Yearly Archives: 2001

Motorola’s new top-end cellphone would not look amiss in William Shatner’s hands David Shapshak Motorola’s clam shell cellphones have always reminded me of the Star Trek communicator, none more so than the latest top-end phone that features a powerful personal digital assistant (PDA). The Accompli 008, which features a Palm-like touch screen, would not look […]

Khadija Magardie The South African Law Commission’s (SALC) project committee has approved its discussion document and proposed draft Bill on Islamic marriages. The paper, which will be released for public comment, makes provision for the recognition of marriages contracted in terms of Muslim religious law. In addition, it regulates the proprietary consequences of such marriages, […]

David Macfarlane One in two South African adults cannot read or write, but the government continues to allocate dismally low resources to this national scourge and to adult education generally. Basic education for adults is being increasingly sidelined in government priorities, a major conference last week in Johannesburg repeatedly heard. One of the country’s largest […]

The Springboks wrapped up the year with a win in Houston, but they looked jaded and eager to return home for the holidays Andy Capostagno The final Springbok press conference of the year took place in the dressing room of the Houston Cougars university gridiron team. The match against the United States Eagles had been […]

Ngwako Modjadji The South African Certification Council (Safcert) has asked to meet Minister of Education Kader Asmal in the wake of a spate of leaks during this year’s matric exams. The leaks have prompted Safcert an independent oversight body established by an Act of Parliament to take a number of unprecedented measures to ensure the […]

Miles Keylock 0932, Main Road, Green Point. On Sunday December 9 groove on down at a night of swinging funk with Breakfast Included, who are joined by Melanie Scholtz on vocals. Shows start at 7pm and finish about 10pm. There is no cover charge and great food specials are available. Details and bookings:Tel: 434 6306. […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A spate of disciplinary actions against South African ambassadors abroad has sparked a major row in the Department of Foreign Affairs over the chastising of political appointees by lower-level civil service functionaries. The Foreign Affairs Department has in the past few months instituted disciplinary action against five top diplomats, including heads […]

Fiona Macleod South Africans are smuggling rare and endangered wildlife species out of Zimbabwe in an attempt to “save” them from becoming victims of the political chaos in that country. In one daring “rescue”, a Potgieters- rus game farmer smuggled 24 sable antelopes into South Africa in a Dakota. The plane managed to avoid radar […]

Senegal are drawn to play the opening game against France Simon Kuper We can already predict most of the next World Cup: the vilification of the coaches, footballers disgruntled at missing their summer holiday, and one of the five usual suspects winning the trophy. In fact, it will be such a familiar event that we […]

Q&A: Peet pienaar Guy Willoughby Multifaceted artist Peet Pienaar was one of the prime movers behind the edgy, boundary-blurring Nescaf Post Festival of Art, Theatre, Video and Music at the revamped Bijou Theatre in Observatory, Cape Town, last week. One of your chief aims was to cross art and media divides. Did this happen? Absolutely. […]