MONDAY, 1.30PM: THE Springbok selectors have made two forced changes to the squad to play against Australia in the final Tri-nations Test match at Loftus Versveld Stadium on Saturday. Johan Erasmus replaces Andre Venter — who is suspended for three weeks after being sent off for stamping on All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick, and Warren […]
MONDAY, 1.30PM: SPORT and Recreation Minister Steve Tshwete is going ahead with the inquiry into the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu). The five-member task force, which has been investigating irregularities in South African rugby since April, will be changed into a judicial inquiry. It is likely that former judge Mervyn King, tax lawyer Michael […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange traders are preparing for a stormy day on Monday following sharp declines on international markets after the local close on Friday. Wall Street’s Dow Jones industrial average shed 247,37 points or 3,1% to 7694,7, its biggest fall since Black Monday on October 19 1987. Wall Street followed an earlier slide […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM The judicial commission of inquiry into the fraudulent disbursement of Z$1,5-billion from Zimbabwe’s War Victims’ Compensation Fund opened on Monday with Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Florence Chitauro blaming loopholes for the abuse of the fund. Chitauro told commission chairman Justice Chidyausiku that the War Victims’ Compensation Act was fraught with […]
Mail & Guardian Reporters The Inkatha Freedom Party hardliner Walter Felgate, who defected to the African National Congress this week, had been a trusted member of the ANC’s underground who worked alongside Oliver Tambo and CF Beyers Naude for several years. Felgate, who was probably Inkatha’s most vocal and energetic negotiator, and a stumbling block […]
In the week that Bophuthatswana’s former president Lucas Mangope went on trial for fraud and theft, John Seiler argues for effective financial management to prevent corruption Another R25-million stolen in the apartheid-era Bophuthatswana has been revealed by the auditor general’s office. A report issued last week refers to a R19,5-million payment which the South African […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH African Football Association (Safa) CEO Danny Jordaan on Thursday said Congo’s refusal to accept local hospitality is unacceptable and he will report their attitude and conduct to soccer’s controling body, the International Football Association (Fifa). Congo on Wednesday refused to board a bus provided by Safa; instead they hired six private cars […]
Julian Drew: Athletics Like a javelin out of nowhere is how Marius Corbett arrived on top of the victory rostrum at the World Athletics Championships in Athens last week. The forgotten man of South African athletics, who improved considerably earlier this year to rank 14th in the world going into the championships, he added nearly […]
Anna Tack Nothing is for free, or so the trusim goes. But in these days of high-tech toys like music samplers and computer scanners seamlessly colonising everyone else’s ideas through a superimposition here or a misrepresentation there, the question of who owns what has assumed paramount importance worldwide. And on the cyber highway the issue […]
Nick Cumming-Bruce in Bangkok The skyscrapers on Bangkok’s skyline, once a sign of Thailand’s place at the centre of Asia’s boom, are now conspicuous symbols of a shocking and, for investors, unnerving bust. Typical is the prestige office block overlooking the manicured surroundings of the Bangkok sports club but abandoned, half-built, by a now penniless […]