whipping boy Fort Wood, sire of sensational Horse Chestnut, has been easily the most inspirational force in the local breeding industry in recent years. The American-bred stallion has also produced a number of big-race winners and continues to spawn quality horses. Mike de Kock, who trained Horse Chestnut for the Oppenheimers, attacks with a fair […]
Marianne Merten Gang boss Chris “Ougat” Patterson, who once handed over the R14 500 monthly bond payments on his Plattekloof mansion in cash, has been forced into reduced circumstances. He and his family have returned to his modest Factreton, Cape Flats, house currently the subject of an investigation under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. […]
Kathy Thersby The latest draft legislation on capital gains tax (CGT) was released last week, and the public have until March 12 to comment. The full draft legislation can be found at www.sars.gov.za under CGT. These are some of the most important changes to the first draft: l October 1 is the implementation date. l […]
JAN HENNOP, Johannesburg | Friday THE world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, who were given a bloody nose in the Pretoria High Court this week, say they have become scapegoats for the South African government’s own inability to treat people living with HIV/Aids. Mirryena Deeb, chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PMA), accused […]
Neal Collins You wait years for an all-conquering England team to come along and what happens? The whole edifice threatens to fall down around your ears. England proved again at Twickenham last Saturday that their current crop of rugby players and coaches are a little bit special. After record wins over Wales and Italy, Scotland […]
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David Le Page and Mungo Soggot Canadian mining interests are preparing to give Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka a heavy critique of the draft Bill on her visit to Canada next week. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is understood to be preparing a written submission on the Bill for the […]
More than 20 franchisees have had their assets attached and others are still waiting for the deposit they put down for franchises that never existed Thuli Nhlapo Two years ago Nikki Rossi said “look what London Pie has brought me to” before he shot himself in front of staff at the franchise company’s head office. […]
Jonathan Jansen a second look There are three, among many other, cases that demonstrate the growing threat to intellectuals in our democracy, and to a democracy for all South Africans. These cases are the debate on HIV/Aids, the debate on the presidency and the debate on education. The debate on HIV/Aids was striking for the […]
Alec Hogg boardroom talk During a week when financial results from South Africa’s largest insurance companies grab the investment community’s attention, a share-price boom by a relatively small outdoor advertising business is easy to miss. Also, after seeing the price of Corpcom shares virtually double in the past 10 trading days, a natural assumption is […]
Sean O’Conner food My dear friend Elize was in mortal danger of over-salivating prior to last week’s Community Chest Carnival, held at Maynardville in Cape Town. Having never been to the Carnival before, she’d heard how important it was for her taste buds to peak at the right time. So she stopped smoking that morning, […]
Glenda Daniels A major shift is happening in South African politics as white workers flock to sign up for union membership. Are class alliances superseding race a Trotskyist dream come true? Is expedience at work as jobs are lost in thousands? Has political consciousness been raised? Or are white apolitical unions mushrooming because they can’t […]
David Macfarlane and Glenda Daniels The widely expected appointment of a woman as the next vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand was announced this week but it is not Professor Leila Patel, the current deputy vice-chancellor. Instead, the selection committee this week recommended Irish candidate Professor Norma Reid. The university senate and the council […]
Barry Streek South Africa should introduce a food voucher scheme to ensure low-paid workers and their families can use smart cards to buy food apart from their cash earnings the Women’s Development Bank (WDB) has urged. Food vouchers could ensure food security in a country where 73% of all households receive monthly incomes of less […]
Guyana is one of the few places in the West Indies where fast bowlers are not always in the ascendancy John Young One of Guyana’s nicknames is “Mudland”. The pitch at the Bourda Ground in Georgetown, where the Test series begins on Friday, is nearly a metre below sea level. They get a lot of […]
After the huge success of the martial arts romance, Ang Lee is to make a follow-up which will focus on the high-kicking warriors played by Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat.
LESOTHOS Independent Electoral Commission announced on Wednesday that the country’s long awaited general elections will be held in 2002, on a date yet to be announced. IEC chairman Leshele Thoahlane said eligible voters would be able to register to vote between August 13 and September 9 at 1_300 registration centres. The final voters’ list is […]
INTERNET banking fraud could become a major problem because criminals could net larger amounts of money than were currently being stolen at automatic teller machines, says Banking Council CEO Bob Tucker. He said theft at ATMs remained an issue of serious concern and that the situation needed to be addressed. Tucker was speaking at a […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Thursday FORMER special government advisor Pieter Rootman lodged 25 complaints against the elite Scorpions investigation unit for alleged gross human rights violations after being arrested on R1m fraud charges last week. Rootman said Scorpions investigators were guilty of “unconstitutional conduct” when they raided his Pretoria home and arrested him. The investigators […]
FARM workers have called on the government to place a moratorium on all evictions until it establishes special courts to handle rural violence cases. The Mpumalanga Labour Tenants Committee said on Wednesday that the abuse of farm workers would increase if offers by fascist American organisations like the Ku Klux Klan to protect white farmers […]
MARK BENDEICH, London | Thursday AFRICAN gold mining firm Ashanti Goldfields Co Ltd took the axe to the value of its mine assets on Wednesday, plunging the bottom line into red ink, but the troubled group looked to be turning a corner. “It looks fine to me,” said analyst Mike Jones of brokerage Canaccord Capital, […]
ANGOLAN UNITA rebels said on Wednesday they had shot down two government helicopters in the central Angola and claimed to have inflicted more casualties on government forces, the Lusa news agency reported. The rebel movement led by Jonas Savimbi claims to have killed more than 200 people and destroyed 23 military vehicles in fighting in […]
KENYA Airways, Regional Air and Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday suspended flights to Bujumbura, the Burundi capital, because of deadly fighting there between rebels and the army, an airline official said. The suspension went into effect immediately, said the official with Air Burundi, which provides airport ground services for the three companies. Clashes between Hutu rebels […]
SHARON BEHN, Washington | Thursday A DINKA tribesman who escaped from slavery in Sudan’s largely Muslim north has appealed to the United States to help him free other southern Sudanese still being held in bondage. “Now I will use my freedom to free my people who are still in bondage and have no voice,” said […]
SWAZILAND will run a budget deficit of around 469 million emalangeni in 2001-02 because donor aid has dried up and the wage bill has soared, says Finance Minister Majozi Sithole. He told the House of Assembly that a slight economic recovery was possible this year as more investors are attracted to Swaziland thanks to improved […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Thursday AT LEAST 27 schoolgirls have been burned alive and scores more injured after a blaze broke out in a hostel at their school in central Nigeria where they were locked in to stop them meeting boys. Police said at least 23 students had died, but reporters said the toll was […]
After telling disbelieving friends all weekend that he was going to shoot up the school where he was taunted for being skinny, a smiling 15-year-old Charles “Andy” Williams allegedly opened fire in his San Diego high school bathroom killing two teenagers and injuring 13. It was the worst act of violence at an American school […]
MPUMALANGA’s embattled health department has bowed to public pressure and withdrawn all disciplinary charges against doctors and nurses who tried to help rural rape victims get counselling and free anti-Aids drugs. Rob Ferreira hospital superintendent Dr Thys van Mollendorf and three senior managers were charged with gross misconduct last month after allowing the Greater Nelspruit […]
AN independent election watchdog has blamed Uganda’s presidential guard for violent weekend clashes in the west of the country that left one person dead. National Election Monitoring (NEM) called on government to demilitarise the electoral process and to restore public confidence in the elections by withdrawing the guard from areas where the president is not […]
OLD Mutual, the South African life insurer listed in London, has reported a 38% rise in operating profits for 2000 but warned business conditions may prove challenging in 2001. South Africa’s largest life insurer proposed a final dividend of 3.1 pence, making a total for the year of 4.7p, up 18%. – Reuters CUSTOM SHARE […]
SOUTH Africa has offered to help the British government fight the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease there. The provincial agriculture minister of KwaZulu-Natal province said his province, having battled an outbreak of the deadly livestock disease, was sympathetic with the “harrowing and anxious time” Britain was going through. Foot-and-mouth disease broke out in Britain in February, […]
A KENYAN father has been sent to jail for three years for marrying off his 13-year-old daughter for 22 000 Kenyan shillings ($280) in bride price. Gudu Mramba, 35, said he needed the money to pay for hospital treatment. The would-be “husband” – a 51-year-old father of six – and his teenage son were given […]