Fiona Macleod food It was during a bizarre encounter between some Gauteng hippie-vegan types and the red-meat-and-beer-boep toughs who belong to the Phalaborwa 4×4 Club that I recently came across an exciting range of vegetarian convenience foods. The Gauteng vegetarians/vegans, most of them members of South Africans Against Vivisection (Saav), were visiting up north for […]
Smoking pipes excavated from Shakespeare’s home contained traces of tobacco, suggestive evidence of cannabis and, most surprising, signs of cocaine Shaun Smillie William Shakespeare or at least his contemporaries were doing cocaine, dabbling with dagga and experimenting with a range of drugs that would impress even the most desperate of junkies. These are findings of […]
Khadija Magardie Both newcomers and veterans in the field of private dispute resolution are jostling for first place in the booming labour litigation industry. Most say their motives are philanthropic to provide a service where business and labour can resolve issues without resorting to lengthy and often costly litigation. But there are significant pickings involved, […]
Belinda Beresford Tuberculosis and HIV are the ugly sisters of public health in South Africa. But hepatitis B gives as much cause for concern. The endemic infection of hepatitis B has made sub-Saharan Africa one of the two global hot spots for liver cancer. The degree of primary liver cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is matched […]
Peter Robinson When South Africa flew out to the West Indies this week, along with Western Province’s Gary Kirsten and Jacques Kallis went provincial team-mates Herschelle Gibbs and Paul Adams. They will be joined later in the tour by Roger Telemachus, while yet another WP player, Ashwell Prince, is strongly tipped to be picked for […]
Caroline White a second look I am on a Boeing 747 struggling to get some sleep on the journey to London. I start thinking about how often I have made the journey and why this is the last time since I first returned in 1983 that I will be leaving without a home to go […]
whipping boy A wise old punter once said: “Son, if you want to come out ahead in life, stay away from fast women and slow horses.” Gauteng conditioner Buddy Maroun has followed at least the second part of that sage advice his horses invariably move quickly. Widely regarded as the most accomplished trainer of sprinters […]
Andy Capostagno golf There was a certain poignancy in the way the professional golfing season handed the baton on last Sunday. In stifling heat at Leopard Creek Darren Fichardt won the Tour Championship to conclude the Sunshine Tour, while a relaxed Ernie Els climbed into the top 10 with a six-under-par 65 before flying to […]
SOUTH Africa needs a clear telecoms policy soon to prevent the poor being left further behind in the Internet revolution and set the tone for Web growth in the rest of Africa, say analysts. “South Africa has some highly developed sectors and some really undeveloped sectors, so it represents an opportunity for experiments for the […]
Former president Nelson Mandela spent an hour on Wednesday morning talking to Mail &Guardian editor Howard Barrell and associate editor Sipho Seepe.