While politicians were blowing trumpets during Youth Day celebrations the true spirit of June 16 was being invoked by a group of young black filmmakers, write Sandiso Phaliso and Steve Kretzmann.
Feeling more happy than usual this particular Friday? You should be, according to a scholar in seasonal disorders at a British university. Cliff Arnall has analysed such factors as outdoor activities, nature, social interaction, childhood memories, temperature and holidays — data gathered over a period of 15 years in interviews with 3Â 000 people around the world.
It’s the time of the literary year for those who love awards, reports Darryl Accone.
Xenophobia has emerged as a significant theme at the Durban International Film Festival, writes Niren Tolsi.
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> A new Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album is certainly an alluring event, especially after a four-year hiatus, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
Shaun de Waal experiences the buzz at the highly successful first Cape Town Book Fair.
The British Culture Minister, Tessa Jowell, this week called for the abolition of the pay differences between men and women players at the Wimbledon championship. In a letter sent the week before the competition starts the secretary of state for culture, media and sport expressed ”deep concern” over the gender disparity in prize money at the tournament.
Agustin Delgado might have spent more than two years in the Premiership, but few in the current England squad are likely to remember him. Except, perhaps, for Sol Campbell. The Arsenal defender suffered an afternoon to forget during one of just two league matches the Ecuador striker started at St Mary’s.
Somalis, weary of failed attempts to restore peace, expressed scepticism on Friday that the deal signed between the government and Islamic courts would end fighting for good in the shattered African nation. Although the hastily clinched deal signed on Thursday fell short of addressing the nitty gritty of power-sharing, it managed to extract a pledge to end clashes.
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief executive Dali Mpofu on Thursday announced an official inquiry into whether certain commentators had been banned from the airwaves. Speaking on SAfm, Mpofu pledged that ”if we find that they have been arbitrarily banned, we will come back to the public [to inform them]”.