Ntuthuko Maphumulo South Africa fared very well in a report on the state of media freedom in Southern Africa, where Zimbabwe led the charts with the highest number of violations. Thursday was World Press Freedom Day, and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) released its report on the Southern African region titled So This […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo hockey The Italians arrived in good spirit just 28 hours before the first match in the five-Test series against South Africa hoping to emulate their soccer counterparts, who beat Bafana 1-0 last week. The visitors’ young squad coped with the drizzle and the altitude but not the home side’s stickwork and hunger for […]
Thebe Mabanga in your ear The Internet is increasingly becoming an integral part of how stations pitch themselves to their target audiences. A leisurely browse through the Net to check out various radio stations can spring up surprises ranging from rude to pleasant. You can be jolted into life by the antics of United States […]
Three Gauteng readers can each win the following for the Play Energy Drink Ministry of Sound World Tour, touching down at Vodaworld in Midrand on May 5 with Fragma, Storm, Funkstar de Luxe, the Warp Brothers and many more: n One Play Energy Drink six-pack n One Play Energy Drink cap n One Play Energy […]
Andy Capostagno rugby Parochial considerations notwithstanding, for those who cherish the endless complexities that league tables throw up, the climax to this year’s Super 12 is the stuff that dreams are made of. Here we are, three weeks away from the semifinals and any four out of 10 teams can still qualify. Only the Blues […]
Stephen Gray review OFTHEWEEK If this review is a review, then it is about a play about a play. The strategy is for me to tease you, even to bait you. I’ll even go as far as telling you how I deplore your trust, while nonetheless taking your time and money for my valiant effort. […]
Deon Potgieter boxing Two of South Africa’s most talented boxers come in from the cold this weekend. Following a 19-month absence from the ring, former two-time welterweight world champion Peter “the Destroyer” Malinga headlines a box-and-dine tournament at the Kopanong hotel in Benoni on Saturday. Malinga was stripped of his International Boxing Organisation (IBO) welterweight […]
Khadija Magardie crossfire ‘Invisible politicians aren’t of much use to anyone.” Aptly said, by one of literature’s most acerbic characters, Jimmy Porter. Of course, the anti-hero of John Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger was musing about the talents of his aspirant politician brother-in-law and had not met the likes of South Africa’s own wonder, […]
Authorities have been withholding evidence that schoolchildren have been fed sandwiches that could kill them, reports Khadija Magardie In a shock move raising serious ethical questions, health authorities in at least two of the country’s nine provinces have been sitting silently on information pointing to the long-term poisoning of thousands of indigent South African schoolchildren. […]
Sipho Seepe no blows barred It would be tempting to dismiss outright the allegations against the three leading businessmen, Cyril Ramaphosa, Matthews Phosa and Tokyo Sexwale to oust President Thabo Mbeki from office as preposterous. Indeed, many organisations including the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the South African Communist Party and some members of […]