Agnes Phiri (24) dreams of becoming an Olympic champion in showjumping, writes Ntuthuko Maphumulo. She has made the leap into the professional ranks of the elite sport thanks to a sponsorship that will allow her to focus full-time on riding. Phiri’s love for horses began after she moved from Alexandra township to live with her […]
Belinda Anderson Coronation fund manager Walter Aylett was one of the lucky or wise investors to reduce his holding of Dimension Data (DiData) shares in the first few months of this year. As Liberty Asset Management’s Imtiaz Ahmed said on Tuesday: “Anybody that’s got one share in DiData has got one share too many.” And […]
Khadija Magardie The Department of Health has acknowledged that schoolchildren in at least four provinces have been exposed to potentially lethal peanut butter by the government’s school feeding scheme, and some suppliers have been prosecuted. These admissions come nearly two months after the Mail & Guardian revealed that the Eastern Cape Department of Health was […]
James Reynard Currently touring South Africa, Hog Hoggidy Hog, a punk/ ska/metal posse, has recently released an album that twists through a humorous labyrinth of melodic and unpredictable punk/ ska/metal arrangements a la Sepultura, Green Day and Madness. The album, Driving Over Miss Davie, includes an inter-active multimedia presentation designed by the band’s axeman Amos […]
While billions are spent on arms and luxury vehicles by people in power, the impoverished still wait for land Marianne Merten and Evidence wa ka Ngobeni In the face of increasing land hunger among South Africa’s poor, the government has appealed for patience while pursuing strong-arm tactics against those who illegally invade land. Many of […]
Star Trek fans are one of the many targets for an embryonic industry, writes Tim Green What is the most popular electronic game in the world? Is it Gran Turismo? Quake? Tetris? Pokmon Gold? Guess again. The answer, according to educated guesswork, is probably Snake. A simple black and white puzzler played on a mobile […]
Niki Moore ‘Politicians have forgotten what it is like to be hungry.” These are the words of 12-year-old Mbali from a poor KwaZulu-Natal South Coast family. Although Mbali comes from a poor family she does not qualify for a child support grant because she is above the cut-off age of seven. She has four brothers […]
Mango Groove’s Claire Johnston spoke to Adam Haupt about her debut solo album, Fearless W hen I heard that Claire Johnston had released a solo album, Fearless, my response was, “What happened to Mango Groove?” Who could forget their celebration of Sophiatown’s finest hour? Their retro-blend was typically 1980s and early 1990s pop and back […]
Turn on, tune in, feel nothing. Has pop culture finally eaten itself? Charles Shaar Murray reports ‘Bloodbath,” whispers the voice on the phone from Manhattan. “It’s a killing field out there. And they’re dropping like flies.” Not junkies, crackheads, gangstas in the projects; not Aids sufferers; not even Ethiopian immigrants who’ve fallen foul of the […]
Barry Streek The move towards the payment of a monthly R100 basic income grant gained momentum this week when 12 non-government and religious organisations handed over a memorandum to Vivienne Taylor, the chairperson of the Department of Social Development committee investigating the issue. The principle of a basic income was endorsed in a government White […]