Riaan Wolmarans LIFESTYLE ‘Two Amstels, a double Archers and lemonade and a Coke, please.” You repeat your order twice, and the bartender scurries off. About five minutes later you have two Castles, Coke in a dirty glass and half the lemonade on the bar counter. Sound familiar? This is exactly what you won’t find at […]

David Gough in Nairobi On Wednesday the Ethiopian prime minister declared his country’s two-year border war with Eritrea over, saying that Ethiopia had recaptured all the disputed land which Eritrea occupied by force in May 1998. Meles Zenawi was quoted on Ethiopian state television as saying: “The war against Eritrea has been accomplished in victory.” […]

David Le Page The notebook computer market could be in for a shock following Microsoft’s launch of its new Pocket PC system, which was demonstrated at the Computer Faire in Midrand last week. The shock is that for half the price, mobile computer users are going to be able to get most of the functionality […]

Barry Streek David Barnard, who pioneered the Human Science Research Council’s Programme for Development Research (Prodder) development information service, has been appointed as the executive director of the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network. Barnard, who has been Prodder’s co- ordinator for eight years, said the Prodder programme had grown from a development information initiative with […]

Barbara Ellen BODY LANGUAGE It seems to be the fate of some women to become relationship universities. What usually happens in these cases is that the woman in question is involved with a man for many, many years. They grow and learn together. Often they will cohabit, and buy lots of “stuff” to cement their […]

What took place this week at the Department of Education’s 123 Schoeman Street headquarters, soon to be renamed after Sol T Plaatjie, was profoundly significant. A team of educationists was given the platform to pronounce judgement on one of the government’s most flashy and therefore politically laden flagship projects – Curriculum 2005 – in the […]

This year’s Durban Designers Collection has scooped some of the hottest talent from around the country Claire Bezuidenhout When 16 gospel singers dressed in white PVC kimonos ignite the construction site of the Gateway Shoppertainment Mall in Umhlanga on Friday night, the audience is bound to get a taste of new wave “performance fashion”. Suzy […]

Andrew Muchineripi SOCCER The goal was pure Sundowns. Calculated midfield passing, a sudden change of direction and pace, a quality cross and substitute Papi Mbele was in front of his marker like a flash to provide the clinical finish. It arrived after 67 minutes on a crisp, cool midweek evening at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, […]

Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH Last week I faced a dilemma. I was invited to go on the radio to discuss an article in the London Daily Telegraph entitled “Sooner or later, Africa must face some form of recolonisation”. I told the BBC that the idea of recolonising Africa was so preposterous that I […]

Jubie Matlou and Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A showdown is looming between the government and the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) over the role of the student organisation in the disruption of education in schools. The government is considering a relook at the role of Cosas in the proper running and governance of schools […]