challenge If the bullion price stays at its current level for any length of time, South Africa could face even more severe unemployment, report Donna Block and Mungo Soggot One of the first major challenges for the Mbeki presidency will be the potentially massive ramifications for South Africa’s economy stemming from the collapse in the […]

Jacques Rautenbach It’s the staple of countless science fiction comics and movies: a flying car. Just think of Mila Jovovich’s scantily clad body against a backdrop of flying cars in the Fifth Element. But, to the surprise of many sceptics who thought it a dream fit only for Steven Spielberg and other special effects fundis, […]

Loose cannon Robert Kirby `The time has come for work.” The muted but somehow resonant assurance with which Mr Thabo Mbeki closed off his “victory speech” at Gallagher Estate; a speech which, uncommonly for any latter-born politician, expressed more by virtue of its restraint than its rhetoric. To even the most gloomy of sceptics, Mbeki’s […]

Dance enthusiasts are in for a treat this year with 10 mainstream dance productions on show at the national arts festival, writes Andrea Vinassa Every journalist has done an interview that has resonated far beyond the immediate confines of tomorrow’s deadline. Mine was in 1992 with celebrated New York choreographer Bill T Jones. There we […]

IN BRIEF FRESH UGANDAN ATTACK A REBEL group which killed 80 students and abducted 50 more in western Uganda this week has struck again, killing five more people. The Allied Democratic Forces fighters killed a man, his two children and two Ugandan soldiers in Kabarole district on Wednesday. Earlier this week the ADF attacked a […]

With South Africa’s second democratic elections concluded, it is clear that the country has reached the end of an era.

Libby Young The last year has seen South African cyberspace grow up. The number of users has passed that crucial one million benchmark, Web addresses are starting to appear on bumper stickers and no business card is complete without an e-mail address. So what’s been happening to South Africa’s search engines? Newcomer Max, , from […]

Marianne Merten Large numbers of the Western Cape’s Muslim 150 000-strong population went to the polling booths across the province despite earlier calls on them not to vote. Those who cast their votes were unanimous – it was a Qur’anic duty to vote. Two weeks ago, the Islamic Unity Convention (IUC) called on Muslims not […]

The famous rave drug on its own is not responsible for the deaths of productive young people, argues Ted Leggett The death of a young woman after her first experiment with “ecstasy” last weekend has brought the so-called “club drugs” to national attention. The incredible variety of substances associated with the rave scene have led […]

Neil Manthorp Depending on other results, Sunday’s match against Australia could be a case of “win or go home” for both sides. If South Africa have been successful against New Zealand, then Australia will need to win and Hansie Cronje’s side can play without pressure. Either way, South Africa will face a better Australian one-day […]