As the new Director General of Arts and Culture, Themba Wakashe has to face a backlog of mismanagement and lack of skills development. Kwanele Sosibo spoke to him about his vision. Wakashe spoke frankly, albeit in broad strokes, perhaps an indication of the freshness of his appointment and his diplomacy.

The Nation of Islam, a religious, social and political organisation most popular in the United States, has proclaimed that black people in South Africa need to reconsider their future under democratic rule, which, it says, is a hindrance to their collective prosperity.

In overruling last year’s Supreme Court of Appeal decision to evict more than 400 residents from Johannesburg’s inner city, Constitutional Court Judge Zak Yacoob highlighted the applicants’ ”right to life and human dignity” as a pivotal factor. The judgement in the case throws a spanner in the works of the city’s hopes of becoming world class by 2030.

The ANC in Parliament, backed by a civil society initiative that includes Cosatu, wants four of President Thabo Mbeki’s appointees to the SABC board to step down. They are lawyer Christine Qunta and businesspersons Peter Vundla (bottom), Gloria Serobe and Andile Mbeki.

If you are using your bank card to make transactions at the ATM, be warned: your money isn’t safe. Incidences of card skimming are on the increase as a resident of Bedford, a small town in the Eastern Cape, recently found out after he was fleeced of a substantial amount of money.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, aka the Baddest Man on the Planet, is no role model, in or out of the ring. The uncontrollable rage that drew Tyson from the streets into the ring also proved to be his undoing several times throughout his boxing career, as he succumbed to his aggressive impulses and substance abuse.