The SABC has used the threat of legal action to attempt to silence a woman who complained about material shown on one of the national broadcaster’s channels.
The woman, a mother of two, filed a complaint with the SABC after her ex-husband, who was shown on 3-Talk, made what she considered to be false accusations about child custody.
Gauteng township schoolchildren hoping to study music formally could miss out because some white teachers refuse to be redeployed to the townships. The affected schools are part of the education department’s Magnet Schools project. The project aims to offer schools lessons in subjects generally denied black learners, such as formal art education.
Tensions are sharpening in the ranks of the ANC ahead of the upcoming provincial conferences to determine who will be the organisation’s election candidates next year. By the end of this month all ANC provinces must have held conferences to determine who their nominees for public office will be.
On his death in the morning of Thursday September 25 Edward Said was Professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University in New York. Said was a towering figure in a number of fields: in literary criticism, cultural studies and Middle East studies, specifically the question of Palestine.
The Proudly South African campaign is also about creating sustainable local jobs. Yet so many of our country’s top dancers, choreographers, opera singers, visual artists and others are plying their trade abroad, unable to sustain a living for themselves here. Let us export our art, not our artists, writes Mike van Graan.
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to its inflation targeting framework for monetary policy, saying price stability was "fundamentally important" in the country’s quest for economic development and freedom.
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and health MECs met the task team developing an operational plan for a national anti-retroviral treatment programme in Pretoria on Thursday. The plan, which ensures that the proposed programme becomes an integral part of current health services, was discussed late into the night.
Antjie Krog would rather be thought of as a eucalyptus tree than a kangaroo — that is, if forced to confront the idea that some black South Africans insist she (and all other whites) doesn’t belong here. Jane Rosenthal speaks to the acclaimed poet and author.
Why do Irma Stern and her work still generate so much interest nearly 40 years after her death? What can she teach us about identity and hybridity in post-apartheid South Africa? Marilyn Martin’s opening speech at the <i>Expressions of a Journey</i> exhibition addresses the many sides of Irma Stern.
French producer and DJ Cam is visiting South Africa and spoke to Matthew Burbidge.