Alex Sudheim speaks to John van de Ruit about the runaway success of his debut novel, <i>Spud</i>.
In 1994, when it became clear that local book and publishing needs were changing, Annari van der Merwe started Kwela Books for Nasionale Pers. She speaks to ZA@Play.
Philippe Senderos, the young Arsenal defender, has been thrown in the deep end this season, and he’s learned to swim the hard way, writes Jon Brodkin. As Senderos headed home with one of Zinedine Zidane’s shirts earlier this month, he knew it had been a special night.
The JSE reversed its earlier losses by midday on Friday and was trading in the black, helped by gains in the resources and platinum-mining indices. By noon, the all-share index was up 0,78%, while the all-share industrials were 0,54% higher. Resources added 1,03% and the platinum-mining index was 1,35% better.
Jose Mourinho and his team were told by the boss exactly what was expected of them. The full scale of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s win-at-all-costs philosophy will be unveiled to us in the off-season. For those involved at Stamford Bridge, I’m reliably informed it has already happened.
The performances of South African teams in the Super 14 are no reason to write off the Springboks. It is traditionally about now that we start to worry about the Springboks. A bunch of misfiring South African Super 14 teams and a host of glittering antipodean stars make pessimists of us all.
A Chinese dissident was jailed on Friday for 10 years over an essay he posted on the internet, a United States-based rights body said, as China continued its crackdown on people who express anti-government views. Ren Zhiyuan was sentenced by the Jining City Intermediate Court for ”subverting state sovereignty”, New York-based Human Rights in China said.
Riot police on Thursday night fired rubber pellets and tear gas at students who pelted them with petrol bombs and stones as protests at new labour laws boiled over in the heart of Paris. Police fought running battles with the rioters, who set cars alight and smashed shop windows near the Sorbonne on the Left Bank.
All Blacks Leon MacDonald and Aaron Mauger scored two tries each on Friday to give the Canterbury Crusaders a bonus point from a 43-15 win over South Africa’s Cats. Fullback MacDonald and centre Mauger both scored tries in each half, All Blacks lock Chris Jack and halfback Andy Ellis added others as the Crusaders ensured their place at the top of the championship ladder cannot be overtaken in the sixth round.
A black youth was ”tricked” into opening a shack door to police investigating the murder of Baby Jordan-Leigh Norton, the Cape High Court heard on Thursday. The teenager, who may not be named, is one of four alleged hitmen in the dock with Dina Rodrigues for the alleged murder in June last year of the baby — the six-month-old daughter of Natasha Norton.