With her wild stage antics, her defiant lyrics and rock-doused attitude, Karen Zoid is giving Afrikaans music a new pop identity. She talks to Jason Curtis and Nadia Neophytou about Afrikaners, rock’n’roll and her new album.
The opening of Cape Town’s International Convention Centre provided a platform for a new form of dialogue, writes Nadia Neophytou.
The total volume of goods transported during the three months ended April 2003 increased by 4,3% (+6,5-million tons) compared with the three months ended April 2002, according to Statistics South Africa.
Burundi’s second largest Hutu rebel group, the National Liberation Forces, has vowed to never negotiate with the government and to wage war without mercy.
The US government and private technology experts warned that hackers plan to attack thousands of websites on Sunday in a loosely coordinated ”contest” that could disrupt internet traffic.
When Ford’s new Focus arrived on these shores several years ago, many felt that it was the first great product from that company since the mingling of genes with Mazda started a few decades ago.
Kia’s Carnival 2,9 CRDi may feel like a bit of a barge until you get used to its bulk, but the amount of space inside the large multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) more than compensates for the perceived lack of nimbleness.
Wage confirmation talks, which constitute the three-year agreement between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation, hit a snag this week after the parties failed to reach an agreement on wage increases.
A small boy’s excitement at finding a card displaying a dinosaur in a box of cereal had a remarkable ending on Thursday when the boy, now a 31-year-old palaeontologist, presented a new species to the South African media.
The South African Chamber of Business’s (Sacob) Business Confidence Index rebounded by 3,4 index points in June to 105,8 from 102,4 in May, Sacob said on Thursday.