Fencing may have originated with the European aristocracy, but now it is flourishing in Mamelodi township FENCING: Julian Drew NOT so many years ago no black man without the speed of Hezekiel Sepeng would have ventured on to the Pretoria University campus inquiring whether he could join in with the sporting activities. A slower individual […]
Andrew Worsdale AT a home-spun award ceremony this week held at the SABC, Mail & Guardian Television’s Harriet Gavshon, Dingaan Thomas Kapa and miner Lucky Mnceke, as well as SABC1’s commissioning editor for documentaries Pat Kelly, were presented with awards by acting manager of SABC1, Theo Erasmus. Ghetto Diaries, that enabled ordinary people to record […]
What patrician journalism in South Africa needs is a heavy dose of impoliteness, argues Ronald Suresh Roberts ‘WHEREVER you find injustice, the proper form of politeness is attack,” wrote American activist T-Bone Slim early this century. This view contradicts the cowering ethos that gripped media bosses under apartheid, and survives, even thrives, today. ”To publish […]
The policeman who terrorised Western Cape activists appears to suffer from selective amnesia, writes Gaye Davis MERE mention of Jeffrey Benzien’s name struck fear into the hearts of otherwise hardened Western Cape activists during the dark and dangerous days of the mid-1980s. This was the man whose name regularly came up in political trials, where […]
Swapna Prabhakaran THE man who pulled the lever on about 1 500 people did so with a clean conscience, because he knew those he hanged had been sent to him by a judge. Chris Barnard, now dead, told British television in the 1980s that: ”It didn’t bother me because the person was sentenced to death […]
Wonder Hlongwa and Mukoni T Ratshitanga THE Inkatha Freedom Party has closed three of its 14 national offices, amid a cash crunch caused by falling membership fees. Senior IFP officials say the party, due to hold its annual conference in Ulundi this weekend, has been hit by poor management and administration and a breakdown in […]
NAOMI CAMPBELL IN SA INTERNATIONAL supermodel Naomi Campell arrived in South Africa on Friday. Campbell is in the country to begin her advertising campaign for a South African retail store. She will leave the country on Tuesday after a four-day shoot. TRC TO PROBE BUSINESS THE Truth Commission has belatedly decided to probe the role […]
Suren Pillay GANGSTERISM has been at the centre of much debate and discussion of late. Gang leaders have become peace crusaders and peace crusaders are breaking the law. Social scientists, community workers and clergy have argued convincingly that gangsterism is a historical response by working-class communities to unemployment, poverty and loss of self-esteem. Sociologists say […]
These considerately crafted little numbers come from Waldeck Studios — a 3-D design company founded by artist Ian Waldeck. The company designs and crafts anything from sculptural objects to architectural components, to the odd pair of handcuffs. These particular toys were commissioned, says Waldeck, by a friend in engineering, who asked him to assemble something […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: ZAMBIA, Mozambique and Namibia all share the points at the top of the table in the Cosafa Cup soccer tournament after their opening matches. Zambia, who were pre-tournament favourites were held to a 2-2 draw by Tanzania at the weekend. Namibia, who are a suprise at the tournament, boast a record of a […]