Julian Schnabel made his name as a ”neo-expressionist” painter during the Eighties, when that form of highly charged canvas experienced a brief revival. His most memorable works were images splashed over huge areas covered with shattered crockery – a rather original way of providing the work with some extra texture.
Ntuthuko Maphumulo badminton For the first time in South Africa or Africa a badminton tournament of world importance will be staged on the continent. South Africa will be hosting the sixth world junior championships in November next year. About 30 countries will participate in the tournament, which will determine the world rankings. African Badminton Federation […]
Mail & Guardian Reporter The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) has released a publication focusing on South Africa’s inability to stimulate economic growth and job creation. The publication is an edited summary of a round-table discussion of private sector economists, business leaders, government officials and the president’s economic adviser, Wiseman Nkuhlu. CDE executive director […]
The recent international documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, showcased five South African works Neil Sonnekus If a recent documentary film festival in Switzerland is anything to go by, South African films are rapidly losing their cringe factor. This is largely due to Cape Town suss and Swiss expertise. The former belongs to director of […]
Deon Potgieter boxing There has been an early indicator to which way the Hassim Rahman camp will lean in the debate over whom he should defend his newly won universal heavyweight world title against. The main contenders are a rematch against Lennox Lewis, who has a television contract with HBO, or Mike Tyson, who has […]
In an attempt to understand his father’s death from asbestosis, Francois Loots returned to his hometown of Prieska to face the sickness and its consequences March 2000. My father complains of a lack of energy and shortness of breath. He is diagnosed with mesothelioma, also called asbestos cancer. Little is known about mesothelioma. It is […]
Dale T McKinley A Second Look In the midst of what really amounts to yet another, if more publicised, round of tripartite alliance power politicking, it is all too easy to forget that there are much larger and more important socio-economic issues at stake for the majority of South Africans. Given that the labour movement […]
Paul Kerton Body Language Your partner’s body will change but it doesn’t mean that you should give up sex. As her tummy develops, it can become quite a beautiful erogenous zone in itself. And I don’t know of any man alive who has ever complained when his partner’s breasts increased by a size or two. […]
Charlotte Mathews The South African Red Cross, the largest humanitarian organisation in the country, is struggling with a financial crisis that it hopes can be resolved within the next few weeks. If not, a wide range of aid projects will be jeopardised. Mandisa Kalako-Williams, vice-president of the Red Cross, said the organisation’s fixed assets were […]
A cellphone service provider has spent R15-million on upgrading Alexandra police station and magistrate’s court Ntuthuko Maphumulo It is a typical busy scene as you drive into Wynberg towards the Alexandra police station and magistrate’s court. There are many people going to the taxi rank, and around the rank are the makeshift stalls of hawkers […]