If the world does end on December 31, at least it will be having a good time. Christina Goumeas and Marthali Brand survey the globe’s millennial celebrations The first permanently inhabited place to see in the millennium officially is Pitt Island, part of the Chatham Islands, 850km east of New Zealand. Just 55 people, thousands […]

Sudan Mohamed Osman in Khartoum Sudanese president Omar el-Bashir on Sunday declared a three-month state of emergency, and state-run television said he was dissolving Parliament. Bashir said:”There are dangers against the country from abroad, and internal problems that will aggravate the country’s problems will not be allowed. In order to preserve the unity of the […]

A war’s being waged in Durban, writes Alex Sudheim of the Battle of the Bands Having witnessed the unspooling drama of Durban’s seminal Battle of the Bands from the various perspectives of contender, manager, spectator, judge and now journalist, I must say the view from each hill is remarkably different. As contender I got pissed […]

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Hutu detainees are fighting disease and hunger in concentration camps, while the Burundi army blocks attacks on the capital, writes Chris McGreal Josephine Ntahuga fears her son is dead. He was among 350 000 Hutus herded by Burundi’s army into dozens of camps beyond the capital, Bujumbura. Then he vanished. The army said he must […]

Kit Peel Linda Shaw’s Horoscope 2000, published last month, reveals a neurotic, feminine country in the hands of a man of overwhelming masculinity – a virile, dominant man handling a country with very low self- esteem. It’s Cosmopolitan magazine meets the cosmos, and it’s a lot of fun. Little Miss South Africa, let us call […]

Behind the beautiful, graceful film installations that won this year’s Turner Prize, hides an unassuming, bear-likeman. And, surprise, surprise, he hates talking about his art. Sabine Durrant reports To reach Steve McQueen’s Turner Prize- winning entries at the Tate, you have to walk through the rest of the shortlist first. Past Tracy Emin’s bed, onlookers […]

THE African Super Cup match between hosts Raja Casablanca of Morocco and Africa Sports of Cote d’Ivoire has been rescheduled for the weekend of March 4-5, the organisers announced on Friday. The annual fixture between the winners of the Champions League and the Cup Winners Cup was planned for January 15 or 16, but these […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Alice | Thursday 7.00pm. DARREN Maddy boosted his test hopes as he scored a match winning 133 to help England beat an Eastern Province/Border Invitation XI by 153 runs on Thursday. England scored an impressive 309 for eight off their 50 overs as Maddy plundered his runs off just 116 balls with 11 […]

Barry Streek MPs will now get a basic salary package of R274 800 a year or R22 900 a month but their increases, published in the latest Government Gazette, come to a modest 4%. Members of the National Assembly and the permanent members of the National Council of Provinces do get other perks – including, […]