Philippa Garson’s memoir details the heady days of being a Weekly Mail journalist in the 1990s
Reporter Philippa Garson arrives in Ermelo on a routine assignment … and drives into teargas and violence.
A disused Iscor hostel called kwaMadala is widely considered the centre of the Vaal violence.
The film about the famous group of photographers
is missing context behind the violence of the time.
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/ 3 December 2010
The phenomenal success of the South African duo, if managed properly, ‘could be the next big thing’.
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/ 25 December 2008
When crime and violence crept into our lives, we decided to make a move, writes Philippa Garson.
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/ 2 November 2008
Millions of Americans aren’t just redoing their hair for Palin — they’re taking off their clothes too.
Editorial: PHILIPPA GARSON IT’S a relief to see that education is at last being treated as the national crisis that it is. Steadily dwindling matric pass rates, exemption rates and university enrolments year after year are proof that, beneath the sheen of grand policies, our education system is a very sick animal indeed. Minister of […]
A home-grown version of Sesame Street, the world-renowned television series for young children, is to be broadcast later this year. TAKALANI Sesame, which incorporates 50% of the original American programme, and 50% local content, is being seen as ”a way to jumpstart learning” for the 91% of the 6,5-million South African children under six years […]
Minister of Education Kader Asmal launches an independent review of Curriculum 2005. ALTHOUGH Curriculum 2005 is being reviewed by an independent team of educationists, millions of government money is set to be spent on new materials for piloting Grades 4 and 8, to be phased in next year. Many are asking why Minister of Education […]