Bafana Bafana take on Mauritius in an African Nations Cup qualifier this weekend and defeat against the Indian Ocean islanders is not an option for coach Carlos Queiroz Andrew Muchineripi Spare a thought for Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz this weekend as his team face Mauritius in an African Nations Cup qualifier at Telkom Park […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer The beautiful game has become a multimillion-rand business with many clubs in search of sponsorship and partnerships. Yet just two Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs seem to get the backers. Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates a season ago got a sponsorship of R60-million each from cellular network Vodacom. This week Pirates signed […]
Barry Streek The people of the remote Richtersveld area near the Namibian border have lost the first round of their long legal battle to reclaim their land. The people of Richtersveld instituted an action in the Land Claims Court against the state diamond company Alexkor and the government in terms of the Restitution of Land […]
#David McKay Brian Gilbertson, chair of Billiton, collects clocks. Isn’t that odd as well as intriguing? Odd because Gilbertson is renowned in mining circles for the more outward shows of his material success: the ostentatious commuting to and from his Johannesburg office by helicopter, the Porsche apparently permanently on display in an underground bay at […]
Some fear that Carlos Cardoso’s murder might never be fully investigated as ‘many more crimes’ would be uncovered Rehad Desai It has been more than three months since the assassination of Mozambique’s leading investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso. Last week the minister of police announced he had captured the hit men responsible. The announcement was followed […]
Jaspreet Kindra The Black Economic Empowerment Commission’s final report, which was released last weekend, is intent on uplifting the majority of South Africans rather than building a black bourgeoisie. Commission chair Cyril Rama-phosa said a broader definition of black empowerment was accepted by the African National Congress’s economic transformation committee two weeks ago. The new […]
Paul Kirk Lucrative illegal casinos in Durban are operating with the full permission of both the police and the provincial Department of Justice. Driving down West Street the main drag from upmarket Berea to the beach the casino is hardly visible. It is only when one descends past the burly thug of a bouncer at […]
Roshila Pillay The government has yet to formulate and implement legislation to prevent the trafficking of women and children, despite being a signatory to a United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime, which includes a protocol on trafficking in people. South Africa first ratified a UN convention in trafficking and prostitution in 1951. This week […]
Fiona Macleod Tribal chiefs in charge of a private game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal are determined to save Sahib, the mighty African elephant bull stranded in exile in a German circus. The chiefs came forward this week to offer Sahib sanctuary in their community-run reserve, after Northern Province conservation officials rejected the Mayibuye Sahib project […]
After turning her ex-husband into a household name, Anne Heystek is hoping to become South Africa’s latest wealth creator Bruce Whitfield Global markets are a testing place even for the most resilient fund managers. Scores are losing money hand over fist and are struggling to maintain their portfolios. Despite the difficulties faced by the investment […]
Andy Capostagno rugby There are a number of truisms that are regularly trotted out when the Super 12 is in progress. There is no such thing as an easy game, beware the team that can win away from home, it’s about peaking in May and not in March, don’t get carried away with home wins. […]
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/ 12 January 2001
The touch of a king was once believed to cure illness.