South Africa’s top women’s high jumper, Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete, was chosen as the best in her field by the influential US magazine Track & Field News. She was also listed 16th for the best women in international athletics last year. SA athletes in other fields have also been included in the magazine’s top ten lists: Hezekial […]

One of the world’s most influential directors talks to Brian Logan about a theatrical epiphany Peter Brook’s influence on modern theatre is so pervasive that when he says a production influenced him, you can’t help but take notice. The renowned director – whose 1970 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is considered a milestone in […]

Michelle Matthews ‘The future of music is in dance music.” Promoter Kim Saville, although a self- confessed rock fan, is savvy when it comes to market trends. Realising that “people will always dance”, the exuberant, opportunistic music-lover started easing her way into dance culture. In 1998 Saville released the first Future Sound of Cape Town […]

Steven Poole MUSIC AND SILENCE by Rose Tremain (Chatto &Windus) Music and silence, as Rose Tremain knows, are not necessarily opposites. They inhabit each other. Silence is given meaning by the music built around it. And much of the meaning of music resides in the unique character of silence that it engenders at its end. […]

The biennial African Cup of Nations has brought some highlights – but also given England’s World Cup bid some ammunition to use against us, reports Andrew Muchineripi As Bafana Bafana, Cameroon, Nigeria and Tunisia prepare to battle for gold, silver and bronze this weekend, an African Cup of Nations that has produced good, bad and […]

As Africans, we have a terrific talent for talking. Whether or not we have an equal talent for doing still remains to be seen.

Paul Kirk A senior member of the Zulu royal family and KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Welfare, Prince Gideon Zulu, is receiving regular payments by way of his daughter from the security company that delivers the province’s state pensions. Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) has held the multimillion-rand contract for about five years. It is responsible for delivering […]

Charlotte Denny Suddenly it seems everybody is at it. Every advert contains a Web address, and no self-respecting retailer would dream of ignoring the potential of e-commerce. The Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) has estimated that e-commerce will be worth $1-trillion worldwide by 2005 – around 3% of global gross domestic product […]

ALISTER BULL and SARAH BULLEN | Thursday 4.45pm LOCAL markets stumbled on Thursday, apparent victims of the country’s own success, as a buoyant gold price and upbeat fundamentals perversely dimmed their immediate outlook. At close of trade the all share index was down 1,32% — with the all gold index down 0,29% despite bullion pouncing […]

Thebe Mabanga In your ear Just over a year and a week ago today, Metro fm embarked on a series of changes designed to reposition the once premier English black commercial radio station to help it focus on a slightly younger audience. The station unveiled its Manhattan skyline logo and “it’s where you’re at” slogan. […]