Black empowerment threatens to turn South Africa into another East Asia, writes Ben Turok President Nelson Mandela’s recent statement at the National Council of Provinces that he will root out of the government “those who betray the calling of the public service” and who enrich themselves, and his attack on the culture of entitlement, gives […]
Andrew Muchineripi Soccer Au revoir France. Hello Mauritius, Gabon and Angola. As memories of the World Cup fade from the memory bank, Bafana Bafana must start preparing for another African Nations Cup campaign. No longer holders of the most prestigious football prize the continent has to offer, South Africa must go through a six-match qualification […]
One of the best goalscorers the game has produced has quietly joined Wrexham as player/ coach. Ian Ross hears how a Liverpool legend plans to dip his toe in the managerial waters It is generally accepted that anyone who has the misfortune to live out their life in the public eye can judge their continuing […]
side of the moon There’s an ugly side to the fairest Cape, writes John Matshikiza There’s a startling image that always strikes you when you fly into Cape Town.The same thing must have struck Vasco da Gama and Jan van Riebeeck as they approached it from the sea; that extraordinary relationship between an immovable object, […]
Niki Barker The Dukuduku State Forest near the St Lucia estuary in northern KwaZulu- Natal used to be the largest and best- preserved remnant of lowland coastal forest in Southern Africa. It is now an important component of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, a proposed World Heritage site. But it is being cleared and […]
Cecil John Rhodes’s bones are in danger of being tossed in the Zambezi, writes Mercedes Sayagues Few places are as charged with spiritual energy as the Matopos hills in Zimbabwe. Granite boulders twist into contorted sculpture, thorny vegetation is splashed with flowers and 20 000-year-old San paintings adorn caves. This is the place to touch […]
gets the chop Anton Marshall An old, decayed building in Wynberg is all that stands as a reminder of an entire era in film culture on the Cape Flats. From as far back as the Seventies and up until the late Eighties, features at cinemas like the Luxurama and Studio 1 donned a fairly uniform […]
superior? Carolize Jansen In research done by the Sports Information and Science Agency (Sisa) in South Africa, the following interesting statistics came to light: when asking women about obstacles they faced in sport: 10% of women between 18 and 24 years mentioned men’s physical strength advantage, compared to the average of 5% of older women. […]
fi Amelia Gentleman Music lovers could soon be free to dispense with cumbersome multi- stacking CD players in favour of pocket-sized devices smaller than credit cards, christened the My-fi. Promoted as the world’s smallest hi-fi, the British-designed machine can play music downloaded from a CD player or direct from the Internet. The music is stored […]
Bryan Rostron Returning home after many years, I have discovered a rudimentary litmus test for gauging how the political land lies. Mention the name Robert McBride. A litmus test, you will recall, produces simple either/or results. In this case: a hero or villain. The reaction seldom has anything to do with McBride. It’s like holding […]