Bafana’s midweek win was cause for optimism for the Nations Cup Ntuthuko Maphumulo The African Cup of Nations should give the people of Mali a chance to see some of the continent’s icons in their stadiums, although the hosts are not expected to get to the final. But the expectations are much higher for Bafana […]

Matthew Krouse Colosseum, Caesars Gauteng, Kempton Park. Breathless takes place in an informal bar atmosphere with hit numbers ranging from Sex Bomb to Lady Marmalade. Produced and choreographed by Amber Baty and Billy Hogg. Extended until February 2. Shows at 8pm. No booking, no charge. Tel: 928 1000. Globe Theatre, Gold Reef City Casino. African […]

Alex Sudheim The Barnyard Theatre, Gateway shopping complex. Rocking the southern hemisphere’s largest shopping and entertainment complex just north of Durban is Roll over Beethoven, the first production in the centre’s in-house theatre. The show has enjoyed a sold-out run country-wide, was inspired by the rock’n’roll classic by the same name and is a rollicking […]

GuyWilloughby Cape Comedy Collective, Armchair Theatre, Observatory. Every Sunday giggle at a line-up of comics at their home venue.On Sunday January 13 guffaw at Cokey Falcow and Sarah Lansmann, both of whom say farewell before heading overseas. On Fridays titter at the Smirnoff Sessions, a line-up of up-and-coming comics from the comedy-development sessions, at The […]

comment Michael Byers Would you want your life to be in the hands of the United States Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld? Hundreds of captured Taliban and al-Qaida fighters don’t have a choice. Chained, manacled, hooded, even sedated, their beards shorn off against their will, they are being flown to Guantanamo Bay, a century-old military […]

This year will build on much that was done last year. David Shapshak examines innovations that will make news this year What will be the new killer app? This is the perennial question that computer makers, the telecommunications sector and their associated industries are always asking about new applications. This year will be no different, […]

The controversy does not end with the settlement reached between local sufferers of asbestos-related diseases and UK-based Cape Plc Barry Streek Local mining companies Anglo-American and Gencor as well as Swiss-controlled Eternit, which once owned profitable asbestos mines in South Africa, face swingeing legal claims after the multimillion-rand settlement in the Cape plc case. Nelspruit-based […]

Attempts to plaster over cracks in the ANC-led alliance faltered at the weekend as the president embarked on another diatribe against enemies, real and imagined, reports Jaspreet Kindra President Thabo Mbeki accused Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) leaders at the weekend of working with “international left-wing forces” to topple him, say well-placed informants. […]

Injury and surprise losses have thrown open the Australian Open Dan Rookwood The big players are dropping in Melbourne like winter wasps and though the year has only just begun, several key contenders have pulled out of the Australian Open with injuries. Andre Agassi and Serena Williams fell victim to respective wrist and ankle problems […]

CRICKET Peter Robinson I had to turn off talk radio this week during the middle of a “discussion” on South African cricket, so misinformed, so blithely unaware were the participants. The Kerry Packer Revolution, for instance, was passed off as a sort of one-day circus dreamed up by Packer, organised by Tony Greig and staffed […]