Springbok coach Carel du Plessis is rightly looking ahead to the 1999 World Cup, but this seems to have blinded him to the needs of winning Tests in the present Tri-nations series RUGBY:Steve Morris THERE are any number of questions to be answered in the wake of the 35-32 defeat of the Springboks at the […]
Paul Blustein A TOP official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes Thailand must quickly shore up its troubled financial system and cut government spending to defuse an economic crisis that has shaken currency and stock markets across three continents. Stanley Fischer, the IMF’s deputy director, this week suggested that Thailand is behaving foolishly by […]
THE Mail & Guardian still offers you the best newspaper value for your money and from August 8 will be launching an exciting new state of the art culture and entertainment section, Friday. It will be the ultimate guide to culture, lifestyles and the arts and having a good time on the weekend, with full […]
PETA THORNEYCROFT spoke to SABC refugee John Maytham about his departure and future plans JOHN MAYTHAM anchored his last national news programme for SAfm on Friday. From his national microphone at AM Live in Johannesburg he is opting for second best and going down to the provinces. And he isn’t even emigrating south “to escape […]
Focus on drugs: The police don’t bother with dagga; they can’t even cope with the trade in hard drugs Franco Fracassi and Laura Evans FOR the people who run South Africa’s burgeoning drugs trade, the forces of law and order represent, at best, a slight inconvenience. In Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban, the story is […]
The man who `can’t show mercy’ WILLIAM MAKGOBA was probably born arrogant. He is proud of this natural trait, which he sometimes refers to as self-confidence or self-assurance. It’s not his fault. He knows he’s intelligent and sees no point in hiding it. The problem is: he likes to ram it up other people’s noses. […]
The truth commission’s examination of the media should not disintegrate into squabbling over old grudges, writes Rex Gibson THE trouble with scoring points is that the exercise can become … well, pointless. Ken Owen’s account of his running battle with one-time Press Council chairman Oscar Galgut (Mail & Guardian, July 18 to 24) was marvellously […]
Alan Greenspan’s `neutral’ economic report to the US Congress has failed to check the bull run. Indeed, it did the opposite. Tom Petruno reports WE now can safely add the Federal Reserve Board chair to the fastest-growing unofficial association in America: people who believe that if you don’t have something nice to say about the […]
in Sterkfontein room Mukoni T Ratshitanga A WEST RAND mental patient died after being held overnight in a seclusion room during a recent cold snap. Frank de Kock, a long-term patient at Sterkfontein Hospital, was found next morning suffering from exposure and died hours later of pneumonia. Staff at the hospital are dissatisfied and angry […]
Judging by his failure to deliver on past promises, Kenya’s president will no longer find many willing believers, writes Stephen Buckley from Nairobi A SERIES of dramatic moves last week by Kenya’s government gave the appearance that President Daniel arap Moi is backing down in the face of protests for constitutional and other legal reforms. […]