ROBERT HOLLOWAY, United Nations | Friday SIX years after the genocide in Rwanda ended, more than 4450 children – including 450 who have been formally cleared of any involvement in the genocide courts – are among the 123000 people languishing in prisons, many without charge, says a UN human rights report. Michel Moussalli, special representative […]

Rosanne Buchanan lifestyle The issue of smoking in restaurants and pubs has been smouldering for a long time and with the latest tobacco legislation, more and more establishments will be forced to opt for a non-smoking policy. Speak to any restaurant or pub owner around Johannesburg and you’ll find that confusion reigns over the recently […]

friday Cricket: International Cricket Council (ICC) Knockout Trophy, second semifinal, from Nairobi, at 8.30am on SuperSport1 (SS1)/ M-Net/CSN Golf: Alfred Dunhill Cup, from St Andrews, Scotland, at 11.30am on SuperSport Extra1 (what was the Olympic Elite channel, number 28 on most decoders) Rugby: Currie Cup, Super Eights, round four, Eagles vs Cheetahs at 4pm on […]

Robert McCrum The day before the 2000 Booker Prize shortlist was announced, I received a puzzling e-mail announcing the selection of JG Ballard (Super Cannes), Zadie Smith (White Teeth), Robert Edric (The Book of the Heathen), Amitav Ghosh (The Glass Palace), Michael Ondaatje (Anil’s Ghost) and Paul Golding (The Abomination). It was only when I […]

Michael Schumacher takes place in history as five-year plan bears fruit Richard Williams The forest of hands reaching out to Michael Schumacher after he lifted himself out of the Ferrari in the parc ferm’ at Suzuka on Sunday spoke of the true nature and significance of the win in the Japanese Grand Prix that gave […]

Neil Sonnekus KUBRICK by Michael Herr (Picador) Many people would have said it was impossible for film-master Stanley Kubrick to die of a heart attack; it was a contradictions in terms; the man didn’t have a heart. The noted but retired film critic Pauline Kael would have been one of them. But Michael Herr, author […]

No Spark, Lessing or Ballard -the Booker Prize shortlist leaves the race wide open for a dark horse. Here is our quick guide to the shortlist The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Bloomsbury) Margaret Atwood finds herself shortlisted for the Booker for the fourth time with her 10th novel. The story has three interwoven narratives: […]

The ICCTrophy tournament in Kenya has brought the excitement back to cricket Peter Robinson Let’s make one thing clear right from the start: the quality of cricket played during the International Cricket Council (ICC) Knockout 2000 tournament in Nairobi has been excellent. And this is a direct result of the knockout format employed for the […]

After a decade director Oliver Schmitz has completed a film that challenges Hollywood’s black stereotypes Andrew Worsdale In 1988 a relatively unknown newcomer directed what was to become what is regarded as the best anti-apartheid feature film ever made – Mapantsula. It was the story of Panic, a small-time crook (played by the late Thomas […]