A film about the ill-fated 9/11 flight brings the horror to life as not even a documentary could, writes Shaun de Waal.
Gerard Sekoto’s gentle art had its violent moment, writes Matthew Krouse.
Darryl Accone looks at a new crop of titles in the much lambasted genre of crime thrillers.
Robert Laing reviews <i>Viersprong</i>, an anthology of 29 short stories spanning the gamut from cybersex to one story with some lesbian erotica in it.
Prime Minister Miguel Abia Biteo Borico and the whole government of the West African state of Equatorial Guinea resigned on Thursday, national television reported. ”As a good militant of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, I hand in the resignation of my government,” Abia Biteo said in a speech relayed on television.
Fresh infighting has flared up in Zanu-PF as the party’s rival camps square up over President Robert Mugabe’s hotly contested succession, with dossiers of alleged corruption surfacing as the latest political weapons. Sources said this week the two factions have intensified the power struggle over Mugabe’s job.
The enigma that is South African soccer was again evident on Thursday as the South African Airways Supa8 competition experienced a stuttering take-off on the eve of the weekend’s two opening fixtures. By Thursday, a mere seven tickets had been sold for the match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Santos in Atteridgeville.
<b>CDS OF THE WEEK:</b> Lloyd Gedye reviews some albums that will have you moping around your bedroom.
Photographer and activist Omar Badsha’s new exhibition features the ordinary people who have changed the course of history over the past 30 years.
New forthright Orlando Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic is under no illusions about Saturday night’s CAF Champions League game against Ghana’s Hearts of Oak at Ellis Park. Kick-off is at 6pm. ”It is a battle of the desperate,” says the Buccaneers’ Serbian coach. ”Both teams need a victory badly to stay in contention in the competition.”