Edward de Bono is a leading authority on communication. So why is he so bad at conversation? Emma Brockes Edward de Bono, inventor of lateral thinking and a man who regards himself as a more powerful visionary than Plato, is outlining his plans for our interview. We are in his ground-floor flat in Albany, the […]
David Macfarlane A second look A woman lies on her back in a chilly-blue hospital examination room. Her stomach, genitals and legs are bare; her knees are raised and apart. Her facial expression is resigned, vulnerable – yet somehow in control. Eight or nine white-coated medical interns surround her, and one by one pull on […]
The Department of Correctional Services is in the dock over its treatment of HIV-positive inmates Marianne Merten and Aaron Madadasane A man who contracted HIV while incarcerated in Pollsmoor prison six years ago is suing the minister of correctional services in the Cape High Court. The Department of Correctional Services said this week it was […]
researchers Nono Simelela CROSSFIRE Because the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is an issue involving the protection of innocent unborn/newborn infants, debates on the matter can be clouded by emotion and sensationalism. This is illustrated by Howard Barrell’s article “R800m to let Aids babies die” (July 21 to 27). It raises a number of […]
‘cure’ gay men Howard Barrell Being called a nutter by the defence force that serviced apartheid might, in the eyes of many, be an endorsement of one’s sanity. But, for those conscripts who were victims of the form of psychiatry practised in the former South African Defence Force (SADF), it could be a horrifying experience. […]
The Tiger Woods star treatment extends even to the entourage Jamie Wilson There was only one show in town last weekend and everybody wanted a piece of Team Tiger. Even the autograph of the world number one’s caddie, Steve Williams, reputed to be the highest-paid New Zealand sports star through his association with Woods, was […]
Belinda Beresford There are only a couple of hundred doctors in South Africa fully trained to treat HIV-positive individuals. But thousands of other medical personnel are having to deal with HIV/Aids patients, because the hospitals and clinics can no longer cope. Anti-retroviral treatment regimes are difficult to administer because of the powerful side effects and […]
Robert Kirby loose cannon I am inspired to write this article (in ebullient defence of our worthy and misunderstood presidential representative) by the quite unseemly attacks made on his character and intellect in last week’s Mail & Guardian (“Mbeki’s malaise goes deeper than Parks”). Really! When a newspaper sinks to such murky invective simply because […]
Ivor Powell The media blackout on Judge Willem Heath’s special investigations unit came about as a result of pressures from Judge Heath’s own staff – a staff afraid of losing jobs as the government squeezed ever harder on the maverick unit. Sources close to the unit said this week a virtual palace coup has been […]
Guy Willoughby THEATRE Glass Roots, fresh from a debut at the National Arts Festival, confirms that writer Fiona Coyne is a fresh stage voice to be reckoned with. A comedy of manners set in a society with few to speak of (manners, that is), the play charts the tragicomic birth- pains of a world in […]