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Paul Kirk Jonty Sandler, one of South Africa’s most high-profile businessmen, could inexplicably not be found when police attempted to execute a warrant for his arrest for alleged rape, and he remains a free man a month later. “The warrant should have been executed. If someone is to be arrested then he must be arrested […]

Hilary Fine Lifestyle After life winds you up, you need to wind down. Stress can kill you, and to stay healthy you must find ways to de-stress. You are in need of serious self-help! Somewhere between the frenetic rat race of nine-to-five living and the solitary peace of a hermit, there is an equilibrium and […]

Much as he cared about the proletariat, Karl Marx – named Thinker of the Millennium – was beset by his own struggle supporting an ailing family in genteel poverty. In this extract from the biography of the year, Francis Wheen discovers Marx the man Karl Marx was born a bourgeois Jew in a predominantly Catholic […]

ROSS Veenstra struck twice in the first three overs of the day’s play to seemingly put Natal on the road to dominance. But mediocre support bowling and a defiant 71 not out from Praveen Amre helped Boland muster 91 runs for their last three wickets. Then Mark Bruyns and Doug Watson took off at the […]

Robert Kirby Channel vision ‘The petrol price has gone up with 60c since the beginning of the year. If it will reach the R3 mark at the end of the year …” intones SABC television news reporter Joanne Roodt. “One of eight people accused are being charged,” whines Nadia Levin from deep inside the tornado-chic […]

Fiona Macleod A campaign similar to the one which saved the Brenton Blue butterfly from extinction is being mounted to protect a rare butterfly species in Gauteng’s premier nature reserve complex. The Heidelberg Copper, so named because of the golden metallic sheen of its wings and its discovery at Heidelberg in 1959, is threatened by […]

Aaron Nicodemus Most baby albums begin with a picture of a tiny baby held proudly in the arms of a tired mom. But Pieter and Mandy de Graaf’s pictorial record of their twins starts with fertilised eggs. The couple are among the few South Africans who can afford to overcome infertility. Because it is expensive […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bloemfontein | Friday 11.45am. VICTOR Mpitsang’s figures of 3-49 off 22 overs may not be spectacular, but hidden in them is the fact that Gary Kirsten and Jacques Kallis were among his victims. Kirsten was caught behind for 17 – a solid enough piece of bowling but nothing memorable. Not so Kallis’ dismissal, […]

Adam Mars-Jones LADYSMITH by Giles Foden (Faber &Faber) Giles Foden’s admirable novel emphasises the modernity of the Boer War by including the media in his cast of characters: not merely war correspondents, but also a cameraman, “the Biographer”, who captures events in moving images. Foden’s great-grandfather was a British trooper at Ladysmith, and copies of […]

alien’ Marianne Merten The Aliens Control Act was used to arrest international fugitive and American embassy bombings suspect Khalfan Khamis Mohamed and deport him to the United States. Mohamed applied for permission to stay in South Africa pending an application for political asylum under the false name of Zahran Nassor Maulid. New York-based FBI representative […]

South Africa’s judiciary reacted angrily this week to suggestions that parliamentarians could hold them accountable for their judgments. We too are concerned that politicians should not undermine the independence of the judiciary. But that independence should not be an excuse for those judges who continue to propagate old South African values and political prejudices. How […]

HIJACKERS carefully off-loaded the body of a woman on a stretcher outside the Elka Stadium in Soweto on Tuesday before racing off in the hearse they had just hijacked. Piet Swart, the owner of Koster Funeral Undertakers, said an employee of the undertakers, Joseph Kupu, was hijacked around 11.30am while taking the body from the […]

RUGBY World Cup authorities have taken a no-nonsense approach on foul play with Welshman Colin Charvis on Monday losing his appeal against a two-week suspension for punching Argentina’s Roberto Grau during the opening match of the tournament. At first, the 26-year-old accepted the ban but then decided to appeal in the hope of making himself […]

THE World Bank will give technical assistance to help South Africa meet its objectives for economic growth and social equity, its President, James Wolfensohn, said on Tuesday. Wolfensohn, in South Africa to promote the lending agency’s tough anti-corruption message, was speaking after a meeting with President Thabo Mbeki. The World Bank and Johannesburg’s metropolitan council […]

GOVERNMENT ground to a halt — literally — on Thursday when five cabinet ministers were trapped in a parliamentary lift for almost half-an-hour. One, Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, recently suffered a similar ordeal and was jokingly blamed for the latest mishap by his colleagues. Buthelezi, who around a month ago was trapped with some […]

WASPS flanker Joe Worsley wins his first cap as England coach Clive Woodward makes six changes from the side that lost to the All Blacks last weekend for Friday’s key Group B match with Tonga. Jonny Wilkinson is replaced by Northampton fly-half Paul Grayson and Jeremy Guscott loses out to fit-again Will Greenwood for a […]

ORLANDO Pirates snatched a 2-1 win against Wanderers in a hard-fought Castle Premiership fixture at FNB stadium last night. Buccaneer strikers Sibusiso Zuma and Phumlani Mkhize did the damage against their former club. But the three point win could be costly. Central defender Papi Khomane, who left the pitch in the second half, appears to […]

THE United Nations has suspended all its operations in Burundi after the execution style killing of two of its workers and seven others on Tuesday. A UN spokesperson said the suspension was intended as “a mark of respect” to the two officials and would last for three days. “We will most likely resume activities next […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Glasgow | Thursday 4.30pm. IT is not often that Uruguay have been likened to the mighty All Blacks – but that is exactly how world champions South Africa will see the South American part-timers when the two teams run out here at Hampden Park on Friday. Springbok coach Nick Mallett said his team […]

SHARES in Standard Bank Investment Corp (Stanbic) rose on Wednesday after the lender said it has recovered most of its exposure to defaulting Russian banks. The bank is one of South Africa’s big four lenders and is currently being courted by its smaller rival Nedcor Ltd. Stanbic said late on Tuesday it has recovered 90%, […]

PATRICK VIGNAL, Glasgow | Thursday 11.00am. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett, his mind already drifting to a possible World Cup quarter-final against England, promised his team would not take Uruguay lightly in their final group A match on Friday. “We are approaching this game in the same way as we would for a match against New […]

SPESCOM Temoso, a black empowerment IT company, announced on Thursday that it has been awarded part of a multi-million rand contract to supply the Gauteng provincial government with IT solutions. In line with the two year GT11 contract, Spescom will help the government streamline and improve efficiency within all its departments. The company’s MD Daphne […]

BAFANA Bafana are rated 29th on the latest FIFA world ranking released on Wednesday. Morocco is rated 28th while Zambia is rated 34th. The top three soccer teams in the world are Brazil, the Czech Republic and France.

RUTGERS University in the USA has announced its participation in the South African Large Telescope (SALT) project that will create the second largest telescope in the world. The university has committed to participating at the level of a 10% partnership with a pledge of $2.4-million plus an additional $1-million toward operations during the first 10 […]

AUSTRALIA said on Wednesday it will not proceed with an appeal against a two-match suspension handed out to their number eight Toutai Kefu. Kefu, one of Australia’s star players at the World Cup, was given a 14-day ban by the disciplinary committee on Tuesday for his part in a punch-up with Irish flanker Trevor Brennan […]

SOUTH Africa is currently ranked 32 out of 85 in a “anti-corruption list” of countries around the world and holds third place in Africa – behind Botswana and Namibia. So said Peter Eigen, chairman of German-based Transparency International, organiser of the 9th anti-corruption conference presently underway in Durban. Presently, top of the anti-corruption index is […]

NEW Zealand made 11 changes to the team to play Italy from the side that comprehensively beat England 30-16 on Saturday. The four players to retain their places are Jonah Lomu, captain Taine Randell, fullback Jeff Wilson and tighthead Craig Dowd. Scrumhalf Byron Kelleher, hooker Mark Hammett and centre Pita Alatini all make their first […]

CONVICTED rapist Makhaya Ntini appeared in two premier league club cricket matches this season despite being ordered by the Border Cricket Board to refrain from playing until his appeal has been heard. Ntini, who also played Test cricket for South Africa, played in matches against Rhodes and Healdtown. The chairman of Willows Cricket Club, Simon […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Glasgow | Wednesday 10.15am. TICKETS to World Cup matches are too expensive, South African coach Nick Mallett said on Tuesday when asked to comment on the poor attendances at games staged in Scotland. “I don’t know what salaries are like here but 30 pounds ($50) for a ticket seems to be very expensive,” […]

NIKI MOORE, St Lucia | Thursday 5.15pm. MOZAMBIQUE, Swaziland and South Africa on Thursday signed the region’s first international protocol on malaria control in Johannesburg, in an attempt to stem the spread of the often fatal disease. The new Lubombo Malaria Control protocol will enable the launch of a R50-million spraying programme in deep rural […]

SCOTLAND’s World Cup hopes recieved a massive blow here on Wednesday when centre John Leslie was ruled out for the rest of the tournament. Leslie has been struggling with an ankle injury since being carried off in Scotland’s opening match against South Africa. It was initially feared that the New Zealand-born star had broken his […]

THE Law Commission is currently consulting widely on its proposal to lower the age of consent for sex between males from 19 years to 16 years. Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said in a written reply to parliament on Monday that he hopes to introduce the new legislation early next year. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance […]