Andrew Muchineripi soccer If ever there was a tournament that is Bafana Bafana’s bte noire, it is the Confederation of Southern African Football Association (Cosafa) Cup. Not once has our national team reached the final of this tournament, let alone win it and the R500 000 or more that goes to the conquering country. As […]
Riaan Wolmarans 206, 206 Louis Botha Avenue, Orange Grove. Special K is on the list for Friday April 27, and 206 is closed on Saturday April 28. Tuesdays:The Garage Zero, Kid Fonque and others play drum’n’bass, hiphop, twostep and deep house. Website: www.206live.co.za. Tel: 728 5333. Amazon, Banbury Cross shopping centre, corner of Hans Strijdom […]
Alex Sudheim Bargo, 15 Mitchell Crescent, Greyville racecourse. Durban’s nattiest nightclub provides a seamless combination of live music and clubstyle DJ action this week, kicking off on Thursday April 26 with a concert featuring, for the first time in Durban, Cape Town electronica legends Moodphase 5ive, Krushed & Sorted, Felix Laband and DJ Honey B. […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo horse racing The sport of kings has given 21-year-old Monnapula Denicious Smith the sort of opportunity most youngsters just dream of. He is to be the first black apprentice jockey to leave South Africa to compete in the ninth annual Macau apprentice jockeys’ race meeting on the island near Hong Kong on May […]
Mail & Guardian reporter South Africa’s wine industry has taken another step towards transformation and global competitiveness with the conclusion of a 21month review and the adoption of recommendations ranging from affirmative action and quality?control to logistical support.? This process comes in the wake of longstanding accusations that established growers and exporters’ monopolies are favoured […]
Matthew Krouse review OFTHEWEEK As a prelude to Sweat on Somerset, upon entering the Barney Simon Theatre in Johannesburg one encounters two makebelieve hookers lounging about in the audience, ready to make small talk with the patrons. This is an obvious effort to authenticate the upfront experience of steamers when they first step into any […]
Nawaal Deane In a desperate attempt to get rid of the worst outbreak of algae in 20 years, Hartebeespoort Dam residents have come up with an innovative solution: a floating bulldozer. In February a few residents ó tired of the stench and the complaints ó formed the Water Action Group in an attempt to clean […]
PAUL KIRK, Durban | Thursday HUNDREDS of dud armoured vehicles bought from a major British arms supplier are being scrapped by the South African Police Service. The vehicles, called Scouts, are being taken out of service as they are not considered safe, economical, cost-effective or suitable for the purposes for which they were designed. Instead […]
The institution won’t adopt the World Commission on Dams’s guidelines on resettlement and indigenous peoples David Le Page What appears to be a small, undeclared spat between the World Commission on Dams (WCD) and the World Bank could dramatically affect the future of millions of people. The World Bank is backing down from fully adopting […]
Sergeant at the Bar Why is Cheryl Loots (an associate professor in the School of Law at Wits University) arguably one of the two most influential academic lawyers around? The answer is simple. She advises the Ministry of Justice and is the chief architect of the draft Legal Practice Bill. This is the Bill that […]