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Nannie de Villiers was a late starter at tennis, but she’s quickly catching up with the mini-prodigies WIMBLEDON: Paul Martin QUESTION: When was the last time a South African held up a Wimbledon winners’ trophy? Answer: last Sunday. Nannie de Villiers, a bubbly 17-year-old from Somerset West won the girls doubles title, alongside England’s Miss […]

Autodesk, publishers of AutoCAD, have been named number one CAD (computer aided design) software company in the world, overtaking IBM. Of three million professional CAD sites, every third site in the world is now powered by AutoCAD. Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz says that this won’t make the company complacent: it is still only a $405-million […]

YOUR comment on PWV Minister for Safety and Security Jessie Duarte’s opening remarks at the gay and lesbian film festival (July 1 to 7) set me thinking. If “cruising” is to be written into our constitution as an unalienable right, may I suggest that we adapt the constitution of the United States thus: “… life, […]

Gilts & greed: A Boere mafia accused and dealer denials of insider trickery Jaques Magliolo Stockbroker James is a broken man. His hands shake, he chain smokes and his memory falters repeatedly. There is no doubt that he is also scared and financially bankrupt. He is now, indeed, a far cry from the stockbroker I […]

IN his review of the production, Digby Ricci claims that Godspell sins against good taste (June 10 to 16). Recently I had the enormous pleasure of going to see the production. Godspell is an example of dramatic art in one of its truest forms. By making creative use of their bodies, the actors need to […]

There is no sign that Derek Keys was anything but genuine in his reasons for resigning. Chris Louw, Anton Harber and Jacques Magliolo report CABINET sources confirm that Finance Minister Derek Keys’ sudden resignation is genuinely for “personal reasons”. Keys had won the respect of the most left-wing of his cabinet critics and there was […]

A trigger-happy ANC guard with a record of ill-discipline started the Shell House shooting in March, reports Paul Stober THE Shell House shooting _ in which 11 Inkatha Freedom Party supporters died _ was the result of a panic by ANC guards who had been warned by state security officials to expect an attack on […]

Sibusiso Nxumalo When a small group of Zaireans marched through central Johannesburg this week _ protesting against the pending visit of their country’s leader, President Mobutu Sese Seko _ they showed they had adopted not just South Africa as a refuge but also its culture of protest. Shouts of “amandla ngawethu” from the Zaireans greeted […]

Fanie de Villiers speaks his mind on the choice of ball on the cricket tour of England _ and the UK press CRICKET: Luke Alfred IT’s a wet Monday morning in Southampton and Fanie de Villiers and I are sitting face to face in the back of the Proteas’ tour bus, sipping orange juice from […]

Dance theatre is a popular innovator amid the anguish and protest that dominate the festival, writes Mark Gevisser THE photograph shows a man and a woman jiving in a shebeen; mugging, minstrel-like, at the camera. It could be a publicity pic from any one of a number of productions at Grahamstown this year _ Barney […]

Jacques Magliolo INSTITUTIONAL portfolio managers across South Africa are unprepared, confused and in for a rude awakening if they do not change their portfolios to reflect rapidly changing political and market trends. Says one head of research: “I’m concerned that many portfolio managers do not realise that this is a new game, with new and […]

FROM this distant democracy, I, South African by birth, acclaim the exhilarating events that have regenerated South Africa and electrified the world. I recall with enormous sadness those who fell, or were thrown, from the windows of Marshall Square and elsewhere, down staircases and on to concrete floors, in stultification of their brave bids to […]

TENNIS: Paul Martin LAST Sunday, exactly 38 years after the Wimbledon Centre Court had first acclaimed the 21-year-old Golden Boy as their champion, the great Lew Hoad suffered a heart attack in Spain. He died hours later. In that year, 1956, he had so nearly clinched the Grand Slam _ wins successively at the Australian, […]

Providing phones for new schools will be a high priority for Telkom. In line with the RDP, the aim is to provide phones to all existing schools within two years, says Telkom managing director Danie du Toit. Telkom will install phones in 16 000 schools and 1 500 clinics in the next five years. Schools […]

Gabriel Seeber SOUTH African history has for decades been viewed through a peephole, the only visible aspect being the Great Trek. The history workshop and cultural day at Wits University next weekend will open the door on South African history, and present its working face in a feast of popular culture. With the theme Democracy: […]

We have been requested to flag the headlines of stories so those of you who read the paper in a word processor can do some basic formatting. From this week all headlines are preceded with the @ character. You can thus run a macro that will pick out the headlines. Also, from next week I […]

Should people be allowed to die if they have been declared brain-dead? Sean Badal looks at the some of the issues behind living wills REMEMBER Nancy Cruzan, voted one of the “25 Most Intriguing People of 1990”? An American woman who was irreversibly brain-damaged in a car accident, she survived eight years in a coma […]

Eleven different warnings have been listed in the Government Gazette. They are: Danger: Smoking can kill you Danger: Smoking causes cancer Danger: Smoking causes heart diseases Smoking damages your lungs Pregnant? Breast-feeding? Smoking can harm your baby Stop smoking to stay fit and healthy Save money: Stop smoking Warning: Don’t smoke near children Tobacco is […]

A putsch by charismatic Christians has led to bitter conflict in the African Christian Democratic Party, reports Stefaans Brummer A STRUGGLE for the soul of the African Christian Democratic Party culminated this week in two founder members breaking ranks and threats of further defections. The party did surprisingly well in the April election, returning two […]

THOKOZA Self Defence Units (SDUs) have launched a project to bring education, counselling services and recreation to the war-ravaged lives of youths in the area. They recently set up the Thokoza Youth Development Council and aim to make the organisation open to all youths once it gets off the ground. The council’s goal is to […]

Stephen Laufer SOUTH Africa took another large step towards becoming the armourer of the Persian Gulf this week when Denel announced a $120-million artillery sale to Oman. The contract is for the G-6 artillery system with ammunition and training for Omani crews, and is the first since the lifting of the UN embargo on arms […]

Ray Nxumalo AN INSCRIPTION on one of the faded shipping containers standing on Kliptown’s historic Freedom Charter Square _ where the Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955 _ declares war on hunger, poverty, disease and ignorance. The war has taken a small step towards being won … thanks to an initiative by the National Consumer […]

The multiple award-winning <em>Weekly Mail </em> Television team returns to TV1 screens.

Election manifesto: Some fine ideas — and some fine rhetoric.

Real life snipptes from the small-town press.

Nelson Mandela’s security has been upgraded with the inclusion of an armour-plated Mercedes Benz in the ANC’s fleet.

Nelson Mandela is expected to call for an end to sanctions when he addressed the UN general assembly later today.

Book Review: <i>Mandela: Echoes of an Era</i> by Alf Khumalo and Es’kia Mphahlele.