Riaan Wolmarans CD OFTHEWEEK ‘You know I’m not dead,” sings Billy Corgan confidently on Everlasting Gaze, the hit opening track of The Smashing Pumpkins’ latest CD, Machina:The Machines of God (Virgin). But on the track Heavy Metal Machine, he wonders:”If I were dead, would my records sell?” And the Pumpkins are dead, for all purposes, […]
Graham Hayman CROSSFIRE Red tape at the Medicines Control Council (MCC) is reported to be standing in the way of the registration of complementary medicines and African traditional medicine in the organisation’s databank. Complementary medicines (CMs) form part of the rapidly expanding worldwide market for non-prescription medicines. CMs include traditional herbal medicines (both African and […]
Barry Streek Price Waterhouse Coopers has compiled a scathing report on labour relations in Parliament, painting a picture of an institution wracked by inefficiency and tension. The report says that instead of collaboration between the different divisions in Parliament, “there is at best an ad hoc application of human resources development funds that often create […]
Barry Streek Craftswomen from the rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal will be exhibiting their products at this month’s international conference on Aids in Durban as a result of a unique project to promote HIV/Aids awareness through design. The Rural Craft and HIV/Aids Awareness project has been operating in KwaZulu- Natal, the region with the highest reported […]
The ‘countertrade’ component of South Africa’s weapons package is in danger of falling through Ivor Powell Promises by foreign companies and governments to organise substantial investments in the South African economy in exchange for weapons contracts are going sour – before the government’s controversial R32-billion arms deal is even finalised. Government sources defending the weapons […]
Euan Ferguson TENNIS Let’s put our hands right up here at the beginning and admit it: grass can, at times, be a little boring. I don’t mean “grass” grass, dope grass, the stuff that just makes boring people more boring; though that’s certainly pretty boring. I mean real grass, the green stuff, cow food, the […]
A 16-year-old boy from Soweto has been widely praised for his sketches of township life Greg Marinovich Nkululeko Jenetwa, like many teenage boys, has a fascination with cartoons. Instead of joining his friends playing soccer and whistling at girls on the streets of Mapetla, Soweto, he spends his time indoors, inventing a world of cartoons […]
The illness is closely linked to the explosion of the Nigerian drug trade in South Africa Paul Kirk The Lonsdale hotel has seen better days. The air conditioners rarely function, the lights do not work, the swimming pool is empty and full of garbage, and rooms can be rented by the hour. Visitors are greeted […]
INNOVATIONS Got a gold card burning a hole in your wallet? Shame. Head on over to www.eluxury.com, which is filled with the outrageously expensive commodities peddled by LVMH: Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton. If you’re not intimidated by names like Dior, Salvatore Ferragamo, Celine, Bottega Veneta, or you just don’t know why they could be intimidating, […]
to how the votes will fall Nawaal Deane Voting to decide the host of the 2006 soccer World Cup will take place in three rounds through a process of elimination, with the country receiving the fewest votes falling out of the bidding after each round. All executive members of the Federation of International Football Association […]