The South African race-card entertainment industry is enjoying boom times. A glance through any local newspaper, a listen-in to talk-radio or a look-in at Parliament will offer up multiple and imaginative variations on the same simple theme: how, according to the dealers, racial prejudice infests every last nook and cranny of our lives.
While President Thabo Mbeki and President George W Bush were preparing to discuss the role of the world’s largest economy in the development of Africa last week, it emerged that Americans’ eating habits may well become a stumbling block on the road to a free-trade pact between the United States and Southern Africa.
In June, the Department of Education released its plan of action for improving access to free and quality basic education. In its earlier review of the financing, resourcing and costs of education in public schools, the department waxed lyrical about the so-called "right to pay school fees". The shift in rhetoric is remarkable. The shift in policy is not so spectacular.
Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana has called for farmers to ensure that better safety measures are in place after the work-related deaths of three farm workers over the past few days.
It is no exaggeration to say that the spectre of St Augustine hung residually over the recent Sex and Secrecy conference held at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
For the insatiable predator that is the advertising industry, children are the ultimate target. Young minds, not yet armoured by cynicism, are open to the flood of half-truths and outright lies that are the bedrock of selling. Catch them young, and you have loyal consumers for life.
Ernie Els heads to the British Open armed with the belief that he has the mental strength to cope with anything Tiger Woods can throw at him.
The presence of Wimbledon champion Roger Federer would inspire former world number one Lleyton Hewitt to reproduce his best tennis in September’s Davis Cup semi-final here, Australian captain John Fitzgerald said on Monday.
Australia’s cricket kings may have trouble lifting their game in the two-Test series against minnows Bangladesh, wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist warned here on Monday.
But the explosive batsman said the Australians would be treating their first-ever series with the Bangladeshis with respect and would not be motivated by the chance to smash records.
It was always going to be tough for the Spar South African netball team — taking on the hosts in front of a passionate capacity crowd at the world championships in Kingston on Sunday.