The United States is giving Israel a window of a week to inflict maximum damage on Hezbollah before weighing in behind international calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to British, European and Israeli sources. The Bush administration, backed by Britain, has blocked efforts for an immediate halt to the fighting initiated at the United Nations Security Council.
Denis Hirson’s <i>We Walk Straight So You Better Get Out the Way</i> is a funny, moving and tender book. It ultimately tells us more about our country than many a more obviously serious work, writes Pat Schwartz.
Jo’burg’s leading symphony orchestra the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra is to get a R500 000 shot in the arm from the corporate sector.
We asked some of South Africa’s hottest celebrities about their best and worst moments and their favourite acquisitions over the past year.
Bad sex, betrayal, over-spending and hate speech were some of the low-lights of the cultural year.
The voices of local poets are about to be heard beyond the confines of smoky downtown clubs, writes Riekje Pelgrim.
The hit United States television drama about life in a fictional White House, <i>The West Wing</i>, will end its seven-year run in May, losing its battle against declining audiences. Marc Lavine reports.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera has set a theatrical record, becoming the longest-running show in Broadway history.
Just four weeks ago Themba Sibanda — who is HIV-positive — was brought to Mpilo government hospital almost lifeless after suffering from a severe bout of malaria. A doctor quickly prescribed a chloroquine course that had Sibanda on his feet after just two days. But Sibanda’s luck ran out this week when he returned to Mpilo. He was turned away because there were no doctors at the hospital,
Click on image for full-size view.