It’s head-smashing, thumping, shaking time again. This year, like every year, you need to know how to get the better of a dreadful festive season hangover. Dehydration caused by the alcohol you consumed combined with the effects of congeners (the other ingredients and flavourings in drinks) cause the hangover. Some of them are natural to […]

Brenda Atkinson The Prophetic Nun by Guy Butler (Random) It’s not an easy task to review a book which, although evidently written as a work of great personal interest and passion, has (or so I imagine) limited appeal for most people. The Prophetic Nun is such a book. A well-researched document of the artistic and […]

Fiona Macleod THORNS TO KILIMANJARO by Ian McCallum (David Philip) On one level Thorns to Kilimanjaro is a tale of adventure about climbing the highest free-standing mountain in the world; on another it is about a man’s quest to lay to rest a few bothersome personal ghosts. The main character, Hamish Malcolm, sets off to […]

Jessica Piombo crossfire Over the past few weeks a debate has emerged in the pages of the Mail & Guardian over what people who fail to see a viable alternative to the African National Congress should do with their votes in the upcoming local elections. Glenda Daniels, describing the dilemma of voters disillusioned with the […]

Deon Potgieter boxing Despite losing a week’s training because of the rantings of Glen “The cry baby” Catley, Dingaan Thobela says he is approaching readiness for the first defence of his World Boxing Council (WBC) super- middleweight world title on December 15. Thobela had to fly to Paris last week to defend himself at a […]

ONGERI JOHN, Dar es Salaam | Friday DROUGHT-ravaged Tanzania has introduced electricity rationing as shrinking dams begin to cutting into its hydro-electric capacity. Energy ministry permanent secretary Patrick Rutabazimbwa said major rain catchment areas had been hit by a year-long drought, drying up important feeder dams for the country’s hydro-electricity generating stations. Rutabazimbwa added that […]

Carlos Cardoso, Mozambique’s foremost investigative journalist, was assassinated on Wednesday night Christina Horte and Justin Arenstein Mozambique lost one of its bravest anti-corruption campaigners on Wednesday night when outspoken independent editor Carlos Cardoso died in a hail of bullets. Police and eyewitnesses report that the murder was a well-planned assassination involving at least two vehicles […]

Charl Pretorius horse racing More than R20-million is expected to be paid out in winning bets at Turffontein on Saturday on what is being touted as “an afternoon in a million”. The occasion is the running of Africa’s richest horse race, the R2-million Summer Handicap, and a record crowd is expected at the Johannesburg track. […]

Last weekend’s match against the Kiwis will be remembered for Allan Donald’s 300th Test wicket and Makhaya Ntini’s coming of age Peter Robinson On the day that The Star in Johannesburg chose to devote much of its front page to the changing hairstyles of Bobby Skinstad, the world’s best non-playing loose forward, Makhaya Ntini actually […]