Andy Duffy Universities and technikons are bracing for the worst as they await news of how the government plans to spend its money on campuses next year. Several institutions warned this week that they expect a cut in their government funding, and are already making plans to axe staff, scrap courses, and hike student fees. […]

Ferial Haffajee A Second Look A million men . huh. No more than 2 000 people pitched up at the Union Buildings last Saturday to show that “Real men don’t abuse women and children”, and half of them were women. The organisers point out that about 3500 men started the march at Church Square, many […]

The Bok coach finds his stage Steve Morris To say Nick Mallett has revitalised South African rugby is stating the obvious. But to claim that he has been solely responsible denigrates the work done before him by Kitch Christie and, it must be added, Ian McIntosh and Andre Markgraaff. What Mallett has done is relaunch […]

Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer The first final of the richest domestic club competition in African soccer demands worthy participants, and Kaizer Chiefs and Sundowns certainly fit the bill for the Rothmans Cup climax at FNB Stadium on Saturday. Sundowns lead the national championship by one point from Bush Bucks as the halfway mark approaches and […]

Bridget Hilton-Barber Jollers of yore! Unfasten your seat belts and drag your bodies into the upright position. This, as they say, will be an evening to remember. If you’re old enought to remember Jamesons and rich enough to pay for a babysitter, head for Melville’s Bassline from 8pm on Sunday November 30 for The Aeroplanes, […]

Dan Glaister Innovation You are a concert pianist. You sit at your piano, carefully building up the tension in the hall as you deliver your definitive version of one of the core pieces of the classical repertoire. You approach the climax, playing pianissimo as you prepare for the shock of the fortissimo ending. Suddenly there […]

FRIDAY, 8.45AM: SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett is aware that South Africa are facing the strongest challenge in their European tour when they meet England at Twickenham on Saturday. He said their 52-10 win over France last weekend means nothing now. “When one side plays so well you have to take the opposition into account. The […]

Andrew Spencer : Golf There is something very special about the Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge at Sun City. Perhaps it is the size of the seven- figure purse – in American money nogal – or the simple fact that this is an elite field on an elite layout carved out of a slice of unremitting […]

Andy Duffy The president’s office is paving the way for Nelson Mandela to break his promise to South Africa that no teachers would be kicked out of their jobs. Department of Education officials and teaching unions both view the president’s promise, made last year, as binding and a key political obstacle to dismissing state teachers. […]

Richard Williams : Motor Racing Formula One is a world of clever people, and Bernie Ecclestone is the cleverest of them all. His unprepossessing title is vice-president in charge of promotional affairs for the Fdration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the sport’s worldwide governing body. What he actually does is run Grand Prix racing. He is […]