Police and public health officials in southern China have clubbed, hanged or electrocuted almost 50 000 dogs in a week-long crackdown on rabies, local media reported on Tuesday. Squads in Mouding, Yunnan province, grabbed pets from their owners while they were out for walks and beat them to death on the spot.
A new book picks apart the mythology of Shaka, but is also an absorbing picture of his times, writes Shaun de Waal.
Shaun de Waal reviews James D Tabor’s <i>The Jesus Dynasty</i> and Anne Rice’s <i>Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt</i>.
Darryl Accone delves into the world of dick-lit, a world new local imprint Two Dogs is eager to dominate.
One of the few schools for black artists during apartheid, the Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre is reinventing itself two years after its reopening, writes Niren Tolsi.
Brenton Maart focuses on the minute detail in new art.
Rian van Heerden sees his virulently opinionated show <i>Onbesny</i> as a form of therapy, writes Anton Krueger.
Colin Bower tastes the latest Indaba blends.
Guy Browning learns to tell his tannins from his terroir.
Niren Tolsi speaks to veteran writers about life in Durban in the Fifties — the subject of a new exhibition featuring photos from Drum magazine.