Andrew Gilder looks at the background to the launch of a performing arts network last week Some observers argue that human history has a cyclical nature that historical events recur over time. Most commentators use timeframes of centuries, or even millennia, to track this repetition. It is with a sense of ironic dj vu, therefore, […]
Wilhelm Disbergen In the current curriculum for social work at Unisa, homosexuality is defined as abnormal. In Unisa’s textbook homosexuality falls within a category entitled “Sexual Deviancy”. The description of homosexuality reads: “Most homosexual males pass for normal in society and only a small percentage are explicitly effeminate. Effeminate males feel a strong need to […]
Jennifer Capriati is happy again and it’s showing in her performance on the tennis courts Stephen Bierley in Paris Stefano Capriati was born in Brindisi on the heel of Italy, a town once listed as the ugliest in the world after Glasgow. Brindisi protested, claiming it should be top. Twelve years ago, when Jennifer Capriati […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION It’s time France brought back the guillotine and its first client must be whoever it was who directed the television coverage from Roland Garros stadium of the French Open tennis tournament. I don’t know whether sabotage is regarded as a serious crime in France, but it certainly is in many of the […]
The law should give way to allow the media to report on divorce proceedings, says Khadija Magardie None of the good citizens of Utah batted an eyelid when, one spring morning in 1868, Brigham Young, a farmer, became “sealed” to Ann Eliza Webb, a 24-year-old bright-eyed divorcee with two children. She was his 19th wife. […]
Ernie Els believes the hottest streak in golf will end in the heat at Southern Hills Michael Vlismas in Tulsa There was a collective gasp of disbelief among the American media when Ernie Els declared: “Even Tiger is going to struggle this week.” They were not quite ready to believe him, of course. The prospect […]
Barry Streek South Africa has ousted former colonial power Britain as the largest supplier of exported goods to Kenya and Uganda and total exports to Africa are growing at a rate of between 20% to 30% a year. In 1994 value-added manufactured exports were 9% of the total exports for the year. By 1999 this […]
Nona Cummings Body Language The well-brought up ladies of Jane Austen’s novels did it. Anna Nicole, all size 42-DD of her, did it. The royal families of Europe have always done it. Larry Fortensky gave up a happy life of hauling tonnage on United States roads to do it. Scarlett O’Hara stabbed her own sister […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer The type of South African soccer that has entertained township fans for many years has been called diski. It’s based on short-passing, flair, passion and a love of the game and it’s known as samba football in Brazil. MTN last year launched a six-a-side version of the people’s game and named it […]
David McKay Anglo American, the United Kingdom-listed mining group, is forecast to suffer at least a one-fifth reduction in income from diamonds this financial year amid weakening confidence in the United States economy. That will be the implication of sales figures delivered by Anglo’s 45%-held subsidiary, De Beers, on June 19. The diamond group is […]