FRIDAY, 12.30PM: THE Managing Director of the International Cricket Board, Dr Ali Bacher, on Thursday announced a 24-man under-19 squad to play against their English counterparts in December and Janaury, then in the Under-19 World Cup to be held in South Africa from January 12 to February 2 . Bacher said the squad includes nine […]
Olivia Strange If someone gives you a khanga (printed cloth) with a rooster on it, don’t make your thanks too effusive. The symbolism of the bird, according to Roland Karakashian, who manufactures these cloths in South Africa, suggests that the recipient talks too much. A guinea fowl print brings rain; a fish design should be […]
Bridget Hilton-Barber: Unspoilt places `This is a dead dog tree,” says our game ranger, stopping near a fallen, sun- bleached trunk in the yellow grass. A frisson of uncertainty ripples through our group. We are five minutes into our “tree walk” on the first morning of a weekend bushcamp trail – and feeling a little […]
Alan Henry : Motor racing Damon Hill’s second place in the Hungarian Grand Prix may turn out to be a crucial result in his seven-year Formula One career. Although it is too soon to say whether it will open the door to a place in one of F1’s top teams, it was certainly a timely […]
claim Mungo Soggot De Beers survived its maiden presentation to the parliamentary portfolio committee on mineral and energy virtually unscathed last week. It all went very smoothly until question time when Inkatha Freedom Party MP Dr Kisten Rajoo lashed out at the diamond giant for exploiting child labour in India, where there is a massive, […]
Steve Morris: Rugby It is indeed a sad indictment of the thought processes which idly bestir the muddied machinations of Springbok selection that Andre Joubert should be considered a reluctant second choice in the green and gold. It is also all well and good to talk of utilising youth to build towards the 1999 World […]
Frustrations are growing over the slow pace of negotiations with Gold Fields, reports Sechaba ka’Nkosi New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) directors meet next month to evaluate the ongoing talks with Gold Fields South Africa for a stake in its subsidiary, Asteroid. The meeting will decide whether the negotiations team – led by Nail’s executive deputy […]
country Julian Drew: Cycling Ask any South African sports fan to make a list of the success stories from last year’s Olympic Games in Atlanta and you can bet your bottom dollar that the name of JP (Jean-Pierre but nobody calls him that) van Zyl will not feature on many of them. True, he didn’t […]
FRIDAY, 5.00PM FORMER Civil Co-operation Bureau operative Wouter Basson, alias Christo Brits, was questioned by members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s investigative unit on Friday. He was the third CCB member to be quizzed by the commission this week. Basson and CCB “managing director” Joe Verster and CCB operative Abraham “Slang” van Zyl were […]
Melvyn Minnaar Moveable feast The label on the outside is the thing. That, all shoppers know and only naive socialists will contradict. But it is sadly ironic that the once ber Bro of our wine industry – who should have kept the flag flying in all circumstances – have such little faith in what is […]