The Angella Johnson Interview Dingaan Thobela, two times boxing world champion and all-round Mr Nice Guy, has a rather unusual day job. When he’s not in the ring trying to knock people out, he’s putting them in the ground. The world-famous Rose of Soweto moonlights as a funeral director. Not that you’d think, looking at […]

Cape Talk is more than 702-speak, says the programme manager in an interview with Hazel Friedman Radio 702 – South Africa’s most successful commercial broadcaster – has spread its proverbial wings to the land of the mountain, sea and celebritydom in the form of Cape Talk Radio. And spearheading the launch which takes place on […]

Swapna Prabhakaran Mysterious men flashing police badges and driving police vans have ambushed S Nkosi twice in four months, taking his money before setting him free. He has fallen victim to a widening extortion racket that sources say is sweeping through South African cities. Last Tuesday was payday for Nkosi. He was stopped by two […]

FRIDAY, 11.00AM: A DRAFT affirmative action Bill requiring every business to have an affirmative action policy will be published for comment before year’s end, Labour Minister Tito Mboweni told the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday. The Bill will follow the Malaysain affirmative action model rather than the American one, in that it […]

Sechaba ka’Nkosi With less than two weeks to go before the annual meeting of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), there is growing uncertainty within its membership about its future and the influence the federation still has in South African politics. In the rapidly changing political and economic climate, it is being reduced […]

Madeleine Wackernagel Oxfam, the British-based charity, is calling on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reconsider their debt-rescheduling plan for Mozambique. A decision on the extent of the relief to be offered to one of the world’s poorest countries will be made on Tuesday. Much has been made of the great economic […]

FRIDAY, 5.00PM: IMPROVED performance and a revised government rescue package have ensured that the ERPM gold mine will be saved from closure for the time being. Outgoing chairman Lionel Hewitt said on Thursday the mine’s new management had manged to bring the mines operations close to break-even in the past few months since it recorded […]

Cape Town’s olympic bid captured the spirit of the city but not the continent, writes Ferial Haffajee It was almost as if the the spin-doctors and mega-marketeers responsible for selling Cape Town’s Olympic bid took a late swig of Energade to boost a flagging campaign. Or it may have been the countdown to decision day […]

Durban’s Bat Centre was created for the cultural community. Today, two years later, it is under fire from that community. Suzy Bell reports It’s that garish building by the sea, splashed with crude but colourful murals that attracts Durban’s eclectic bohemians – white girls in punjabis, rastas stoned on more than the pungent scent of […]