As a venue, the expansive informality of the restaurant atmosphere within On Broadway provides a perfect platform for the staging of British playwright John Godber’s outrageous comedy, Bouncers. There’s something appealing about watching a play that explores the dynamics of nightclub culture in a performance space smack in the midst of Cape Town clubland. Thematically, […]
Two of the world’s fastest-growing industries, cellphones and the Internet, are converging to create a new generation of wireless information devices. Jack Schofield reports Most Internet users would really like a permanent connection to the Net (one that’s “always on”) and they’d like their connection to work at a faster speed than today’s standard 56 […]
Gabriel Garca Mrquez on the crusading Colombian who could be the new Pope Cardinal Daro Castrilln Hoyos sleeps in the bed that Pope Pius XII died in. The painting of the Immaculate Conception hanging above the bronze bedhead once belonged to Leo XIII. His apartment, lying 30m from the border between Italy and the Holy […]
Howard Barrell Six million potential voters – one in four – are excluded from voting on June 2. This leaves the way open for the African National Congress to win a two-thirds majority in Parliament with the support of just more than one-third of potential voters. These stark figures emerge from a study by the […]
The Teacher, a sister publication of the Mail & Guardian, was this week recognised for its coverage of women in education. The monthly newspaper, which goes out free to all schools in the country, scooped one of three prizes in the Forum for African Women Educationalists (Fawe) Media Excellence awards. The judges praised The Teacher […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.00pm. WEAK international markets and profit-taking brought the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to its knees on Wednesday, as most major indices closed down over 1% and bonds and the rand slipped. Dealers blamed a mixture of unwinding long equity positions to reap profits and generalised caution in the markets for the […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM: THE National Association of Automobile Manafacturers of South Africa said on Tuesday that the Easter long weekend led to a decline in the vehicle sales compared to the corresponding month last year. Figures released by Naamsa showed that new car sales dropped last month by 14,7%, or 2827 units, to 16405 units, against […]
MOZAMBIQUE’S development has been “retarded by three generations of land mines”, President Joaquim Chissano said at the opening of a five day conference in Maputo this week of countries that have signed the Ottawa landmine-ban treaty. Chissano said it would take Mozambique 160 years to clear the estimated two million mines strewn across the country. […]
THE South African Football Association (Safa) will hold a meeting to plan for the future of women’s soccer in South Africa after Banyana Banyana’s crash and burn in Nigeria last October. Safa GM Dennis Mumble says the meeting will focus on skill-building to provide a foundation for women’s soccer into the next millenium. International guests, […]
SAMUEL Matsoso of Goldfields Striders ran to a resounding victory in the annual Bloem ultra-marathon in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Matsoso clocked four hours, five minutes 26 seconds for the 64km run in ideal weather conditions. Veteran Buti Mochesane (Bloem Achilles), who finished second in 4:21:12, was 15:46 behind the winner. Isaac Moreki (Alberton) filled third […]