They like Beethoven as much as Busta Rhymes and kwaito, and TKZee includes the first black member of the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir. Maria McCloy reports Ask anyone – I mean anyone, from South Africa’s hot producers to popular young artists and DJs to the average kid looking for a good time – what they’re getting […]

Fifty years on: Terror Lekota’s victory signals a resurgence of the left and the former MDM activists. Reports by Wally Mbhele, Marion Edmunds and Sechaba ka’Nkosi Former Free State premier Patrick “Terror” Lekota shot back from the political sidelines with a resounding landslide victory over Minister of Sport Steve Tshwete for the position of national […]

FRIDAY, 11.00AM: ZAMBIAN commonwealth light welterweight champion Felix Bwalya was still in a corma at the Lusaka Teaching Hospital days after winning the title from Paul Burke in a controversial decision. Bwalya was knocked down three times in the fight and was on canvas when the final bell saved him. He was admitted to the […]

Howard W French in Abidjan When Madeleine Albright began her first tour of Africa as United States secretary of state, the aim was to open a new era in relations by embracing a “new generation” of leaders that Washington has cited as examples for others to follow. But by the time Albright flew out on […]

Max Gebhardt It’s hard to believe Brian Gilbertson was once of the opinion that unbundling wasn’t in the best interests of Gencor. Especially if you consider that he has taken Gencor by the scruff of the neck and given it a well- deserved shake. The once massive industrial conglomerate is now nothing more than a […]

David Beresford talks to Desmond Tutu and finds the former archbishop is still a believer in the power of truth and redemption Desmond Tutu is a busy man. He has, after all, been agonising over whether to press the button which could send a former state president to prison. He is being bombarded with demands […]

Wonder Hlongwa President Nelson Mandela’s support for a merger between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party this week spurred IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi into an unprecedented attack on Sipo Mzimela, his senior Cabinet and party colleague. Buthelezi hinted that Mzimela, who is correctional services minister and IFP deputy chair, could be on […]

Wonder Hlongwa Former Azanian People’s Liberation Army commander Enoch Zulu refused to apologise at the Pan Africanist Congress conference in Durban this week for claiming PAC president Stanley Mogoba had betrayed him during his 1988 terrorism trial. A disciplinary committee was appointed to look into whether Zulu’s accusation violated the party’s constitution and disciplinary code. […]

Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer National coach Clive Barker must rue the moment last week when he declared that only world champions Brazil stood between South Africa and victory in the first Confederations Cup. In a 30-second sound bite, Barker dismissed the chances of Group B opponents the Czech Republic (not Czechoslovakia as the SABC repeatedly […]

Steve Morris : Rugby As South Africans we perhaps expect too much. Fed a diet of riotously innovative Springbok rugby as the year closed to blot out the uncertainties of the early months, we will look at the coming Super 12 season and measure players in the new year against the staggering successes in Europe […]