“Tshwete was larger than life a very tough man with the heart of a teddy bear.” Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi about the late Minister of Safety and Security Steve Tshwete “Freedom does not mean anarchy … If you don’t want to walk, don’t set train coaches alight.” Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa at Freedom Day […]
Tony Jackman Is the rate at which sperm travels in space of interest only to those planning to copulate very slowly in zero-gravity conditions? It must be a tad disconcerting when your partner keeps floating off like a bad joke just when you’re approaching the punchline. The question is best not asked, as anyone who […]
Thierry M Luescher Student activism is in limbo. The struggle is over and no new driving force has emerged. HIV/Aids, poverty, unemployment, education, housing, crime, nation-building … students know that these are the issues. However, when asked what they do about them, there is silence. “I use condoms,” one might say, and many smirk or […]
Suzan Chala and Jaspreet Kindra Anti-privatisation protests could embarrass the government In a surprise move reminiscent of last year’s anti-privatisation protests during the Durban racism conference, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is calling for a civil society-led, anti-privatisation campaign in August this year. Johannesburg will host the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development […]
What is the origin of the phrase “draconian laws”? Named after Draco, the ancient Athenian statesman whose penal code made his name a byword for severity. Steven Davies, Cape Town What exactly (in biochemical terms) are the “toxins” that so many diet regimes aim to “flush out” of our systems, usually by semi-starvation for a […]
Riaan Wolmarans Barbarellos, Illovo Square, Oxford Road, Illovo. V-Sessions presents DJRudi playing deep and jazzy house on Tuesdays from 9pm. It’s R20 with a free cocktail if you register on www.verge.co.za. Bassline, 7 Seventh Street, Melville. Wessel vanRensburg performs onFridayMay 3 and Moses Khumalo is on stage on Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5 […]
THE governor of a fourth Madagascan province has announced his territory’s independence in protest over the proclamation of Marc Ravalomanana as president, officials said on Friday.
This week’s unexpected Cabinet announcement clearly signals a shift in South Africa’s policy on the treatment of HIV/Aids, and it would be churlish not to praise the government.
There are some interesting acts of communal memory happening in Cape Town from the Cape Town-boy-makes-good Mark Shuttleworth’s Sixty-Six Shit-Hot Sunsets to the tiny, organised, and impressive Holocaust Museum.
I OFTEN see them when I’m having a morning cappuccino in my favourite Melville coffee shop. It seems to be a man’s job only, for it’s only men I’ve seen. They vary from young and strong to much older and more fragile, but they have one thing in common…