SOME 14 000 combatants in Sierra Leone’s protracted civil war have laid down their weapons under a UN-supervised disarmament programme, the UN mission in Sierra Leone said this week. Unamsil force commander Major-General Martin Luther Agwei said facilities at the key eastern diamond-rich district of Kono had been ”overstretched” at the weekend by rebels and […]
Skip the eggy options and discover a stylish brunch, writes Andrea Burgener.
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As Jeffrey Archer goes to jail for perjury, John Sutherland dips into his oeuvre and finds it eerily prophetic.
On his latest album Lucky Dube looks to horror flicks and the afterlife for inspiration, writes Thebe Mabanga.
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South African surgeon Jonathan Kaplan’s experiences around the world have added up to a fascinating book. Jane Rosenthal met him in Cape Town.
This year’s Oppikoppi Tuned festival, from August 9 to 12, is gearing up to be the biggest to date — thousands of music lovers are expected to descend on an unsuspecting Pretoria, writes Valentine Cascarino.
They sound like James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone, but they’re French and they’ll be at Oppikoppi, writes Valentine Cascarino.
SOUTH Africa’s Metorex group has been granted mining rights in Burkina Faso’s Perkoa region, where one of the world’s biggest zinc reserves is located, a government statement said Friday. Minister of Mines Kader Cisse said the group would be allowed mining rights for 15 years, with annual production pegged at 120_000 tons. The project entails […]