Andy Duffy Students and workers at the University of the North (Turfloop) have staged a remarkable coup, barring their academics and management from any role in the appointment of the university’s new vice-chancellor. Professor Njabulo Ndebele’s five-year tenure expires at the end of this month. A shortlist was presented as a done deal to the […]

After Jackie Brown and Get Shorty he’s hot in Hollywood and hailed as a literary genius by writers like Amis and Bellow. But few realise that the king of crime fiction thinks most filmed versions of his novels have been junk. Lawrence Donegan reports In the Squad Seven room at 1300 Beaubein beats the dark […]

code Nick Hopkins and Keith Devlin When The Bible Code was published, even the most grudging cynics had to admit something astonishing was afoot. The book claimed to have discovered hidden messages within the scriptures which predicted major events in world history. References to World War II, the Gulf conflict, the assassination of John F […]

Lizeka Mda Luvundu Junior Secondary School looks very familiar. After about 8km of gravel road out of Willowvale, I drive around the bend and there are the two characterless cream- coloured blocks of classrooms, joined by a shorter one for the staff room and principal’s office to make a U-shape. A new block of five […]

Sechaba ka’Nkosi The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has warned there could be more disruptions in education if the ministry does not review some of its policies. This week, barely hours after the union claimed its most important victory since its inception eight years ago, Sadtu officials said there could be further strikes to […]

Renting or letting a property doesn’t have to be a trying experience, writes Wally Lambert You’d think we’d be sufficiently warned by the countless horror movies showing innocent-looking tenants turning nasty or happy landlords becoming heartless to think carefully when entering into a lease or rental agreement. But, whether landlord or tenant, the whole rental […]

FRIDAY, 7.30PM: ERITREA has confirmed that it bombed the northern Etiopian town of Adigrat on Thursday, killing four people and injuring more than 30. Adigrat has become Ethiopia’s main garrison for reinforcements and logistics, according to the Eritrean News Agency. Eritrea has also revealed that more than 30 civilians were killed or wounded in Ethiopian […]

The technology explosion has given a new dimension to office warfare, writes Chris Ball Imagine opening your office post and finding a memo from the boss attacking you in highly abusive terms. But we live in the age of the electronic office, and memos are now often e-mails. Click on “address” after receiving a particularly […]

Andrew Worsdale Very infrequently does a movie stick to the top of my mouth. I’ve become inured to seeing mad-ass Hollywood rubbish, that our dear distributors launch on the stupefied public with as many as 37 prints, to satisfy movie mall “taste”. Happy Together is made by Hong Kong wunderkind Wong Kar-Wai and is released […]

Lizeka Mda The Department of Education in the Eastern Cape is in such a chaotic state that branches of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) have called for its scrapping and for the national Department of Education to run education there. And the Cape African Teachers Union recently called upon the Eastern Cape government […]