Chris Gordon Luanda’s frantic daytime commercial activity belies tension in the peace process, but at night the city falls quiet, reflecting the fears that the low-level war will increase when the United Nations completes its pull- out at the end of June. The new impasse comes as Unita refused to hand over their political and […]
Tangeni Amupadhi The official police watchdog, the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), has embarked on a wide- ranging investigation into allegations that the jailed People’s Poet, Mzwakhe Mbuli, was framed for robberies. This follows a plea by Jessie Duarte, former Gauteng MEC for safety and security, for the watchdog to examine the highly suspicious circumstances surrounding […]
University, technikon and college graduates looking to start a successful career should attend the Mail & Guardian graduate recruitment fairs to be held in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. The fairs will assist final-year students and graduates with making contacts in a wide range of industries and explore career, training and job opportunities. The Cape […]
The way to a woman’s heart is through his stomach, writes Andrew Anthony A small request to male readers: before you settle down to this article, place a hand on your stomach. Move it around, trace the girth, then clasp whatever flesh is sticking out above your belt (female readers may care to perform the […]
Janet Smith Young and single was getting seriously boring till Ally McBeal made her case on television in the United States last year. Critics were yawning over the trendy narrative of ensemble casts in emotional crises after yet another season of superstar sitcom Friends, which earned that show’s cast a few million more. Come now. […]
Stefaans Brmmer As South Africa’s lilliputian opposition parties scramble to block the African National Congress juggernaut, one of the country’s most influential think-tanks believes the ANC may still secure a two- thirds majority in next year’s election. The Centre for Policy Studies has challenged predictions that the ruling party will get below 50% of the […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby By 6.15 on Saturday morning (South African time) the Super 12 will be over. By the time the first weekend of June rolls around we could all be suffering from withdrawal symptoms. Certainly M-Net will find its weekends considerably more difficult to fill because, although the first international team of the winter […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi The much-awaited Presidential Jobs Summit between the government, business and labour hangs in the balance following reports that senior Cabinet ministers tasked with formulating government proposals are deeply divided. The divisions are believed to be the reason why the government has been unable to table its proposals, more than two years after the […]
Changes in the unit trust industry could work to your advantage, writes Charlene Smith There is no doubt that the unit trust industry is profitable, for investors and trust-fund managers, but what new developments should the investor be sensitive too? Overall, unit trusts are performing better than the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) all share index, […]
Charl Blignaut Shopping and Fucking, a controversial new theatre production, has, against all odds, ushered in a new era for Johannesburg’s Market Theatre – in the process taking its young cast into uncharted territory. The play, which contains some of the most explicit scenes ever seen on a local stage, was always going to be […]