Chris Dunton Born in South Africa, Beverley Naidoo went into exile in Britain in 1965. There she became a children+s writer and educationalist. Like all her four novels to date, her first book, Journey to Jo+burg, combined an exciting plot with uncompromising realism. A -discovery+ story, it took in subject-matter such as rural poverty, student […]
Former president Nelson Mandela has been asked to mediate in the Middle East peace process.
Ebrahim Harvey Left field In the first article that I wrote for this paper a year ago, I stated: OThe ANC is on a collision course with its own support base and could suffer come the 2004 election.O This view, expressing the negative impact that the economic policies of the ruling party has on the […]
Alexander Sudheim THEATRE Ever since Darwin claimed them as our kin, man+s fascination with the ape has been a deep and divided one. The idea that we humans, the supreme species on the planet, may have links to the missing link closer than many might consider comfortable, inspires revulsion in some and enthrallment in others. […]
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 […]