A delegate hacked the conference network and was given an award typical of the Defcon conference that attracts enthusiasts and saboteurs alike Simon Edwards The crowds that descended on Las Vegas’s casinos, strip clubs and all-you-can-eat restaurants recently were a little different from the norm. They were a little more troublesome, too. For these thrill […]

All times Central African Time Friday August 3 2.45am (Sat): Men marathon 3.00am:Opening ceremony Saturday August 4 (see also late Friday) 5.45pm: Men 400m first round 6.30pm:Men 100m first round 7.40pm:Women 10000m first round 9.50pm:Men 800m first round Midnight: Men shot-put Final 00.05am (Sun): Men 100m second round 1.40am: Women 1500m first round Sunday August […]

The allegation by Paul Kirk (July 27) that I presented a false driver’s licence to my employer is a blatant lie. The abusive remarks attributed to me are nothing but fabrication. I had already resigned from the companies mentioned in the article before joining the council. Regarding Mr Shange’s appointment as director of community and […]

Northern Cape Premier Manne Dipico appeared before the South African Human Rights Commission this week and denied tapping the telephones of his employees, although he had been given a copy of a taped conversation of one staffer, writes Ngwako Modjadji. Dipico had been subpoenaed to appear at the commission, which is investigating whether tapping a […]

Tread carefully or you will find yourself starting a course that doesn’t suit you, says Jeremy Hoad If you are thinking about doing a postgraduate degree there are some basic questions you should ask yourself. Why do I want to do a postgraduate course? What sort of course should I consider? How will the course […]

Is the ANC’s glass half empty, or half full, asks Reg Rumney When it comes to the African National Congress’s record in government purely in terms of its own goals, is the glass half full or half empty? That question is more than a matter of natural pessimism or optimism. Assessing the government’s record of […]

David Macfarlane The catch-22 is depressingly familiar: you’re an arts postgraduate with no work experience, but organisations won’t hire you because you have no work experience. So how do you acquire work experience? Employers are increasingly reluctant to hire people solely on the basis of the traditional job interview. For the humanities graduate eager to […]

Coriaan de Villiers Labour law seeking to reform the sex work industry needs to take cognisance of ”indoor” sex workers. And though there is a rapidly expanding sex work industry in South Africa, it is unlikely there will be a significant change to laws that criminalise adult commercial sex work at least in the near […]

The festival failedto connect to its major market of young, single Afrikaners who floodinto the UK in their thousands Adam Welz in London London’s Afrikaans community arranged its first major singing and dancing arts and crafts get-together here last week. UKkasie, billed as the first Afrikaans cultural festival to be held outside South Africa, took […]