whipping boy Champions Day indeed! David Ferraris pulled off a training feat of epic proportions at Turffontein on Saturday when he saddled six of the day’s nine winners and earned more than R1-million in stake money. In the process Ferraris all but ensured that he would regain the champion trainer crown. A good day for […]
Marianne Merten Cape Flats chess champion Kenny Willenberg (16) has qualified for the African under-21 champion in Nigeria later this year after winning the prestigious domestic closed championships he almost missed out on. Growing up in the gang-ridden, high-crime area of Belhar on the Cape Flats, Kenny and his younger brother Craig (14) have beaten […]
Khadija Magardie An influential United States-based cancer research association has bolstered the already serious charges of scientific misconduct against disgraced oncologist Dr Werner Bezwoda. According to the American Society for Clinical Oncology (Asco), the former University of the Witwatersrand professor falsified the results of more clinical trials for breast cancer treatment than initially thought. The […]
James Hall Swaziland’s Office of Public Prosecutions has announced a crackdown on diviners and traditional doctors who are capitalising on the fears of defendants in court cases to peddle “protection” that will win favourable judicial rulings. “Traditional healers play an important role in the health of people in Swaziland and in my country,” says Director […]
Publishing in South Africa suffers a number of vicissitudes. In a new book, publishers Nicholas Combrinck and Maggie Davey engage in a dialogue on the subject Combrinck: Rarely do trade publishers [publishers for a general retail market, as opposed to educational publishers and so forth] make a serious return on their publishing, and rarely in […]
Providing anti-retroviral drugs and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV are not always feasible with South Africa’s health-care infrastructure David McCoy Now that we’ve celebrated a victory over multi- national pharmaceutical companies for access to cheaper medicines, what are we going to do about preventing mother-to-child transmission of Aids and access to anti-retroviral drugs? While activist […]
Matthew Krouse THE UNFOLDING MAN: THE LIFE AND ART OF DAN RAKGOATHE by Donv Langhan (David Philip) ONDAMBO AFRICAN ART FORUM edited by Rolf Cusemann-Brockmann, Christoph Ludszuweit and Hans-Joachim Bogatzke (Gamsberg Macmillan) Dan Rakgoathe isn’t a great poet. But then it’s not his poetry that he’s famous for. If he is known, it’s for his […]
Palesa Motanyane food Not so long ago I could buy croissants at the local bakery, a boulangerie in a village in the south of France. Back home in Johannesburg I’ve become a regular patron of establishments where I’m guaranteed to find delicious pastries that originate in a country famous for its culinary exports. Croissants have […]
Stewart Bailey The numbers were in line with expectations, but the real story at AngloGold’s results presentation earlier this week for the March quarter was the company’s new look. For the first time, Anglo’s tried-and-tested troika of CEO Bobby Godsell, marketing director Kelvin Williams and financial director Jonathan Best was joined at the main table […]
Not long ago he was Stan the Man, England’s most expensive footballer and seemingly destined to become one of the greatest players of his era. Now, at 30, he should be at the peak of his game. Instead, Stan Collymore has retired after years of disappointment on the pitch and tales of depression and violence […]