Larry Elliott The International Monetary Fund (IMF)is confused. That’s a surprise in itself, because the IMF thrives on certainty, with firm views about everything, even if most of them are wrong. Stuck away in its half-yearly document, the world economic outlook, the IMF has a section called “Macro-economic stability and the forces of globalisation: lessons […]
John Sutherland The shortlist is out and Booker moves into its middle game. Between now and October 25 the final contenders will – on past evidence – enjoy a month in the sun. Bookshops will display and discount the lucky six. Readers will scoop them up. Unfriendly newspapers will excoriate the list as the “most […]
Amy Lawrence Gliding over the deep red lino in thick claret socks which flap around his calves, Joe Cole looks like your average teenage apprentice milling around the training complex. His life is about to change for ever. He is about to embark upon a journey of infinite possibility. If fortune favours him, he could […]
their own Struan Douglas Once, there was an old American street busker who used to play loose jazz grooves. Some kid asked him, “Hey, what’s this cool music you’re playing?” “Juss music”, the old man replied in a rich American drawl. “Oh, jazz music!” said the kid – and the name was born, for a […]
More than one million people work in craft-related industries, but the government has yet to come up with financial support for this important sector.
A fence too flimsy to surround a northern suburbs home and one policeman to patrol more than 50km. This is the border between South Africa and Mozambique. Paul Kirk reports Nearly every morning Sergeant Chris van der Heever jumps into his 4×4 bakkie and drives alongside the 0,9m high fence that separates South Africa from […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby World Cup As opening games go, South Africa’s match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday looms as a considerably easier task than the corresponding fixture against Australia in Cape Town in 1995. But that is where the simplicity ends. Kitch Christie’s team was expected to lose against a demonstrably more talented Wallaby […]
Fiachra Gibbons In the time-honoured tradition of the Booker, all the leaks about who would be shortlisted this year were wrong. Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth and Roddy Doyle – the heavyweight “favourites” for this year’s prize -didn’t make the shortlist. Instead, South Africa’s JMCoetzee is up for the prize for the second time. The chairman […]
Arts Alive Festival manager Roshnie Moonsammy hits out at freeloaders who badger festival staff Remember – throughout the years of the cultural boycott, South Africans missed out on seeing their favourite artists. One such artist was Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Many loved him and respected his political commitment to eradicating racism and poverty in Nigeria, and […]
Millions of rands have been poured into an experimental abalone ranching project at Port Nolloth on the west coast.