A gala on Friday marks the official opening of a book fair hailed as Africa’s largest by organisers. With the theme of ”More than Black on White”, the fair opens to the public on Saturday, starting four days of authors’ readings, book launches, panel discussions and seminars. Those attending include African, German, Indian, Swiss and Dutch authors and publishers.
The Comrades Marathon is still on track despite threats by KwaZulu-Natal members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) to disrupt the event, Athletics South Africa (ASA) said on Friday. ”I spoke to Cosatu president Willie Madisha on Thursday and there will be no disruptions at,” ASA president Leonard Chuene said.
The Gossip lead singer Beth Ditto’s advice for women on how to deal with catcalls in the street.
Lynley Donnelly spoke to three local designers about their collections and how fashion can be a vehicle to help raise awareness of HIV/Aids at the the second annual Positive fundraising extravaganza.
Percy Zvomuya pays tribute to novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene.
Mbeki’s PR blunders President Thabo Mbeki finds himself in a whirlpool of controversy because of how he manages communications, especially media relations. He has been criticised for providing a self-serving view that stifles the public’s right to access to government information, discourages public debate, assaults those who have the audacity to criticise his views and […]
We were wrong about ANC Radio and newspaper discussions and headlines in the past two weeks have been about new African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma and the Polokwane conference. It sounds as if people are very unhappy with Zuma as the new leader. Is it because they expected a lot from the ANC […]
Black economic embarrasment After 10 years of democracy and equality in my African South Africa, it’s almost tragic to note that I have far more opportunities than my white South African counterparts. Affirmative action and black economic empowerment (BEE) are just flashy labels for flat-out discrimination. Since some of us are clearly more equal than […]
Mbeki a popular leader Mothusi Motlhabi (Letters, July 6) claims that Markinor surveys indicating popular support for President Thabo Mbeki seem little more than spin-doctoring. He overlooks the fact that the 2004 general and 2006 local elections indicated overwhelming popular support for Mbeki’s leadership of the country and the ANC. Whether we like it, he […]
‘As teachers, we pledge …’ If children have to recite the pledge, how about a pledge for education department officials and teachers? I suggest the following: “We, the national and provincial education departments of South Africa, recognising the injustices of our past, honour those who suffered and sacrificed for justice and freedom. “We will see […]