Marley would never have said that his message was meant only for black people, but his own upbringing ensured it holds particular relevance to those who would have known the pinch of poverty and racism.
"Sunday August 8 2004; Oswiecim, Poland. I’ve been here before. Once in person, many times in my mind. Even if you’re only a secular Jew, as I am, as Primo Levi was, it’s impossible not to come here in your bad dreams." In preparation for his one-man play <i>Primo</i>, Antony Sher visited Auschwitz.
<i>The Exploded View</i> by Ivan Vladislavic, is a collection of four longish short stories, set in the present. Although it is very much a book about Johannesburg, the stories could conceivably happen in any South African city today.
Phaswane Mpe, who died late last year at 34, was a beloved teacher and an acclaimed writer who brought a new vision to South African literature. Here, in his last interview, he tells Andie Miller about the books that changed his life.
Mike van Graan, whose latest play is about to open at the Market Theatre, spoke to its new MD, Sibongiseni Mkhize, about the venue’s future.
He’s worth £450m and his Phantom of the Opera is about to hit the big screen. But Andrew Lloyd Webber isn’t content. “At the moment I haven’t got a story and all musicals are story-driven.” Stuart Jeffries asks what’s next.
The death toll in Angola’s cholera epidemic has reached 2 000, with the number of cases exceeding 48 000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. From February 13 to July 4 this year, ”a total of 48 817 cumulative cases and 2 003 deaths have been reported in 14 out of the 18 provinces” in Angola, a WHO statement said.
Moscow’s latest showbusiness sensation, Nato, the female singer whose face and hair are always concealed by an Islamic headscarf and veil.
The Foreman Road informal settlement nestles in a ravine leading down to the Palmiet River on the edge of the middle-class suburb of Clare Estate in Durban. From the top of the settlement the view across the river is of a swathe of trees and bushes, yet that is where the idyll ends.
![]()
Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero each scored late in extra time on Tuesday to put Italy in the World Cup final after beating Germany 2-0. Grosso curled a left-footed shot past the diving Jens Lehmann in the 119th minute to put the three-time champions into Sunday’s final against either France or Portugal.