A MAN has apparently frozen to death in the cold snap that gripped South Africa over the weekend and forced hundreds of homeless to soup kitchens and churches for shelter, a report said on Monday. The unidentified man was discovered dead on Sunday in an alley in a Johannesburg suburb, and ambulance staff said they […]
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Paul Kirk Police are hunting for two serial killers in Durban who are believed to be responsible for the murder of four young women and the abduction and rape of at least eight girls. Durban police confirmed this week that in Greenwood Park – a suburb of central Durban – a killer has murdered at […]
JKRowling’s latest Harry Potter book, which arrives in South Africa this week, has caused hysteria in Britain. Its timing is just right Mark Lawson In a career of only three years, JK Rowling has changed book publishing. She has created a world in which novels – like new cars, grouse, Beaujolais nouveau and Star Wars […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has given Minister of Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe three weeks to explain his attack on the Mail & Guardian at the media racism hearings, saying his accusations constitute a prima facie violation of the Bill of Rights. At the hearings in April, Radebe – on behalf […]
Muff Andersson I had to fight for the picture above of former president Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg mayor Isaac Mogase and Professor Lindsay Bremner of the University of the Witwatersrand. Madiba’s protocol person told me to get lost. He will not do it, she said, exiting the council venue that had been hosting her boss. But […]
Harry Pearson Last week I attended one of the jewels in the sporting calendar, the village first- school sports day. It was a sunny afternoon, the attendance was good and all the children got a chance to take part. As the afternoon progressed I watched kindly mums wink at six-year-olds who had just finished last […]
A new Magaliesberg conservation project is being threatened by arsonists Nechama Brodie What should have been a week of celebration for Magaliesberg-based nature conservancy Jackal’s Kloof was marred by a deliberately set fire on its mountain top last week. The fire, which started late on Tuesday afternoon, took several hours to get under control – […]
Caroline Sullivan CD OFTHEWEEK ‘Strong, independent, pagan woman” – that is how Sin,ad O’Connor describes herself on Daddy, I’m Fine, one of the most inspirational lyrics she has written for her first album in six years, Faith and Courage (Atlantic). And we can rightfully celebrate the return of the independent, exasperating, unique Ms O’Connor. Faith […]