Veteran Mail & Guardian journalist Fiona Macleod has been promoted to assistant editor from the beginning of February. She will also be responsible for heading the paper’s revitalised environmental coverage. The position of chief sub-editor which she has vacated has been filled by Tracy Spencer. This week we launch a new section for the benefit […]

Afrikaner patriarchy gave men a ‘God-given’ right to abuse children as well as women and black people. Glynis O’Hara speaks to Diana Russell about her book on the subject You’re four years old, lying in bed dreaming about Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, when suddenly you’re awakened by the hot breath and fumblings of your father. Or […]

Nicole Turner For a generation of children opening their first savings accounts, the smell and feel of money will probably be obsolete by the time they take out their first housing loan. The term ”flipping a coin” will be a quaint reference to an era when people actually carried paper and metal currency in their […]

WEDNESDAY, 6.00PM: NEW vehicle sales in January were sharply down on the same month last year, according to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa). Total vehicle sales amounted to 25204 against last January’s 28182. The sales of passenger cars declined to 17496 to last year’s 19835. However, the export market has […]

THURSDAY, 12.15PM: AUSTRALIA have extended their lead in the Wisden World Championship rankings following their 1-0 series win over South Africa. Two points are awarded for winning a series and one point for drawing. Standings: Played, Points, Points difference. Australia 14 23 +9 South Africa 13 17 +4 West Indies 13 17 +4 India 14 […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African star wicketkeeper Dave Richardson announced his retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday. Richardson, a veteran who played in all but one of South Africa’s 43 Test matches since readmission to world sport, said that he would have liked to see the England tour through, but that a recurring arthritic hip condition […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African skipper Hansie Cronje believes that Aussie centurion Mark Waugh should have been given out after knocking over his stumps on the final day of the third Test on Tuesday. A bitterly disappointed Cronje said at a press conference on Tuesday evening: “Mate, if somebody gets hit on the head, and he’s […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: THE Pakistani touring side destroyed a hapless Griqualand West by 307 runs on Tuesday. After resuming on 9/3 on the final day of their four-day tour match, Griquas quickly lost another wicket, but then Martyn Gidley and Wendell Bossenger managed to put up some resistance by scoring 32 runs in 48 minutes. Gidley, […]

WEDNESDAY, 5.15PM: A SECOND day of profit taking hit the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, pulling all indices down. At the close the all gold index had plunged 31,6 points (3,67%) to 829, the industrial index had dropped 62,9 points to 7 654, and the financial index ended 13 points down at 11 126,1. The […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: THERE are no real surprises in the four regional sides that will represent South Africa in this year’s Super 12 Rugby series. Helgard Muller, who was not included in the Golden Cats group, has been given the nod ahead of fellow Springbok Christiaan Scholtz. The only other notable absentees are Springboks Joggie Viljoen […]