Sechaba ka’Nkosi The SABC is to axe its controversial acting head of news, Snuki Zikalala, next month. It announced this week the appointment of veteran journalist Barney Mthombothi. Senior editors have handed to SABC board chair Vincent Maphai a list of grievances against Zikalala. The board meets on Wednesday, when his fate is expected to […]

members Glenda Daniels The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) resolved at its seventh national congress to take concrete steps to change the gender composition of the federation. The union movement committed itself to an aggressive drive to recruit women workers and to ensure greater women representation in its leadership structures. With most cases […]

cass abrahams cooks cape malay: food from Africa by Cass Abrahams (Metz Press) This is an updated edition of the previous hardback The Culture and Cuisine of the Cape Malays. Abrahams has single-handedly managed to lift Cape Malay cooking to more glamorous heights by distributing her oh-so-well-packaged spices and condiments to snooty Cape whole food […]

This is an extract from the debate in Parliament last week where President Thabo Mbeki responded to questions from MPs Malusi Gigaba (African National Congress) asked President Thabo Mbeki whether the government had a strategy for dealing with racism and the continuing racial divides in the country and, if this was the case, “how does […]

book of success Thebe Mabanga The secret of Kenya’s success in long- distance running is centred on comparative advantage. The East African road running powerhouse’s rise in middle- and long- distance competition has been carefully plotted over the past decade and a half. It has been brought about by a combination of ideal weather, intensive […]

In super-heavyweight weightlifting the walls have ears – and torsos and legs Neal Collins There are 10 men lined up on stage in front of me, ready for the men’s super-heavyweight weightlifting. From Russia, Latvia, Armenia, Korea, Ukraine (two), Germany, Poland and even Qatar and Iran. Like massive peas in a prodigious pod, this multinational […]

Shaun de Waal movie OFTHEWEEK Jesus’ Son, in case you were wondering, has nothing to do with the offspring of the messiah, who in any case is considered by the mainstream Christian tradition to have led a sex-free life. Alternative traditions whisper of a passion for the ex-prostitute Mary Magdalene, and a French royal dynasty […]

fraud A plastics company has approached the Banking Adjudicator over a dispute it has with its bank after the payment of a fraudulent cheque David Le Page A Free State company is battling to recover R116 000 paid out from its account by Standard Bank to First National Bank (FNB), after the latter honoured a […]

Braam Kruger’s new book of recipes pays tribute to the exotic communities whose food is sold on the city streets Matthew Krouse Braam Kruger lives in a dream state – in Observatory, Johannesburg. He reminds one of a plaster gnome who dwells under a large mushroom, along with the fairies at the bottom of the […]