Hypnotic homeboy rock Riaan Wolmarans Weighing in at much more than just four ounces is Hypnotism (Intervention Arts), the debut album by Gauteng rock act Four Ounce Freedom. The album’s credentials are impeccable, with production by the likes of rock wizard Lanie vander Walt and Ashton Nyte. Bookended by a bizarre motivational-tape hypnotic reading (“You […]
Orphaned Zimbabwean elephants will be trained to give tourists rides Fiona Macleod A row has erupted over the importation into South Africa of young, free-ranging elephants captured and trained for tourist joyrides. The 12 elephants, destined for a private game reserve in Limpopo province, were orphaned during culling operations or drought in the early 1990s […]
South Africa’s favourite boxer, Jacob Matlala, has his final professional fight this weekend Gavin Evans For 22 years Jacob Matlala has been a feature of the professional boxing world and for the past decade an institution in South African public life, but now, at last, the fighting side is drawing to an end. The world’s […]
Last week the Mail & Guardian printed a photograph on page 11 showing a young woman holding an AK-47. The caption suggested the woman was either an Umkhonto weSizwe or Azanian People’s Liberation Army operative. In fact, the picture used was a publicity shot for the 1995 film Flame, starring Zimbabwean actress Marian Kunonga. The […]
Interactive television looks set to change the life of sports fans forever David Shapshak For the vast majority of sports fans television is the main medium by which they practise their fervent devotion to their team. It may be debatable how much of that dedication is left after watching our national cricket team sink to […]
Delegates will bring many conflicting agendas to the World Summit, write Drew Forrest and Fiona Macleod ‘The trouble with the World Summit on Sustainable Development is that sustainable development means whatever you want it to mean,” comments a South African-based diplomat. With the summit six months away, and a ministerial “prepcom” (preparatory committee) meeting due […]
Nelson Mandela refused to make a public plea for the safety of the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> correspondent Daniel Pearl.
I agree with Sipho Seepe’s articles most of the time but I find them repetitive and usually shallow. He thinks black intellectuals have to assume an ambivalent stance against the government to be heard. I agree that the HIV issue has been mishandled and this government should take the blame for the death of many […]
Deon Potgieter For the first time a feast of five world title fights will be held in a local arena, as a fitting farewell tribute to the man featured in the main event, Baby Jake Matlala. While fans may wish to see South African fighters wrapping up the night five for five, it’s not going […]
Kevin Scott The Durban consulate general of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has tried to censor a Truth About Tibet photographic exhibition that opened this week. The consul, Zemin Yu, went beyond a formal complaint against the gallery by appealing to the provincial government to stop the exhibition. The chairperson of the Natal Society […]