E-mail virus warnings spread as fast as the viruses themselves but are often only hoaxes Rupert Neethling Alarm at the prospect of a new computer virus is both healthy and justified. But it seems that many users have yet to discover that not all virus warnings are true. Ironically, e-mail hoaxes posing as virus warnings […]
Brenda Atkinson crossfire While the idea of woman-hatred is commonplace and spans most cultures, hatred of men is generally considered the narrow preserve of embittered radical lesbians and the odd feminist. On the surface of things, director Catherine BreillatOs controversial and infinitely subversive film Romance demands that equivalent term, misandry: the message it conveys about […]
The Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern AfricaOs 15th annual convention will give delegates from the investment industry a chance to raise problematic issues and find solutions Mail & Guardian Reporter South African economic transformation and its role in the global economy will be under the spotlight next week (August 10 and […]
Valentine Cascarino CRAFT Whether in Sofia, Sai-gon, Addis Ababa, Khumasi or Durban, French contemporary artist Herv di Rosa is always on the lookout for pavement images, plastic objects or naive paintings in shop windows for inspiration. Since 1992 he has been globetrotting to escape the confines of his Paris-based workshop, which can sometimes lead to […]
Shirley Kossick A Larger Silence by Yvonne Burgess (Penguin) Y vonne Burgess+s latest novel is, in effect, a sequel to her moving -alternative love story+, Anna and the Colonel (1998). It is not necessary to have read the earlier book to enjoy A Larger Silence, but the two together comprise the history of Rudyard Kipling […]
With the Sydney Olympics starting in September, John Pilger ruefully reflects on his home country Physically, there is no place like Sydney: the deep-water harbour, the tiara of Pacific beaches, the estuaries and secret bays where white eucalyptus, the giant ghost gums, rise from the water+s edge. At the centre is a stage set like […]
ZimbabweOs political and economic stability is in danger as President Robert Mugabe pushes ahead with plans to expropriate white-owned land Chris McGreal in Harare Zimbabwe is mobilising its army to rapidly resettle several million black peasants on expropriated farms after a government announcement that it will now seize about two-thirds of all white-owned land. And […]
Ivor Powell Shopping for spies in recent months, defence intelligence operatives have not concentrated their recruiting efforts only on political journalists. They have also tried to bring what its editor describes as a Ofeel-good travel magazineO into the espionage fold. This intelligence comes in the wake of revelations this week that Adrian Hadland, political editor […]
She now lives in France, but Marita van der Vyver is still writing about South Africa Jane Rosenthal Marita van der Vyver has been writing since her late teens and has been hugely successful from the start – her first book, Griet Skryf +n Sprokie, caused something of a stir. Her novels are unabashedly focused […]
Proposals calling for an end to commission caps have already evoked criticism – but this may be shortsighted Neil Thomas Many consumers buying or holding insurance products are probably blissfully unaware that a portion of the premium they pay every month is going to the broker who sold them the product. They will not see […]