Ebrahim Harvey Left Field The recent commemoration of the death of Steve Biko, founding father of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), put the spotlight on the movement and came at a time when, represented by the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) and the Socialist Party of Azania (Sopa), it is faced with very difficult times. Both […]

Andrew Worsdale Sithengi, the fifth Southern African Film and Television Market, was held at the Spier Wine Estate near Stellenbosch, 45 minutes from Cape Town, from November 13 to 16. Although the organisers boasted an increase in attendance with 1?420 delegates, in comparison to previous years, the atmosphere felt less charged and more cautious. Added […]

Elisabeth Lickindorf South Africa pushed the frontiers of science this week, with the launch of new satellite measuring technology that can provide accurate measurements of the physical changes of sub-Saharan Africa for the first time. It will allow South African scientists to monitor the potentially devastating El Nio effect, where ocean warming can raise sea […]

John Aizlewood CD OFTHEWEEK Whatever darkness Sade Adu has embraced since 1992’s distracted Love Deluxe, she has certainly undergone a musical re-evaluation. Much derided, more often than not correctly, as brazenly coffee-table, Sade (the never-changing band as well as its singer) have tapped into a new seam of inspiration on the newly released Lovers Rock […]

Howard Barrell A company employing the brothers of Western Cape African National Congress leader Ebrahim Rasool produced a controversial poster distributed in Muslim areas of the Cape Flats two weeks ago carrying the slogan “A vote for the DA [Democratic Alliance] is a vote for Israel”, according to sources in the printing industry in Cape […]

Grant Shimmin February 24 2001 may well turn out to be a red letter day in the history of South African sport. That’s the day that the quadrennial meeting of the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (Nocsa) takes place and it could, given the goings-on this week, conceivably be the day Sam Ramsamy is […]

Legal advice offices will again face crisis if the government does not take the initiative Piers Pigou Poverty is arguably the greatest challenge facing South Africa, and the urgent need to address the inequities of South Africa’s racial economy was clearly recognised by the drafters of the Constitution through specific provisions for a range of […]

Police have long suspected Russel Ngubo of involvement in a string of bloody murders in KwaZulu-Natal Paul Kirk In less than two weeks Russel Ngubo, a top correctional services official in Pietermaritzburg, has severely assaulted his boss for not processing his leave forms in time and been implicated in the murder of a 15-year-old child. […]

Without a website, you’re just a physical presence. The South African Web design industry is happily changing that Sheree Russouw The whistling sounds of budgies and cockatiels resonate through the corridors of Randburg-based Web design company Webpaint Designs. Music is blaring from the decibel-cranking radio, interspersing with the birdsong. There’s a veritable jungle of plants […]

Pule waga Mabe Chaos erupted at an election meeting in Seshego, near Pietersburg, last weekend, as pensioners refused to be addressed by their councillors and staged a walkout during the proceedings. The pensioners had just been told that the new council, which will kick in after the local government elections, will make them pay for […]