When the pursuit of World Cup glory unfolds with an oriental backdrop on Friday morning, it might be appropriate to recall John Knox Bokwe’s A Plea for Africa and, as the song requests, give a thought to Africa ‘neath the rising sun.
THE government has agreed to rethink its rules on the mooted presidential press corps. After months of controversy over invasive screening procedures, the presidential press corps is going back to the drawing board
Shaken by the "savagery" of market reaction to a leaked black empowerment charter, the government has elevated the issue of empowerment in mining beyond the exclusive remit of Minister of Minerals and Energy Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
THE Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (Pacofs) stands to lose up to R6,2-million as a result of the liquidation of two companies in which it invested funds
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/ 11 December 2001
Kwaito singer and TV star Zola has used his rapid rise to fame to celebrate gangster life in the ghetto, writes Thebe Mabanga.
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/ 7 December 2001
After eight years of providing a platform for jazz musicians, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Music Festival has formed a jazz label, Joy Of Jazz, through Bula Music, writes Thebe Mabanga.
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/ 30 November 2001
Thebe Mabanga takes a bird’s-eye view of the world’s biggest TV series on HIV/Aids.
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/ 28 September 2001
International sounds come to South Africa once again, as Womad comes to town, writes Thebe Mabanga.
Thebe Mabanga discovers why Ray Phiri left Gauteng for Mpumalanga in 1997 — and why he’s coming back next weekend.
When you encounter one of South Africa’s most enduring enigmas, soccer star Doctor Khumalo, it is not hard to see why so little outside his football career is known.