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/ 31 December 2001
Robert Kirby laments the fact that the SABC is turning the English language into an idiot’s tongue.
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/ 28 December 2001
Herman Charles Bosman is well known for his "gallows humour", writes Craig MacKenzie.
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/ 28 December 2001
The story below is a previously unpublished piece by Herman Charles Bosman, recently released alongside 19 Oom Schalk Lourens tales in a new collection of the writer’s works.
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/ 27 December 2001
In a way, Herman Charles Bosman is the Elvis of South African literature, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 20 December 2001
Suzan Chala meets Funky Ngobeni, one of thousands of young children forced to support their family Every second day after school 13-year-old Joe Ngobeni fetches water for villagers from a well an hour and a half away. Funky his mother called him that charges 50c for 25 litres of water. He says he carries about […]
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/ 20 December 2001
Ian Tasman It’s that time of year when people take stock, be it in the form of a year-end bonus for the lucky ones or, for the others, just a general look at their mental and physical health. Amazingly, another year has come to an end, and as we slowly move from the office to […]
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/ 20 December 2001
Maggie Davey On certain days when all is right with the world, and the sun tilts at a fine angle, it can make sense to know that Frank Sinatra’s favourite colour was orange. Or that practically every item in the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century had rounded edges and art deco design […]
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/ 20 December 2001
SOCCER Ntuthuko Maphumulo It’s an African Champions’ League final that has all the ingredients of greatness. If Sundowns can upset the form book and get a victory in Egypt on Friday they will earn the respect of the whole continent and pocket more than R10-million. To emulate Orlando Pirates the only South African club so […]
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/ 20 December 2001
Watching sport was put into perspective by the September 11 attacks Gavin Evans Any history of 2001 has to start with September 11, and so it is with sport. The impact of three aeroplanes on two towers and one military command centre may have no connection with fairways and fields, baseball diamonds and boxing rings, […]