Peter Dickson This week’s launch of the 16th Jeffrey’s Bay Classic, one of the world’s great surfing events, bellyflopped in a small town holy war. Organisers Billabong decided to showcase South African traditional culture before an international television audience, and invited Xhosa traditional healers to bless the sea in an ancient ceremony before the top […]
Alison Whelan Body Language Celibacy was a subject I would giggle and snigger at. It was for people who were too ugly or too weird to get sex anyway. So it is with more than a little humility that I admit to having committed myself to a six- month celibacy contract, with an option to […]
A woman who once managed a Katlehong park has taken charge of 340 of Johannesburg’s `green lungs’, writes Luvuyo Kakaza The sun slants over the green trees of Rhodes Park in Kensington, Johannesburg, where Michelle van Blerk is the new “boss”. Besides this vibrant park, she is responsible for maintaining 340 municipal parks in the […]
JIM SLATER, Landover | Friday 3.30pm. NIGERIAN coach Ismaila Mabo ripped FIFA and Colombian referee Martha Toro Pardo and after an 87th-minute ejection contributed to the Super Falcons’ quarter-final ouster. Brazil’s Sissi scored a “golden goal” on a free kick in the 104th minute of over-time for a dramatic 4-3 triumph over a 10-woman Nigerian […]
Marianne Merten Six former Cape Town street children left for Germany for two weeks to meet other children at risk as part of a life-skills programme. It was the first time Shana Steer (14) from Mitchells Plain and Vuyiswa Nogioa (17) from Nyanga East left Cape Town. Both are excited and, by their own admission, […]
Chris Dunton ALF KUMALO: SOUTH AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHER edited by Itala Vivan (Leonardo Arte) This beautifully designed and printed album reproduces around 150 of Alf Kumalo’s photos, ranging from his work in the 1950s as a Drum staffer to photos of the 1990s. Four decades worth of some of the most striking photo-reportage produced in South […]
capital city Luvuyo Kakaza A Mail & Guardian editorial (“Rename Pretoria Mandela City”, June 18 to 24) has found favour with politicians at the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council and the Pretoria City Council. Max van der Wath, a councillor at the Pretoria City Council, said the idea of renaming Pretoria Mandela City has merit. “It […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 2.45pm. BAFANA Bafana will be delighted to know that key Namibian defender Mohamed Auseb will not be playing in the two countries’ Cosafa Castle Cup quarterfinal in Windhoek on July 31. Auseb is under suspension after picking up two bookings in Cup matches against Lesotho and Malawi. Namibia will surely […]
Shaun Harris Taking Stock There is still an intimidating air about private banks. They service an exclusive ring of wealthy, often powerful clients who fall within the scope of that dreadful term, “high net-worth individuals”. So are private banks really only for the filthy rich? Well yes, but not as exclusively as in the past. […]
Ken Daniels Horse-racing This year’s Rothmans July seemed to have fallen flat when the horse racing fraternity’s VIP decided not to come to the party. But the event may still be saved by a surprise guest who slipped in the back door at the last minute. Horse wonder Horse Chestnut was just threatening to capture […]