon Potgieter Boxing East meets West on Friday in Poland, when for the first time two South Africans are featured in world title fights in the former communist country. Simon Ramoni, the current International Boxing Organisation (IBO) world junior featherweight champion, makes the second defence of his crown against undefeated Hungarian Fandor Koczar, and national […]

Three of SA’s opposition parties are calling for a change in the current system of parliamentary representation, reports Howard Barrell Opposition parties are clamouring for changes to South Africa’s election laws to make MPs more directly accountable to voters. The leaders of the Democratic Party, New National Party and United Democratic Movement are among those […]

This week Africa celebrates the adoption of the African Charter on Human Rights and People’s Rights, but it seems South Africa is regarded by its neighbours as rapacious, imperialist and xenophobic Carlos Cardoso: The treatment inflicted by the South African state and many South African citizens on Mozambicans is unacceptable. Every Thursday a train carrying […]

SASOL said on Friday that it is looking to secure coal from other sources after shelving a proposed coal strip mine on the Vaal River. ”We are examining alternatives,” Alfonso Niemand said, adding Sasol could boost output from existing mines or buy from external sources. Sasol, which turns coal into liquid fuels via a synthetic […]