Sama nominee Brickz is changing the scowling face of kwaito. Kwanele Sosibo tracked him down to find out about the new ghetto aesthetic.
Jeremy Clarkson and his crew at <i>Top Gear</i> hated the look of the new Chrysler PT Cruiser cabriolet so much that, after looking at a picture of the vehicle on screen, they winced, turned away and proclaimed it to be one of the ugliest vehicles they had ever seen. All three of them (Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond) were unusually unanimous in this judgement.
Intervention in Cape Town’s affairs by the African National Congress-led Western Cape government would trigger a constitutional crisis, lawyers have advised the city’s Democratic Alliance mayor, Helen Zille. Zille sought legal advice in the wake of ANC councillors’ plea to the province to appoint an administrator on the grounds that the acrimonious wrangle over Zille’s dismissal of city manager Wallace Mgoqi had crippled the council.
In 23 days, the Jacob Zuma rape trial has shaken our world. Regardless of the outcome, we are in an altered state. The political damage is incalculable, with the ruling African National Congress now an openly divided and faltering movement. This has had a domino effect on the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
‘I believe the children are the future." That’s how the George Benson song goes; clearly he (and Whitney Houston after him) were not averse to stating the obvious. Nor, it seems are South Africa’s talk-show optimists, ever in search of a formula to soothe the cracked skin of national consciousness.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning urgent talks between the world’s leading economic powers over the coming months after the organisation’s biggest shake-up in four decades gave it new powers to avert the threat of a global crisis. The new role for the IMF heralds a drop in status for the G7.
It could be the perfect solution for those whose home lives are in tatters thanks to long commutes and longer office hours: a gadget that lets you pat the dog, squeeze your partner and hug the children — without the inconvenience of having to be there. The invention was developed by researchers who believe the pace of modern life has dramatically cut the time people spend showing affection to family members.
”Is soccer part of African culture? This is a question I often pose to my students, and I found myself thinking about it again upon reading John Matshikiza’s silly piece about David Livingstone (”Shoot the messenger”, April 21)”, writes Steve de Gruchy, professor of theology and development at the school of religion and theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
”The first few weeks of the new city administration have been filled with excitement. We have implemented plans to address the crisis in the city’s rescue services and to help people in poor communities affected by winter flooding. We are revitalising the city police to fight crime and in our first month we boosted payment collection levels in the city to 110%,” writes Cape Town mayor Helen Zille.
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