Not long ago it was French football great Zinedine Zidane who was the focus of their bid for celebrity — and a few laughs. Now, it is the peloton of the Tour de France — and their notorious links with the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) — which is the subject of musical group La Plage’s latest offering.
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya meets legendary South African jazz drummer Makhaya Ntshoko and his quintet.
The future of reading novels could change from paper to paper-like-quality computer screens, writes Savo Tufegdzic.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Mexican writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s <i>Pan’s Labyrinth</i> has arrived in South Africa at last, writes Shaun de Waal.
The head of China’s environmental agency has blamed the rising number of riots, and demonstrations across the country on public anger at pollution. Zhou Shengxian called for a "struggle" against polluters, and said the public refused to accept the increasing degradation of the environment.
Pieter Hugo’s new exhibition explores the politics of economic division, writes Monique Pelser.
Matthew Krouse reviews Michael Meyersfeld’s exhibition <i>Twelve Naked Men</i>.
When Gunter Grass revealed he had served with the Waffen-SS, the German press reacted with outrage. But many people have since thanked him, writes James Meek.
Gunmen who kidnapped a three-year-old British girl in southern Nigeria said they would kill her unless her father takes her place, the girl’s mother told the BBC on Friday. ”They say I can bring my husband to swap with the baby,” Oluchi Hill, a Nigerian national, told the British broadcaster.
Power utility Eskom declared a dispute early on Friday with the three unions negotiating for increased wages. The company and Solidarity, the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa had hoped to conclude negotiations in the meeting that went past midnight on Thursday night.