FRIDAY, 11.00AM: OLD MUTUAL, the giant life assurer, said on Thursday that it is to end 152 years as a mutual society and seek a listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, a move which could see more than R25-billion being disbursed to policyholders. Old Mutual chairman Mike Levett said the board had decided in principle […]
Arthur Goldstuck : Web Feet Don’t you folks like South African music? No sooner do I guide you in the direction of the best and the coolest when you start demanding that weird foreign stuff. Oh well, your wish is my command, so without further ado, herewith a complete listing of all 2340 record labels […]
Andrew Muchineripi: Soccer The cheers greeting Bafana Bafana’s qualification for the 1998 World Cup in France have barely faded when South African football finds itself preparing for another international assault. This time the heroes in black, white, green and gold must take a back seat as Orlando Pirates assume centre stage this weekend when the […]
African film finally hits the small screen, writes Janet Smith A year ago SABC2 general manager Thaninga Msimango was a lone voice in a crowd. Today she is credited as the person who will herald an African renaissance in broadcasting and film. Her dream comes true this weekend on SABC2 with the first screening of […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: THE Managing Director of the International Cricket Board, Dr Ali Bacher, on Thursday announced a 24-man under-19 squad to play against their English counterparts in December and Janaury, then in the Under-19 World Cup to be held in South Africa from January 12 to February 2 . Bacher said the squad includes nine […]
Olivia Strange If someone gives you a khanga (printed cloth) with a rooster on it, don’t make your thanks too effusive. The symbolism of the bird, according to Roland Karakashian, who manufactures these cloths in South Africa, suggests that the recipient talks too much. A guinea fowl print brings rain; a fish design should be […]
Bridget Hilton-Barber: Unspoilt places `This is a dead dog tree,” says our game ranger, stopping near a fallen, sun- bleached trunk in the yellow grass. A frisson of uncertainty ripples through our group. We are five minutes into our “tree walk” on the first morning of a weekend bushcamp trail – and feeling a little […]
Alan Henry : Motor racing Damon Hill’s second place in the Hungarian Grand Prix may turn out to be a crucial result in his seven-year Formula One career. Although it is too soon to say whether it will open the door to a place in one of F1’s top teams, it was certainly a timely […]
claim Mungo Soggot De Beers survived its maiden presentation to the parliamentary portfolio committee on mineral and energy virtually unscathed last week. It all went very smoothly until question time when Inkatha Freedom Party MP Dr Kisten Rajoo lashed out at the diamond giant for exploiting child labour in India, where there is a massive, […]
Steve Morris: Rugby It is indeed a sad indictment of the thought processes which idly bestir the muddied machinations of Springbok selection that Andre Joubert should be considered a reluctant second choice in the green and gold. It is also all well and good to talk of utilising youth to build towards the 1999 World […]