Ferial Haffajee `NOW my friends it is time for you to come to your friend in order to understand. The cattle have udders, come and milk them!” It is 1899, and around the reef which was to become Johannesburg touts put up notices like this one to entice black labourers on to the mines. At […]
Financial planning can be a minefield for the unaware. Ferial Haffajee looks at the basics WITH new products appearing on the market almost daily, the potential investor is easily overwhelmed. Between the bulls and bears, trusts, equities, money market funds, and now offshore options, personal financial planning can become a minefield for the unaware. So, […]
The plot to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko originated not in the Congo but in Rwanda, before the campaign actually began. John Pomfret reports from Kigali, Rwanda RWANDA’S powerful Defence Minister Paul Kagame has acknowledged for the first time his country’s key role in the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko in the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
Authorities appear to be baffled by the rise of one of the scariest illnesses around, writes Ann Eveleth THE horrible death of a West Rand man from a sickness linked to the one which sparked Britain’s “mad cow disease” scare prompted a flurry of anxious denials this week from South African authorities. Ironically, the authorities’ […]
Wally Mbhele GENERAL Bantu Holomisa this week blasted the African National Congress’s “witch- hunt” of its Womens’ League leader, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and its silence on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s investigation into her. His attack followed what seems to be an increasingly futile search by the commission for a key witness, Katiza Cebekhulu, who can […]
FRIDAY, 10.30AM: MICHAEL CHEESMAN on Thursday increased his overall lead by 5 min 22 sec, in the second stage of the KWV Berg river marathon. Cheesman finished second and pre-race favourite Graham Bird won the second stage. Bird, who finished ninth in the first round on Wednesday, clocked in 3:08:51 to Cheeman’s 3:08:52. Donnie Malherbe […]
THERE will be a seminar at the Market Theatre on July 8, where Cathy Robinson and Michael Ward of the Australian Film Commission will talk about the current industry structure and funding conditions in the country. Producers Tristram Miall and Pauline Clague, director Margot Nash and international market development manager Sabina Finnern will share their […]
… one giant leap for Earthlings, who are exploring Mars with interactive technology, write Mail & Guardian Reporters THE first stage of the invasion of Mars reached a climax on Sunday when a robot scout rolled its six little wheels down a ramp and parked itself on Martian soil. But the events of this week […]
Were this week’s statements of remorse by Amy Biehl’s killers pure expediency – or did they bring us closer to the truth of the past? Gaye Davis was at their amnesty hearing THE meeting, when it came, was no more than a handshake in one of the corridors leading off the low-ceilinged room high in […]
Top new local band Skeem last week severed their newly formed ties with Sony Music. MARIA McCLOY and CHARL BLIGNAUT find out why WAAR WAS JY? was one of the most popular tunes of the past year. It came off Skeem’s debut album; won them a 1997 South African Music Award and established them as […]