theatre Matthew Krouse African Bank Market Theatre, Newtown Cultural Precinct. Celebrity director Mbongeni Ngema revives his Eighties masterpiece and Tony Award-nominee Asinamali! The cast combines new and original cast members, including Thami Cele, Bongani Hlope, Bheki Mqadi, Bhoyi Ngema and Ntusi Gordon. Until May 5. Book at Computicket. Tel: 832 1641. Barney Simon Theatre, African […]
More than a party girl Caroline Sullivan Philadelphia-born Alicia “Pink” Moore views this second album as a “mind-opening” outing that will distinguish her from the glut of girl-pop clones (Mya, for instance, a collaborator on her number-one single Lady Marmalade). Bearing that in mind, she should drop the giggly exclamation marks used instead of I’s […]
Emma Gordon Blass Online learning is the ideal way for mature students to further their education If you are over 25 and considering returning to university to requalify or to get an advanced degree in your professional area, then e-learning was invented with you in mind. What is e-learning and why is it targeting adult […]
Hilary Footitt Suddenly, after September 11, we hear commentators noting with shock that only 10% of the CIA’s Middle Eastern desk could actually speak Arabic. Academics express concern that British expertise in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies is dangerously low and cannot provide us with the sort of guidance we may need to influence the […]
2 Rollout will continue: The govern-ment said it would continue with its roll-out of anti-retroviral drugs in state hospitals regardless of the outcome of the Constitutional Court. The minister of health’s representative, Sibani Mngadi, said the government was not challenging the roll-out of nevirapine, but “the powers of a judge to decide on how government […]
Dr Frank Vreede, a molecular genetics expert, is now in Europe. He is specialising in controlling gene expression by manipulating animal responses to vaccination to optimise immunity. Dr Mandy Bastos, a molecular epidemiologist, specialising in foot and mouth disease. She had played a large part for tracing the origin of the disease. Dr Kelly Brayton, […]
Adventure walk. The Great Autumn Adventure Walk will take place at the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden in Poortview, Roodepoort, on May 4 at 8am. Tickets cost R20 for adults and R10 for pensioners and students. Tel: (011) 958 1750 or e-mail: [email protected]. Autumn carnival. A carnival to raise funds for the establishment of a trauma […]
New technology may signal the end of computer screens as we know them, writes David Shapshak When Apple boss Steve Jobs introduced the new iMac, which has a built-on flat panel monitor, he used an interesting phrase: “The death of the CRT.” The CRT, or cathode ray tube, is the technology that has powered our […]
Thabo Mohlala The University of the North West is offering courses in conflict resolution and the preservation of indigenous knowledge systems Conflicts and wars occur with such regularity in Africa that the continent urgently needs innovative methods and mechanisms to improve its chances of stemming a rampant culture of self-annihilation. Angolans have been tearing one […]
In a statement released on April 17 Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon declares that his party has shown “tremendous growth in Alex”, achieving a “substantial increase in support in Alexandra” when their candidate in the by-election managed to obtain 15,2% of the vote, “up from 4,2% in 2000”. What Mr Leon fails to mention is […]