When Steve Gibson’s website was repeatedly attacked by a hacker, he discovered a secret society of cyber-anarchists. Stuart Millar reports In one corner, Steve Gibson, world-renowned computer security expert with his own research corporation, regular adviser to the United States federal authorities and former child genius. In the other, a 13-year-old amateur hacker with a […]
It is 25 years since the Soweto uprising. Jeremy Baskin examines three new books that reflect on that seismic event Where were you on June 16 1976? The question has an iconic status among South Africans of a certain age, the way Americans remember where they were when JF Kennedy was shot. Three new books […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer Bafana Bafana and The Democratic Republic of Congo have both already qualified for the African Cup of Nations finals in Mali next year and the match between the sides at King’s Park in Durban on Sunday afternoon is being billed as a “celebration”. But the home team will be playing for more […]
THE Nigerian government privatisation agency on Wednesday confirmed reports it had found a 42,5-billion naira ($370-million) hole in the pension funds of the state-run telecoms firm Nitel. “Nitel pension (fund) is … presently underfunded thus leaving 2,5-billion naira instead of 45-billion naira,” the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) said in a statement. However the reason […]
David Shapshak It seems almost silly to have a remote control for a laptop. But if you are doing endless PowerPoint presentations the infrared device is a very welcome peripheral. It even has a built-in laser pointer and is appropriately slick and silver, much like the laptop itself. The remote is one of the features […]
Pule waga Mabe Observers and role players within the youth sector expect the National Youth Commission (NYC) to be addressing issues of youth unemployment, HIV/Aids and apathy. But there is little sign of any direct action at the commission’s plush offices, where more than three directorates deal with policy, communications and finance. Its electro-magnetic doors […]
South Africans’ mad rush towards all that glitters, tingles and titillates will ensure high HIV/Aids rates for the foreseeable future Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala There is a joke making the rounds among pre-teen girls in KwaZulu-Natal that goes like this: “Why is Jennifer Lopez so poor? Answer: Because her love don’t cost a thing.” With reference to […]
British documentary film-maker Ben Cashdan is on a nationwide crusade to convert people to his own brand of anti-globalisation Alex Sudheim One of the strange facts of life seems to be that aspirant independent film-makers wear black blazers. Whether to symbolise dark, subversive intellect or solemn commitment to the I-mean-business-in-an-anarchic-sort-or-way school of cool, the blazer […]
The unpredictable French are first up on the menu for the Springboks this year Andy Capostagno It seems a lifetime ago, but it is in fact only eight years and two weeks since France and South Africa last locked horns at Ellis Park. In those far-off days Springbok coach Ian McIntosh’s most frequently expressed concern […]
Neil Sonnekus review OFTHEWEEK They were seven young men whose heads were filled with ganga and idealism. They wanted to build the new South Africa and their navety cost them their lives. They became the victims of one of the most cynical police operations in the mid-Eighties and they became known as The Guguletu Seven. […]