Sechaba ka’Nkosi Mutinous Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldiers sympathetic to opposition parties are removing arms from military bases in preparation for a prolonged war against the allied forces of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The soldiers have retreated strategically to the mountains where they have been able to delay the fall of their Makonyane […]

Mail & Guardian reporter Apart from pornography, keeping up with the news, and monitoring the latest on Zippergate, the Internet can also provide a playground for a budding George Soros. Local and international financial service websites are rapidly expanding. Their offerings range from basic financial information to trading a portfolio on the Web. Internationally people […]

Charl Blignaut On stage in Johannesburg `Sometimes to tell a secret, you first have to teach a lesson,” reads a note in the programme for the South African premiere of Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive, a mesmerising new production that took to the Market Theatre stage last week. It was the “to teach […]

KHAREEN PECH, Johannesburg | Friday 1.00pm. A WEALTHY rightwinger linked to arms cartels and several rebel groups in Africa plans to destabilise South Africa in the run-up to the country’s second democratic elections in 1999. Former Civilian Co-operation Bureau operative Johan Niemller is directing preparations by the “Boerevolk” for a “Fourth Boere Revolution” by galvanising […]

Ferial Haffajee TopSport chief executive officer Edward Griffiths has landed a cushy agreement with the SABC which would see him working in South Africa for one week a month. The SABC has met negotiators who want to buy TopSport – its basket of television sports programmes – which is about to make a profit for […]

Johannesburg is the place to be this weekend with a feast of entertainment on offer. Alex Dodd reports Just in case you haven’t smelt the jasmine yet, it’s worth figuring that spring is in full swing and Arts Alive is almost history. But, the good news is it’s going out with a bang. This is […]

Khareen Pech In an extraordinary display of power, right-wing ringleader Johan Niemoeller and two hefty sidekicks, Jannie Smith and Roy Smith, tasked a private army of about 14 former security cops to intimidate me at a busy Johannesburg shopping mall last week. Jannie Smith first lured me to a meeting at Eastgate shopping mall by […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 11.45am. SOUTH African Double Olympic champion Penny Heyns broke the 50m breaststroke national and Africa record at the South African short course championships in Cape Town on Friday morning. Heyns, who set a world mark of 30,95 seconds for the first 50m of the Goodwill Games 100m, in a regular […]

Ann Eveleth Almost four million households could soon benefit from subsidised electricity in a move expected to save hundreds of millions of rands in health costs associated with the use of inferior fuels. The National Electricity Regulator told Parliament last week it plans to introduce a subsidy, or poverty tariff, to reduce basic cooking and […]

Tracy Murinik On show in Cape Town ‘Put the mauve bowl with that green one, and grab that vase: they’re just fantastic together!” she screamed. Such was my humble introduction to the Beezy Bailey Art Factory and Shop, and ”she” was an obviously excited and ardent shopper who had (obviously) just discovered the perfect match […]