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An unholy alliance between tycoons and trade unionists in Hong Kong seems to be driven by Beijing. Andrew Higgins in Hong Kong reports TAM YIU-CHUNG, a former department store window dresser who now sits in the inner circle of Hong Kong’s new elite, went to the London School of Economics to study trade unions just […]
Ryk Neethling is swimming faster – and making his turns quicker – since he took up a scholarship at an American college SWIMMING: Julian Drew LIKE a long line of South African swimmers before him, Ryk Neethling headed off to America last August on a sports scholarship. But the 19-year-old from Bloemfontein has achieved something […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM: OLYMPIC silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng won the 800m event at an international meeting at Rheede in Germany on Wednesday and showed he is recovering from the hamstring injury that threatened his participation in the World Championships in Athens next month. Wednesday’s race was a fitness test for Sepeng, who recently underwent intensive physiotherapy […]
A joint venture between Zamani and Templeton seeks to ensure skills transference in portfolio management, reportsMadeleine Wackernagel BLACK economic empowerment deals in the financial services sector are not unusual, but one involving a foreign company and a purely focused asset management venture is a first. Together, Franklin Templeton Group, via its Templeton arm, and Zamani […]
The self-proclaimed chief of the Hancumqua is proud of his heritage, but some doubt his authenticity, writes Gaye Davis A BAND of cheetah skin around his neck, faux leopard-skin tails dangling from his headband, Chief Joe Little strikes a pose next to a reed hut erected in the cobbled courtyard of Cape Town’s South African […]
Glynis O’Hara IF you switch on your radio and think you’re hearing Celine Dion singing Unbreak My Heart in Zulu, you won’t be far wrong. It is Unbreak My Heart in Zulu, dubbed Khululua Inhliziyo Yami, but instead of Celine belting it out, it’s Faith Kekana. A long-time music stalwart, she’s done backing vocals for […]
The shark is well-known as a dangerous and efficient killer. But its full nature is not understood, writes Ellen Bartlett FOR all the exposure it gets every time it bites or kills someone, the great white shark is a poorly understood animal, maligned in science and fiction alike as an evil but mindless man-eater. Perhaps […]
Barbara Ludman JOSEPH SEREMANE sat with the audience all day on Tuesday during truth commission hearings at the Old Fort, the former prison in Hillbrow. The commission was running well behind schedule, but still Seremane, the chief land claims commissioner, sat hour after hour, a spare, dignified figure, his back barely touching the back of […]
Christopher Zinn in Sydney THE oldest living plant in the world – a self-propagating Tasmanian holly-like bush – has been estimated by scientists to be more than 43 000 years old. Chief botanist at the Tasmanian parks and wildlife service Stephen Harris said that Lomatia tasmanica, whose common name is King’s Holly, was 30 000 […]