Nathan Zeno: Live music De Maj are four women who sing Andrews sisters style a capella. That would be one way to describe them. Another would be to say that De Maj are a dream; they are from another planet; they are at turns honey and at others velvet. They are four students of music, […]

Ferial Haffajee The opening up of the radio waves can be disastrous. I mean there’s just so many preset stations one can tune in on even the new-fangled hi-fi systems. I thought I had it all down pat, but now KayaFM, a new Gauteng-based station launched last Friday, has come along to upset my preset […]

FRIDAY, 11.30AM CLOFED and Texfed, SA’s two clothing and textile manufacturers’ federations, have refused to give their backing to a proposed trade deal with Zambia offering improved access to domestic markets. It is believed that government will table its offer to Zambia next week as scheduled, regardless of support from the two bodies. ”The process […]

THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S 800m medal hopeful Hezekiel Sepeng was eliminated in the semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Athens on Wednesday night. Sepeng finished fifth and second last with a time of 1min 47,00sec. He was boxed in and tried to pull out of the pack unsuccessfully. Sepeng refused to blame the hamstring […]

THURSDAY, 1.00PM: HELLENIC and Orlando Pirates drew their Premier League match 1-1 at Greenpoint stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday. Pirates opened the score through defender Willem Jackson and thereafer were all over Hellenic, but failed to penetrate the tight Hellenic defence. Hellenic took control of the second half and equalised through Peter Kirsten after […]

HIGHWAY ROBBERS IN COURT THREE of the four men arrested for alleged involvement in a highway heist last week in which two security guards were shot dead and R17-million stolen appeared ion the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday. The fourth man arrested was released for lack of evidence against him. Oupa Edwin Sihani, 39, Themba […]

WEDNESDAY, 5.30PM THE SA Chamber of Business said on Wednesday that business confidence declined slightly in July from 114,6 to 114,4 as the country anxiously awaits a relaxation in monetary policy. Sacob economic policy director Ben van Rensburg said on Wednesday consumers are under severe pressure from the sustained high interest rate environment. He said […]

THURSDAY, 10.30AM BIG trades in certain blue-chip stocks ensured the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s industrial index held record levels for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Industrials leapt to anotther record high, climbing 64 points to 9 247. The gold index kept ahead of another fall in the bullion price, helped by the rand’s further weakening […]

WEDNESDAY, 5.30PM KENYA’s pro-reform coalition decided on Thursday to go ahead with a national strike to pressure the government for electoral reforms, although the plan has been rejected by two opposition leaders and several trade unions. The National Convention Executive Council (NCEC), grouping political parties, citizens’ groups and religious leaders, announced it will go ahead […]