John Matshikiza In most post-revolutionary scenarios, potent symbols of the old order are rapidly dismantled and symbols of the new order hastily erected in their place. In post-revolutionary Russia, statues of the czar would have been demolished, to be replaced by even more towering statues of Lenin and, later, Stalin. Less than 100 years later […]

A Coloured Place Laager Theatre, Market Theatre complex Until January 29 The death of a grandmother provides an opportunity for two coloured women (Esmeralda Bihl and Crystal Tryon) to take stock of the past and present. From a life stowed away in a dark wooden trunk that once stood at the foot of a mother’s […]

comment Shirley Mabusela We feel we should provide clarification on the supposed misunderstanding that has resulted from the Human Rights Commission’s decision to withdraw as a friend of the court in an action brought by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) aimed at challenging the government to provide free nevirapine to all pregnant mothers with HIV/Aids […]

A very intelligent, socially committed young man murdered a young woman and is now serving a 10-year jail sentence; a worker almost drowned in the river while removing bramble; a 24-year-old woman hit a fellow worker on the forehead with a plank; an unemployed young man with matric exemption knocks at my door and before […]

What you need is your own sexual revolution BODY LANGUAGE Jeanette Winterson Sex who needs it? You do. New Year’s resolutions are wasted on diets and good works. Forget the year ahead and make 2002 the year to come. Why do I say this? Not because I want to turn Body Language into a cover […]

More barriers are needed against the disease, say critics Khadija Magardie As KwaZulu-Natal braces itself for the latest serious outbreak of cholera, critics say the government is not doing enough to contain the epidemic. The province’s health authorities have confirmed as many as 214 new cases, concentrated in Ladysmith in the north. Both the national […]

Jaspreet Kindra The African National Congress’s top leadership has still to work out the details of the voluntary community service programme, or matsema, announced by President Thabo Mbeki at the weekend and launched this month. Mbeki’s announcement, entitled “Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress”, is up for discussion at the […]

Glenda Daniels South Africa’s beleaguered financial press may face further pressure when the London-based Financial Times starts publishing daily here at the beginning of February. The local publication of the pink-papered daily is seen in some quarters as posing a direct challenge to Business Day/Financial Mail (BDFM), paradoxically 50%-owned by the London-based Pearson’s group, which […]

Shyaka Kunuma’s article “It’s time to stop whining” is a great piece of work, and I am not only saying that because I agree with the message. I have been trying to say the same thing for 10 years, with very little success. May he be more successful at getting the message across. The fundamedntal […]

Missing players and dismal results have marred South Africa’s preparations for Mali Ntuthuko Maphumulo Bafana Bafana’s preparations for the African Cup of Nations that starts next week have not gone well. The South African national team have been dismal in their preparation games for Mali so far, with two draws against minnows Mozambique and Botswana […]