Politician Thandi Modise talks frankly about being abused by her husband, to Stefaans Brummer SHE’s deputy head of the ANC Women’s League, MP and former Umkhonto weSizwe commander, yet Thandi Modise cannot make phone calls from home. For that she needs the permission of her husband, and he won’t give it to The SABC’s controversial […]

Robert Pickup, performing in Pretoria tonight, has the=20 world at his feet, writes COENRAAD VISSER WHEN Robert Pickup took the stage last month in Tempe,=20 Arizona, as this year’s winner of the young artists’=20 competition of the International Clarinet Society, he=20 was merely taking the next step along a career path=20 which saw him take […]

Gilding the lily THE Sphinx will be undergoing a facelift, according to Egyptian antiquities officials. Plans are to remove layers of cement poured over the massive 4 600-year-old structure in an earlier restoration and replace them with limestone. Fouling the air The National Health Service in Britain said this week that with more than two-million […]

Karen Harverson Foundry engineering and rolled steel producing group=20 Scaw Metals is investigating the possibility of=20 expanding into South America and may acquire a foundry=20 operation to supply the Chilean mining industry with=20 mining consumables such as mill liners and gauging=20 “It’s still in the early stages but we are looking to=20 diversify into other […]

Charges of plagiarism are being levelled against renowned South African writer and educationist Mbulelo Mzamane. Philippa Garson reports THE credibility of renowned South African writer and educationist Mbulelo Mzamane has been called into question, with evidence surfacing that he plagiarised extracts of the work of another famous writer and journalist, Joseph Lelyveld, now editor of […]

Ernie Els has turned his back on the the tedium of the=20 US golf circus for a real life in Europe GOLF: Jon Swift THERE are two ways to attack the tedium and insularity=20 of the US professional golf tour. The first is to do=20 what Nick Price has done for years: switch on to […]

SOCCER: Andy Capostagno If it’s August, can the English soccer season be far=20 behind? Sad, but true, alas. And if you don’t think it’s=20 sad you obviously didn’t see Leeds United’s two=20 contributions to the United Bank Challenge. At Loftus Versfeld, Mamelodi Sundowns outplayed the=20 Yorkshire Monoliths, but only won 1-0 thanks to some=20 typically […]

The Mail & Guardian, the most “wired” newspaper in Africa, has launched a new media division to strengthen its electronic publishing programme. The new division, eM&G, will be focused on expanding the M&G’s Internet profile, developing specialised electronic services to harness the publishing opportunities presented by the information The M&G has committed two of its […]

Tuesday sees the world premiere in Johannesburg of Athol=20 Fugard’s new play. He spoke to MATTHEW KROUSE ATHOL FUGARD’S island, today, is not the isolated penal=20 colony he once dramatised with fellow actors John Kani=20 and Winston Ntshona. His present refuge is a territory=20 of optimism, where he directs hopeful youngsters who=20 symbolise freedoms gained. […]

Fumane Diseko Cape settler Simon van der Stel may have come from a continent where people devoured snails and frogs’ legs with relish, but he could not stomach a local culinary custom — the roasting and eating of mopane worms. “This caterpillar is called aroutse by the Namaquas and is found in their country,” he […]