Joseph Harker Who first decided that a tick is “good” and a cross “bad”? n I work in a junior high school in Japan, where both ticks and crosses are “bad” and a circle is “good”. Elizabeth Marks, Yamagata, Japan n As far as I know the tick is derived not from the word veritas […]
According to a survey released last week, Wild Coast residents still don’t have the means to make a living Marietjie Myburgh ‘I don’t have work and I don’t have money.” In 1997 this was the most common response to a survey that asked Wild Coast residents what their problems were. The survey was conducted to […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION What adds to the horror of the violence that frequently occurs is that it no longer surprises. Our daily news is stitched through with the often vicious reactions of a society as it reveals the ferocity of its embedded prejudices. This is the new and even more terrible “struggle” and, as if […]
Count Riccardo Agusta the Italian helicopter company heir and a top investor in South Africa sees no wrong in his relationship with mafia man Vito Palazzolo Stefaans Brmmer Count Riccardo “Rocky” Agusta has had a hectic decade. As a racing driver he endured Le Mans and Daytona. As an entrepreneur he invested around the globe. […]
The women’s African Cup of Nations was held in South Africa late last year but the national team has not been in action since and the momentum created by the tournament is ebbing away Marianne Merten Could you imagine Bafana Bafana striker Benni McCarthy working as a gaardjie, or guard, on a taxi route through […]
Thebe Mabanga music Bongo Maffin remains one of kwaito’s most eclectic and captivating phenomenons. A recent example of this was provided when the group undertook a promotional tour for their latest album, Bongolution, last Friday. Their guests of honour were about 20 children from Cotlands and Nkosi’s Haven two sanctuaries for HIV-positive kids whom they […]
friday Athletics: IAAF Golden League, from Rome, at 8.25pm on SuperSport International (SSInt) Golf: Irish Open, from Cork, at 4pm on SuperSport2 (SS2); Greater Hartford Open, from Cromwell, Connecticut, at 8pm on SS2 Tennis: Wimbledon at 1pm on SSInt/CSN saturday Cricket: One-day international (ODI) triangular series, fourth match, Zimbabwe vs West Indies from Queens Sports […]
Dumisani Zulu Right To Reply Since the beginning of the Alexandra relocation process in February more than 6000 households have been successfully moved from the banks of the Jukskei river. This comprises 4501 households to Diepsloot, 1032 households to temporary base (Ext 7), 448 households to Bramfischerville and 1617 structures that were vacated before the […]
Emmanuel de Roux While working as an art teacher in his home town of Drohobycz in 1942, the prominent Polish Jewish writer and artist Bruno Schulz was asked by Felix Landau, an SS officer, to decorate his children’s bedroom with frescoes. It was a request that Schulz was not in a position to refuse. The […]
Tom Lodge The last time an election for the African National Congress presidency was contested was 50 years ago when a minor chief from Groutville, Albert Luthuli, displaced the incumbent, James Moroka, at the ANC’s annual conference in 1952. Moroka’s fall resulted from his decision to adopt a separate defence from his colleagues when on […]