the tournament Australia They played very well in beating New Zealand in their last game and the return of John Eales and Stephen Larkham will strengthen them considerably. They have a fantastic defence and the World Cup is always won by the best defence. Not knowing how South Africa will perform, I’d tip Australia as […]
Judge Willem Heath has always said the public and the media are his commission’s greatest allies in the fight against corruption. It is a pity he cannot say the same of senior ministers in the government, notably the two who should have most to gain from his commission’s efforts: Minister of Justice Penuell Maduna and […]
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 […]
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.
Q & A Acclaimed jazz musician Don Laka recently launched his new album Supernova, his second recording as a solo artist. Playing solo allows him to be more experimental on acoustics. The name, Supernova, reflects Laka’s growing interest in cosmology. His first album, Destiny, was released internationally and led him to perform at the premier […]
Millions of rands have been poured into an experimental abalone ranching project at Port Nolloth on the west coast.
skills Marianne Merten Cape Town is often described as the rape capital of the world and it is here that Albanian women – who deal with survivors of horrendous mass rapes – came to share and learn. Discussion of rape is still very much a taboo in Kosovo and Albania, says executive director of Albania’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the eve of the Pride Parade, Charl Blignaut attended the country’s premiere black drag pageant You’d never tell from the outside that Monyaka by Nite is the sort of nightclub given to displaying a galaxy of star- shaped refracting mirrors across the ceiling above its dance floor. >From outside, you’d never even tell it’s […]