Sibusiso Nxumalo THE much-anticipated performance of London-based dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson with The African Axemen in Johannesburg has been called off. While a poetry reading session and workshop are scheduled to go ahead as part of the Arts Alive festival, the Jamaican-born Johnson has cancelled the one-off concert on the grounds that he only […]

STREETBALL: Mapula Sibanda IT was more than passing ball at Bruma Lake when the first of the four Nandos countrywide Streetball Challenge tournaments kicked off last Sunday. It was also a day of fun and festivities for the whole family. Parents acting as coaches for the day shouted and cheered for their young ones, as […]

Pat Sidley I OWN no property, says PWV premier Tokyo Sexwale. What he doesn’t say is that his wife has bought three flats in a large Johannesburg block. Sexwale recently told a newspaper which raised questions about his new Houghton home: “This house is 60 years old and it’s not even mine. I am renting […]

Mangosuthu Buthelezi may soon be ousted as `traditional prime minister’, reports Farouk Chothia KING Goodwill Zwelethini has told the ANC-aligned senior prince Mcwayizeni Israel Zulu that he sees him as his rightful “senior adviser” — a major step towards stripping Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of this post. At a “successful” meeting this week, Zwelethini indicated to […]

Slow bowlers selected but seamers still rule CRICKET: Jon Swift IT IS not beyond the bounds of reason to suggest to the South African cricket selectors that they should take note of the recent goings-on in the camp of their rugby counterparts. For, with the senior tour of one-dayers looming in Pakistan and the A […]

THE sight of people toyi-toying on the toppled statue of Dr Hendrik Verwoerd in Bloemfontein would naturally inflame Afrikaner sensitivities. But removing the graven image of a man who more than any other historical figure stands as a symbol of the country’s apartheid past surely does not warrant the hysteria being whipped up around the […]

Shadley Nash THE Labour Party of South Africa will hold a special congress on Saturday where it is likely the party will dissolve, ending 30 turbulent years. For one of the party leaders, Peter Hendrickse, son of LP leader Reverend Alan Hendrickse, the dissolution of the party will be met with mixed feelings. “It will […]

An exhibition running in Johannesburg rediscovers six `lost’ South African photographers, writes Hazel Friedman `WITHIN the black zone, every square inch is occupied … It’s like being buried in people. Their shoulders, hips, bellies and buttocks press against yours. You cannot shift your weight or raise an arm or turn around without displacing the various […]

Weekly Mail Reporter POLICE in Cape Town are investigating charges of assault against MP Tony Yengeni, after a man suspected to be implicated in the murder of Yengeni’s bodyguard was allegedly beaten before being handed over to the police. Chumi Siyeka was one of five people picked up on June 1 in connection with the […]

Secret documents reveal a conflict between the various intelligence agencies — and that it will take an extra R152-million to bring the government’s secret service up to scratch. Chris Louw reports SECRET cabinet documents obtained by the Mail & Guardian reveal that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) has been hit by a huge exodus of […]