Paul Kirk The rate of HIV/Aids infection in the South African National Defence Force may be as high as 60% to 70% while in at least one military unit, 90% of the troops are infected with the virus. These extraordinary figures, leaked this week, were taken from preliminary HIV testing being conducted by the SANDF. […]
Shaun de Waal THE BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ by Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler (Oxford) VISIONS OF JAZZ: THE FIRST CENTURY by Gary Giddins (Oxford) THE HISTORY OF JAZZ by Ted Gioia (Oxford) W ith the North Sea Jazz Festival about to swing on to the shores of our southern seas, this would seem a […]
Fiona Macleod An elderly woman who long ago mastered the intricate art of a crochet needle struggles to come to terms with using a pen. Gently she is coached to hold it in her right hand and draw lines on a clean sheet of paper. Beside her a middle-aged woman is engrossed in sketching a […]
A six-year long dream has become a reality as the North Sea Jazz Festival kicks into gear this weekend Karen Rutter It’s debatable who is more excited about the upcoming North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town – the organisers, the artists or the punters. All said, it’s certainly the most prestigious event on the […]
Jon Brodkin Ipswich Town fans shudder at the thought of it. Not even the idea of employing Nicolas Anelka as director of team spirit could fill them with more dread. ”It is,” says one supporter, ”a nightmare scenario.” And that is putting a gloss on matters. The scenario, of course, is ending up in the […]
Andrew Worsdale One of Afrikanerdom’s most favoured boys died last week in a bizarre car accident when he evidently fell asleep at the wheel and was thrown from his car, which rolled and crushed him to death. Country and western singer Bles Bridges, the first local artist to sell out the Sun City Superbowl, was […]
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NIGERIA’s privatisation agency said on Thursday it is reopening bidding for 64,8-million government shares in oil marketer African Petroleum whose earlier sale prompted a parliamentary inquiry. The government said last week it was selling the shares to Sadiq Petroleum Ltd, a little-known oil marketing company, which has agreed to pay 33,00 naira per share or […]
KING Lebone Molotlegi of the Bafokeng has died in a Sandton clinic, after being admitted there earlier this month with lung and kidney failure. Under the rule of the 35-year-old king, the 300_ooo strong Bakokeng managed to develop their infrastructure near Rustenburg without government assistance with their shares in the Impala Platinum mines. Last year […]
AT least 60 people have died after two buses collided at Kericho in western Kenya on Wednesday. Police say the two buses, belonging to Akamba and Shaggy bus companies, collided head-on at Kapkatunga near Kericho town and burst into flames on impact. Seriously injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Kericho.