Harry Potter fan Yolandi Groenewald offers her interpretations of and predictions for the famous fiction.
Kwanele Sosibo speaks to Vincent Moloi about his documentary, A Pair of Boots and a Bicycle.
Chinua Achebe, ‘the father of modern African literature’, talks to Ed Pilkington about inventing a new language, his years in exile from his beloved Nigeria — and why he changed his name from Albert.
Jocelyn Newmarch offers her predictions for the last edition of Harry Potter.
Getting all South Africans to agree on how to tackle affirmative action and build a non-racial society was one of the bigger challenges facing the country, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. He said the problem was ”we cannot get everyone to sing from the same hymn sheet on the important question of how to build a non-racial South Africa”.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court reinstated the country’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday four months after his suspension by President Pervez Musharraf. Chaudhry became a symbol of resistance to General Musharraf after refusing to quit in the face of pressure from the president and his intelligence chiefs.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair welcomed on Friday the announcement that prosecutors will not bring charges over the so-called "cash-for-honours" scandal that clouded his last year in office. But he lamented that those subject to investigation during the 16-month probe had been through a "traumatic" time.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is launching an international news channel to compete with CNN and the BBC, joining the growing ranks of news outlets seeking to challenge media stereotypes about Africa. But media watchdogs say the SABC should focus on bolstering editorial independence at home.
Former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba may stand trial for corruption by video link due to ill health, a spokesperson for the ex-leader said on Friday. Chiluba, who is due to travel to South Africa for medical treatment, has been told by a Zambian court to return home by August 13 to resume his protracted trial the next day, a spokesperson said.
Johannesburg metro police have launched a search for a taxi driver who fired shots at an officer on Friday morning. Metro police spokesperson Inspector Edna Mamonyane said the taxi driver jumped a red robot in the CBD at about 8.45am. Metro police saw him and stopped him.