Bronwyn Law-Viljoen speaks to William Kentridge about <i>The Magic Flute</i>, opera and politics.
There is still a predominance of the veil in most conversations about Islam, including those at this month’s Muslim cultures symposium, writes Sumayya Ismail.
Brent Meersman catches up with director Brett Bailey at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In real life, dying is unavoidable and final. But even though it’s accepted that characters die in videogames, is it really necessary? Kate Bevan reports.
Isabel Hofmeyr asks why our future is suddenly looking so Indian.
It’s okay to draw on the furniture, writes Tanya Farber.
Afghan authorities said on Saturday they have killed more than 100 Taliban-linked militants in an operation to retake a remote district from the rebels in south-western Afghanistan. The rebels were killed during two days of operations by Afghan security forces and their international allies in Bakwa, a remote district in the south-western province of Farah.
A South African Broadcasting Corporation promotional helicopter transporting cast and crew members from the local soapie 7de Laan crashed into a bakkie in Kroonstad on Saturday, Free State police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Sam Makhele said the helicopter was transporting cast and crew to a stadium for a show.
The African National Congress (ANC) said on Saturday that its president, Jacob Zuma, had nothing to do with a judge accused of trying to influence members of the Constitutional Court in cases involving him. Media reported on Friday that the court said Cape Judge President John Hlophe had approached several members of its bench to influence them.
Nine skydivers jumped free of their plane before it crashed to earth in Spain, killing the pilot and another of their companions, local authorities said on Saturday. Four of the surviving parachutists were hurt in the fall, two of them seriously, a spokesperson for the regional government of Toledo said.