The National Arts Festival faces loss of sponsorship, while several productions on show this year investigate what it means to be male Matthew Krouse Grahamstown could do with a big cracker up its bum. One that’ll send its complacent residents scampering for answers to some pressing questions. The fact that the National Arts Festival appears […]
Gavin Foster When Charles McEwan set off on his motorcycle that day in August 1992 he was on top of the world. A gifted soccer player, he’d just scored the two goals that won the Natal premier league for his side, Virginia. Then came the accident that cost him his sport career, but couldn’t take […]
Alan Finlay “There’s a couple of butts left on the dresser.” – Hans Magnus Enzensberger, from his last will and testament Many people don’t want to talk about their own death, let alone sit down with themselves and decide how to plan for the eventuality. It is a daunting task, filled with a sense of […]
Anthea Garman REVIEW OFTHEWEEK Being bothered about place (as in the actual ground under your feet) is not something you do in a big city with an international airport. But when you live in a small town, off the national road, and you are surrounded by countryside impervious to your human needs (both physical and […]
The golden tots captured American hearts and gold medals at Atlanta 96. Worryingly … they’re back again Duncan Mackay To many people they epitomised the Olympics four years ago. It was impossible to be in Atlanta and fail to be struck by the huge publicity that surrounded the American women’s gymnastics team who won the […]
David Macfarlane Chronic internal conflicts, and destructive and dictatorial management styles, in the national Department of Education could seriously hinder delivery on core features of education provision at school level. The Ministry of Education has been receiving flak on policy grounds, in particular its ditching of Curriculum 2005 following the recommendations of a ministerially appointed […]
Tracy McVeigh Body Language One of the world’s most revered scientists has developed a theory that fat people are happier than thin ones. James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who was jointly responsible for discovering the structure of DNA, believes that plumper women are also likely to enjoy a better sex life than their thin […]
INNOVATIONS There’s long been software available to do personal make-overs – hair, make-up and so on – but like many software applications, this one has now found its way online, at www.makeover.com. You can upload your own photo (or use that of a model with similar looks) and try out different hairstyles, different make-up combinations […]
Paul Kirk and Marianne Merten The man hired by Golden Arrow buses to provide security to its besieged drivers is the KwaZulu-Natal hotel owner who allegedly offered a security guard money to withdraw a rape charge against tycoon Jonty Sandler. Norman Reeves, the managing director of the Combat Group of Companies, is a former regimental […]
Tom Cox CD OFTHEWEEK Masquerading as the best bar band in the world, The Jayhawks, for anyone who’s actually played their last three albums more than once, are in fact trail-blazing studio scientists: the most complex of all the alternative country bands. The fact that they were written off as too “straightforward” and “trad” seems […]