Ordinary people, given the right motivation and circumstances, can easily make the jump to suicide bomber, writes Anthony Egan.
The Joy of Jazz festival line-up enforces the notion that the genre is a state of mind, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
It is ironic that in the New York of Africa there is not a single gallery where you are guaranteed to find African art on display. But this is about to change, writes Hila Bouzaglou.
In its latest contribution to society, the CBS reality show Survivor has announced that in its upcoming season the competing teams will be chosen according to race, much to the concern of United States minority rights organisations.
A pre-Ashes boot camp at which Australia’s top cricketers underwent commando training in a Queensland forest was ”absolute garbage”, Test great Neil Harvey said on Friday. ”Can you imagine [Don] Bradman or [Keith] Miller or [Ray] Lindwall, or any of those blokes going on one of those?” Harvey said, referring to some of his more notable former Australian teammates.
Newcastle and Marseille scraped into the Uefa Cup knockout round on Thursday but did little to raise the profile of a tournament slumbering in the shadows of the Champions League. Newcastle drew 0-0 with Latvian minnows Ventspils but went through having won the first leg of the second preliminary round tie 1-0.
Champions Barcelona and English league winners Chelsea will renew their stormy rivalry after they were drawn in the group stages of the Champions League on Thursday. It was the third time in three years that Barcelona, who beat Chelsea in the second round of last season’s competition, have been paired with the London club.
Australia’s Adam Scott seized the first-round lead at the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational on Thursday, continuing the solid form that saw him finish tied for third at the PGA Championship. Scott (26) nabbed nine birdies in his last 12 holes en route to a seven-under 63 in the -million limited field event.
Jake White and the Springboks have had three weeks to reflect. They lost their last Tri-Nations game against Australia by two points, a 47-point improvement on the previous meeting between the two sides. A week earlier they had been competitive against the All Blacks before being fairly comprehensively beaten.
The public protector’s report on the investigation into allegations of unethical and improper conduct by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, which cleared her of any of any improper behaviour regarding her Christmas holiday trip to the United Arab Emirates, said she is free to take leave and travel to any destination in terms of the government’s policy guidelines.