In <i>Life and Soul</i>, Karina Turok maps the arduous journey 75 women have taken to reach who and what they are now, writes Margie Orford.
<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> <i>The White Countess</i> isn’t a staggeringly bad movie; it’s just not very good, writes .
Little Louie Vega spoke to Niren Tolsi about being a master at work.
Port Elizabeth-based poet Mzi Mahola, who runs a voluntary poetry project for young writers, reflects on the power of the word.
Splits are deepening in Zimbabwe’s ruling party over the continued tenure of the extravagance-loving mayoress of Harare, reports said on Friday. The central committee of the Harare branch of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) has passed a vote of ”no confidence” in Sekesai Makwavarara, state ZBC radio reported.
A worker was crushed by a six-ton rubbish truck in Durban on Friday morning. A Netcare 911 spokesperson said it appeared that the 40-year old man had slipped off the side of the moving Durban Solid Waste truck. The truck, weighing nearly six tons when empty and 10 tons when fully laden, drove over him.
Springbok flyhalf Meyer Bosman was recalled to the South African Tri-Nations squad on Friday after Andre Pretorius failed to recover fully from a thigh injury. Bosman, who was initially called up for Springbok duty at the start of South Africa’s international season, was excluded from the South African under-21 side for the recent world championships in France.
Everyone loves a winner, but it does not follow that joint winners will be doubly loved. Darryl Accone reports.
Shaun de Waal reviews some of the latest DVD releases.
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Every World Cup throws up at least one refereeing horror show and the performance of Valentin Ivanov in last Sunday’s game between Portugal and Holland was technically the worst so far. A grumpy semifinal between these sides at Euro 2004 suggested Ivanov was just the disciplinarian for the job.