Chris Roper 3rd I Gallery, 95 Waterkant Street. Telling Tales is a group exhibition of narrative art work, art based on the classic theme of telling a story. The exhibition showcases art in a wide range of media and includes work by artists such as Lien Botha, Kevin Brand, Randy Hartzenberg, Peter van Straten, Arlene […]

Alex Sudheim African Art Centre, first floor, Tourist Junction, 160 Pine Street. One of Durban’s top contemporary art galleries hosts a showcase of KwaZulu-Natal artistic talent titled Asibuke Abantu: Looking at People, an exhibition featuring the work of 31 invited artists. Some of the artists are well-known painters Sfiso ka-Mkame, George Msimang, Carl Roberts and […]

KathrynSmith 65 Galway Road, Parkview, Johannesburg. Opening on September 28 at 6pm for a very short run, Carol Lee presents Incidental Landscapes, an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Carl Becker. Thereafter, it’s open all day on September 29 and 30 with viewing by appointment from October 1 to 3. Tel: 486 0526. African […]

M&G reporter Bato Star Fishing formed a development initiative in 1996 with the Mineworkers” Investment Company (MIC) and Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union Investment Group (SIG). Management interest in Bato is held through Intlantzi Ze Afrika while controlling shareholding is held by SIG through the South African Amalgamated Union Fishing. Through SIG and […]

Gavin Willacy speaks to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who is in his final season at Old Trafford You’ve bought some world-class players, which means a couple of others are going to have to sit out matches. How do you think those star names will cope with being left out? Well, it’s not easy for […]

The Mail & Guardian editor replies to Andrew McKenzie (Letters, August 13) by referring to its dark-skinned, South African Bantu-speaking readers as ”black Africans”, offering just short of an apology for having referred to them as ”African”. The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 enshrines these differences in law. There are three recognised kinds of […]

Thebe Mabanga Sechaba Mogale and Wandile Nzimande are living the new South African dream. In 1997 they established Loxion Kulca (Location or Township Culture), a casual-wear label that was started by sewing woolen hats. Since then, with perseverance and dedication, they have nurtured the label into a young and thriving enterprise. Their stay in the […]

GOLF David Davies The Ryder Cup looks increasingly likely to be cancelled as leading American golfers openly questioned whether one of the year’s most eagerly awaited sporting events could go ahead in the light of Tuesday’s atrocities in the United States. The event is scheduled for the Belfry in England from September 28 to 30 […]

Children are traumatised by high levels of crime, domestic violence andthe impact of death and suffering in their families due to HIV/Aids Charlene Smith The question to 850 children at a schools’ drama festival in Johannesburg last week was: ”How many of you have been present during an armed robbery?” Half raised their hands. The […]

New York | Friday AMERICAN authorities have arrested two teams of men at New York airports – said to be armed with knives and carrying fake identification papers. In foiling what they feared was a second wave of attacks yesterday, authorities said they took into custody four men and a woman at John F. Kennedy […]