Allan Boesak has been convicted by a myopic judiciary, argues Farid Esack, but what about its own tainted history? If Allan Boesak ends up in jail, he will be the only significant anti-apartheid political figure of the Eighties behind bars. It’s utterly bewildering. He will, after all, not be behind bars for his political activities. […]
With most of the productions developed by community theatre groups, the FNB Vita Drama Festival is at the right place – the Windybrow Centre for the Arts, writes Bafana Khumalo The house is perched on a hill – a hill that a group of joggers use as a kind of masochistic obstacle course, running backwards […]
It was obvious, from the early stages of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, that it had no hope of uncovering the “whole truth” of the apartheid era. The best that could be expected was some kind of broadly representative truth. But this week’s release of the criminal indictment against Wouter Basson reminds us that there […]
WEST Rand police said on Friday that they have arrested eight suspects in connection with the robbery at the Roodepoort Cascades Shopping Mall which left a police officer and a suspected robber dead and several people wounded. The shoot-out took place earlier with an armed gang which ambushed security guards at the mall. Police confronted […]
`The need to access computers has become one of the primary civil rights issues facing people with disabilities,” says Jim Fruchterman of Arkenstone, a non-profit body providing computer systems for the blind, . He is one of around 3 500 people with disabilities and their carers gathering with computer programmers, designers and technologists in Los […]
SOUTH Africa will play Saudi Arabia in September to decide the long-delayed Afro-Asian Nations Cup, officials said on Friday. The first leg of the Cup, which was to have been played two years ago when both countries were reigning continental champions, will be in Johannesburg on September 19. The return will be in Riyadh on […]
Hands up those who know what is happening to the qualifying competition for the 2000 African Nations Cup. Okay, both of you can put your hands down now and take a bow. Zimbabwe, awarded the right to host the first showcase of African football in the new millennium, has lost the tournament because it did […]
Jonathan Ancer When the train passed through Nelspruit, Kenneth Simango closed his eyes, took a deep breath and jumped. The Mozambican landed on the ground, bruised but unharmed. Simango (29) claims that while he was being transported from the controversial Lindela deportation centre in Krugersdorp back to Maputo, guards let him jump off the moving […]
Deon Potgieter Boxing There’s no stopping former three-time world cham- pion Thulani “Sugarboy” Malinga. After “breaking” his hand on Saturday in a world unification bout in Denmark, Malinga, the World Boxing Federation’s (WBF)super middle-weight world champion, was forced to withdraw in the 10th round of the fight and relinquished his title to his opponent. Matt […]
Friday night:Randall Abrahams Friday night. Certainly a few darkened hours to prepare for. But in most cases the week has just taken too much out of one and, unless there’s something really special about to go down, it’s a time to relax and refuel. I read in a health magazine that music has a definite […]