Caroline Sullivan CD OFTHEWEEK ‘Strong, independent, pagan woman” – that is how Sin,ad O’Connor describes herself on Daddy, I’m Fine, one of the most inspirational lyrics she has written for her first album in six years, Faith and Courage (Atlantic). And we can rightfully celebrate the return of the independent, exasperating, unique Ms O’Connor. Faith […]
A series of art installations has been placed at key points in Johannesburg city. What will these mean to commuters who encounter them? Brenda Atkinson and Thebe Mabanga Whizz down Smit Street towards Braamfontein and your mind’s eye registers a billboard image that might be a mine dump, or perhaps a desert. Stroll down De […]
POLICE ‘arrested’ an escaped penguin waddling down a railway line at Cape Town station. A police spokesperson said it was believed the penguin had escaped from the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds emergency cleaning station in an old railway shed at Salt River where birds contaminated by oil from the sunken […]
Frans Botha will be on a hiding to nothing on Saturday when he fights a great heavyweight champion Gavin Evans I suppose I should admit to some bias here: first, I feel passionately about Lennox Claudius Lewis. Second, I’m not so wild about Francois Johannes Botha. The Botha thing I can get out of the […]
The father of Venus and Serena has coached them into the history books. But his greatest achievement may have been to teach them there is more to life than tennis Richard Williams (no relation) and Duncan Campbell What he likes best is to get people off balance. One day he will be talking about buying […]
Charlene Smith on being misquoted by the president who last week accused her of ‘racist rage’ How do you measure a president’s success or otherwise? By examining those he chooses to blame for his failures. President Thabo Mbeki and the Democratic Party’s Tony Leon have sent long letters to each other about HIV and rape […]
Peter Dickson Seven days of celebration is one hell of a birthday party – but veteran African National Congress activist and intellectual Govan Mbeki is no ordinary 90-year -old. Affectionately known to his comrades as Oom Gov, it’s been a hard road from rural Transkei to the Summerstand home along the Port Elizabeth beachfront where […]
Belinda Beresford In the United States mother-to-child transmission of HIV has dropped by about 75%, according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). By far the largest number of infections of children are now in sub- Saharan Africa. Giving a short course of anti- retroviral drugs, such as AZT, has been shown to reduce […]
Johannesburg | Friday 11.00am. Zimbabwe’s electricity debt to Eskom has hit R126.9m some of which is more than three months over due and concern is rising that South Africa will be left bearing its northern neighbour’s debt burden. Zimbabwe is under contract to pay its power supply account within 45 days but some payments are […]
Glenda Daniels Occupational health and safety inspectors from the Department of Labour are resigning in droves and some have been suspended amid mounting concern about a major overhaul of the department. The exodus of staff coincides with a backlog of 5 000 unexamined accident cases, including 700 fatalities at workplaces across the country. In just […]