The flamboyant cleric has shown he still evokes fierce loyalty among many in the Western Cape Marianne Merten On Tuesday morning Elna Boesak wore a purple suit, a pink turtleneck sweater, pale pink lipstick and a radiant smile. “I feel like a bride today,” she beamed. She had worn only widow’s black while her husband […]
Alex Sudheim theatre In Seeing Red the first “fully-fledged” theatrical production by South Africa’s most famous “white man with a weapon” writer/director Greig Coetzee has essentially compressed two plays into one. One is a sharp, acerbic satire of life in a student digs in Pietermaritzburg in the 1980s. Loaded with biting humour and classic farce, […]
Neal Collins soccer Lucas Radebe spent the tail end of the season injured at Leeds United. Quinton Fortune played at Manchester United only when Ryan Giggs wanted a rest. Mark Fish had an up and down time after the switch from Bolton to Charlton. But if it’s a real South African success story in the […]
Jemimah Crawford Atlas of World History ; Children’s Atlas; GUIDE TO SPACE (Dorling Kindersley) Dorling Kindersley has made an art, and a fortune, out of publishing irritating adult books with a paint/travel/cook-by-numbers approach. They’re the kind of books you’d give to your gran on Mother’s Day, but hide from your pretentious friends. They’re also filled […]
Jaspreet Kindra At least three members of the provincial executive in Mpumalanga will lose their positions, as recommended by an African National Congress tribunal held in the province in March. ANC national chair Mosiuoa Lekota confirmed the move this week. He said the report, submitted two weeks ago, also recommended the deployment of members from […]
Sasha Gear ‘I don’t know if you’ve seen Yizo Yizo?” asks Morris (not his real name), a recently released former prisoner who has spent close to three decades in South African prisons. He is explaining how inmates can tell which of the newcomers have been coerced into “Cape Town”. “Cape Town” is a term used […]
Under the watchful eye of the local chief, three sectors of society have joined forces to improve the lives of residents of a North West village Roshila Pillay Anna Moyo is harvesting spinach. It’s a scorching day, which makes her task a laborious one. The spinach she harvests sells for a mere 60c a kilogram […]
At first glance, the public hearings on the arms deal, due to start in Pretoria next week, appear to be a good thing. The government will be bringing into the open one of the most damaging sagas since 1994. And the public will be given an opportunity to judge for themselves why and how improperly […]
Neal Collins soccer After the fabulous nine-goal excitement of Liverpool’s Uefa Cup victory last week, Bayern Munich’s Champions League triumph over Valencia was one for the connoisseur. This was a San Siro final that consisted purely of spot kicks. Some good, some bad, some brilliantly kept out. But the abiding truth of football is this: […]
Stuart Jeffries In Cannes for the screening of a video diary on May 14 the Reverend Jesse Jackson denounced the film festival for promoting cultural apartheid. “There must be more African-American films being shown here. There are none this year,” said Jackson, making his first visit to the wealthy Riviera resort. “And there must be […]