I refer to the article “Megapark threatened” (April 26). Indeed Minister of Enviromental Affairs and Tourism Mohammed Valli Moosa did promise undeliverables with regard to the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, but I’d like to suggest that a certain stakeholder group got him to stick his neck out on its behalf (for fences to be lifted […]
David Shapshak Samsung SyncMaster 151s. This Samsung flat panel monitor reminds me of Ally McBeal. It’s thin and sexy. The only difference is nobody seems to hate it like they hate the TV show. It’s not a good comparison though. The monitor has no neurosis it worked perfectly from the moment I plugged it in. […]
Margaret Legum Against Global Apartheid: South Africa Meets the World Bank, IMF and International Finance by Patrick Bond (UCT Press) University of the Witwaters- rand Professor Patrick Bond is one of South Africa’s most ruthless and meticulous analysts and critics of the neo-liberal international economic paradigm, especially as it applies in South Africa. There are […]
Stephen Gray This is the cultural item I had been told not to miss. They had said: “Stay at the Nest Mountain Resort hotel in the Central Berg. Their staff will get you there on time, along the remaining 7km up the Champagne Valley. There the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School has its own auditorium and […]
Alex Sudheim Adams Books and Coffee Shop, Musgrave Centre. Durban’s Live Poets’ Society has been meeting monthly for more than eight years, with its next rendezvous taking place at this coffee-scented literary enclave on Wednesday May 8 at 5.30pm. The guest presenter is celebrated poet Kobus Moolman, who has just been awarded the prestigious Ingrid […]
Transformation is a concept that our lovely Natal University has strived over the years, particularly post-democratic elections, to make us believe is held in the utmost importance. It appears, however, that a pocket of academics within the university’s corridors of power either has a rather counter-transformation agenda that intends to frustrate the process of redress, […]
Neil Sonnekus Movie of the week. More has been made of Halle Berry’s long, tearful performance at the 2002 Oscars than her acting in Monster’s Ball itself. It is not an accumulative award, like Denzel Washington’s was, insultingly. It is a deserved award for a brilliant bit of acting in an equally great film. It […]
Sarah Duguid Across South Africa, criminals walk free every day because of poor investigation methods. Police officers often see their cases thrown out of court because they are not sufficiently skilled to know how to follow proper procedure. There are 18 000 police officers currently employed as investigators, not counting private investigators, and they have […]
“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 […]