Conditions in prisons are not likely to improve until the problem of overcrowding is solved Barry Streek The OghastlyO conditions and overcrowding in South AfricaOs 236 prisons prevent the addressing of prisonersO human rights, says the inspecting judge of prisons, Judge Hannes Fagan. About 170 000 prisoners were being held in jails built to accommodate […]
Brasse vannie Kaap+s new album, Yskoud, heads into sakkie-sakkie and hard rock territory. Adam Haupt spoke to them before their Oppikoppi and Belgium missions It+s an unusually warm winter+s day in Cape Town and I+m hanging out in a chicken joint with Brasse vannie Kaap+s (BVK) Fat and Ready D. The Brasse were a tad […]
Brenda Atkinson crossfire While the idea of woman-hatred is commonplace and spans most cultures, hatred of men is generally considered the narrow preserve of embittered radical lesbians and the odd feminist. On the surface of things, director Catherine BreillatOs controversial and infinitely subversive film Romance demands that equivalent term, misandry: the message it conveys about […]
Mugabe Iden Wetherell A point South AfricaOs President Thabo Mbeki might not have fully appreciated when he arrived at Harare airport on Wednesday for talks with President Robert Mugabe was the presence among his reception committee of squatters from neighbouring farms. The ruling Zanu-PF party now regularly ferries squatters to airport receptions to welcome visiting […]
Afrikaner and black women both suffered through wars, but the way they were treated after the conflicts could not be more different Antjie Krog OI was awake … suddenly completely awake in my bed. It was very dark but I sensed someone bending over me then these cold, kind of dry hands were at my […]
Thebe Mabanga CD OF THE WEEK It is hard to believe that Whitney Houston has entertained us for 15 years now. The double-CD compilation Greatest Hits (Arista) is a timely reminder of what brought her to the point she is at and what she is capable of. The compilation showcases Houston in two contrasting but […]
Ria Ledwaba+s dream of top-flight soccer has come true as her team, Ria Stars, are in the premier league Merryman Kunene Being the youngest child and the only daughter in the Rasebotsa family, Ria Ivy Ledwaba+s formative years were heavily influenced by her soccer-mad brothers – who either played for or supported Pietersburg+s most famous […]
The Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern AfricaOs 15th annual convention will give delegates from the investment industry a chance to raise problematic issues and find solutions Mail & Guardian Reporter South African economic transformation and its role in the global economy will be under the spotlight next week (August 10 and […]
Chris Dunton Born in South Africa, Beverley Naidoo went into exile in Britain in 1965. There she became a children+s writer and educationalist. Like all her four novels to date, her first book, Journey to Jo+burg, combined an exciting plot with uncompromising realism. A -discovery+ story, it took in subject-matter such as rural poverty, student […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo Technikons struggling to implement transformation now have an extra task, suggested by the Council on Higher Education (CHE): to reposition themselves, to merge or face closure. ItOs a challenge for these 15 tertiary institutions, but two technikons are ahead already. They have been discussing a merger for 10 years. Next month their councils […]