From feminist icon to championing the male … Doris Lessing is no stranger to controversy. On the eve of the publication of her 25th book, she sets Barbara Ellen straight about men and motherhood The interesting thing about Doris Lessing is not that she’s not a feminist, but how insistent she is that she’s not […]

Thebe Mabanga The East Rand town of Benoni could lose the annual World of Music and Dance (Womad) festival if it fails to attract a large crowd. This weekend Benoni will host Womad for the third year, and the event has been plagued with criticisms on issues like audience demographics, timing and choice of venue. […]

Mail & Guardian reporter Liberty Life Learning Channel the television programme popular among the country’s matric pupils and teachers is expanding its reach to thousands of its audiences by using multimedia platforms such as the Internet, video and print media materials. The educational channel is also reaching out to niche audiences, such as adult basic […]

analysis Joel Pollak South Africans may have many insights to offer the United States as it struggles to respond to the events of September 11. Aside from conflict resolution, the one thing South Africans are more familiar with is crime. And while the recent attacks are being considered an act of war, and while they […]

Cape Town Opera’s current triad of productions proves the splendid calibre of our indigenous vocalists Guy Willoughby It has always satisfied me greatly, as a determined critic of educational institutions, to note that Guiseppi Verdi outstanding genius of Italian opera was tossed out by the Milan Conservatory in 1831 ”on the score of lack of […]

SOUTH African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni told parliament’s finance committee on Friday he expected inflation to continue to fall well into 2003. Mboweni said the benchmark CPIX measure of inflation had fallen to the high end of the bank’s three-to-six percent target for 2002 by August. ”CPIX is on a downward trend and it’s […]

Johannesburg | Friday SOUTH Africa’s rand slipped to a fresh record low of 9.03 versus the dollar on Friday, pressured by offshore selling which traders attributed to comments by central bank governor Tito Mboweni. The Business Day newspaper said Mboweni had suggested measures to stamp out the use of domestic finance by speculators to call […]