BOXING Deon Potgieter History could be made in October if the proposed clash between Cassius “The Hitman” Baloyi and Phillip “The Timebomb” Ndou goes ahead. It would be the first time two current South African world champions face off against each other and that with neither title at stake. Baloyi, undefeated after 25 fights with […]
The company’s chief financial officer says the downturn was a necessary evil to shake out unsound businesses Belinda Anderson The management of Idion Technologies is more confident than ever about the strength of the business. But, on release of its half-year numbers, the market knocked another 20% off the share price taking it down to […]
Q&A musa manzini Thebe Mabanga Musa Manzini, a graduate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) school of music, is one the latest, noticeable arrivals on the jazz scene. With class and elegance he effortlessly alternates between the electric guitar and the double bass. His self-produced, self-titled debut, New Reflections (BMG), earned him a South […]
Alec Hogg Failure to keep losses in check forced South African-owned technology group Ixchange to issue a profit warning on Tuesday morning. But chief executive Derek Kreunen says although the bottom line number for the six months to June 30 came in $3,3-million worse than had been projected, there is enough in the results for […]
BODY LANGUAGE Julie Burchill If there’s one type of broad I can’t stand, it’s what I call You’re-Not-Going-Out-Dressed-Like-That feminists: older women, past the first bloom of youthful beauty perhaps, who instead of concentrating their fury on patriarchy and its evils make a second career out of attacking younger women, usually stunners or starlets of some […]
A 32-YEAR-old Egyptian woman, Sabah Abdel Kader, has been arrested for being married to five men at the same time, and faces charges of ”fornication and fraud,” a newspaper reported Tuesday. Under Egyptian and Islamic law, a man can marry up to four women, but a woman is permitted no more than one husband. Abdel […]
Crossfire Cosmas Desmond According to the Catholic bishops, the morals of our country are being undermined by ”lack of self-control and lack of respect for others … unfaithfulness and irresponsible sexual behaviour … loose living”. In other words, ”morality” equals sexual morality a decidedly pre-Vatican Council II view of Christian ethics and of the church. […]
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The FNB Vita exhibition provides an overview of the state of contemporary art, writes Alex Sudheim.
Nina Simone’s glorious, furious days as the protest singer of the American civil rights movement might be over, but she’s still singing, writes Libby Brooks.