All three have already left their mark, but Mehrtens has yet to face a back row of Scotland’s pace and ingenuity “We all know we have to step up our game,” Kronfeld said “Scotland are going to be a problem all right. They’ve got to be treated with respect.”The All Blacks, who conceded three tries [...]

Fifty-two per cent said, “I do the best I can, even if it interferes with my life.” There was, not surprisingly, a marked difference here between professional/managerial people, who gave a 72 per cent positive response, and the unskilled, who gave only a 43 per cent positive answer though even that seems high if you [...]

I don’t want to be a nurse or a nun, but I’d like to do something which improves things a bit I’d be totally miserable simply to be earning money. I don’t even see people being happy when they have made all their money and can retire at 40 or whatever.When I’m in England, my [...]

The beautiful, minimalist black Mag-lite AA flashlight is another CBW (Can’t Be Without), which, at pounds 14.95, is 99p cheaper than the same available from Captain O M Watts’ yachtsmen’s catalogue and pounds 2.04 cheaper than the same in the Youth Hostel Association’s catalogue Now for some clothes: durable but chic. I think I’ll go [...]

Within the ANC fraternity, she is isolated now, except for a small circle of populists who feel themselves similarly endangered She may soon be indicted. But she will not be chastened, and she cannot be ignored.For Mrs Mandela or a like-minded opportunist, to have a serious chance of reorienting the ANC from Mr. Mandela’s policies [...]

She married into it.Her loyal friends, like Peter Mokaba, the militant-talking former head of the ANC Youth League, say the ANC abandoned her in her time of trial It is equally true that she abandoned it. Resettled in the vast black metropolis outside Johannesburg, she set up her own office, built her own following, spoke [...]