In the business of grooming modern footballers, it must be an advantage to position an academy several distractions away from the heart of a chic, sun-kissed city. Barcelona’s youth department lies off the beaten track, tucked away in the rural outskirts. Their base is called La Masia, which means ”the farmhouse”. It is clearly a fertile spot for breeding.
New-vehicle sales remain buoyant, despite a predicted slowdown, with such sales, in February, increasing by 17,2% year-on-year to 50Â 196. "Vehicle sales continue to show strong growth," Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s vice-president, Nigel Harris said.
Shane Warne urged Australian selectors on Friday to pick his Victorian teammate, Shane Harwood, for this month’s Test series in South Africa. Warne said that although Michael Kasprowicz, Jason Gillespie or Shaun Tait would adequately replace Glenn McGrath, he believed Harwood could also do the job.
When the <i>Mail& Guardian</i> recruited four hoodlums to review <i>Tsotsi</i>, they said he was just ‘too soft’ to be a real gangster. Director Gavin Hood is a little pissed off, writes Pippa de Bruyn.
Assertive denials of allegations that Antjie Krog is a plagiarist have come from two of Krog’s publishers, Stephen Johnson of Random House and Nèlleke de Jager of Kwela Books. The reactions follow something of a publishing tradition in South Africa. When Pamela Jooste was accused of plagiarism in People Like Ourselves, Johnson wasted no time […]
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has polled over 70,3% in Wednesday’s election in the latest results provided by the Independent Electoral Commission. The key Cape Town metro result has still not been finally declared but it is expected later on Friday morning.
Is the brouhaha around plagiarism allegations against Antjie Krog merely a storm in a tea cup? Three <i>Mail & Guardian</i> columnists share their opinions on accusations that have rocked South Africa’s literary world.
New Zealand is aiming to wrap up their one day cricket series 5-0 against the West Indies here on Saturday but already has one eye on the Test series starting next week. Spinner Daniel Vettori, sure to be a crucial member of the Test attack, is being rested for the final one dayer, although team management said there was no injury problem for the left-armer.
Twelve years after rebels butchered thousands in tiny Kpolopkpalah in central Liberia, Martha Yarkpawolo spends her days sitting on the rock where so many were slain, singing sorrowfully. The trauma is still fresh for survivors of one of Liberia’s worst wartime massacres.
He may not seem particularly frivolous nowadays, but as a teenager Vladimir Putin stole his first kiss during a New Year’s Eve game of spin the bottle, the blushing recipient revealed on Thursday. Vera Brileva, now a married pensioner, said she dated the future Kremlin chief when he was 16.