Deon Potgieter BOXING Jon Robinson, president of the World Boxing Union (WBU), came out in favour of bringing back 15-round world title fights at a boxing convention held in Cape Town recently. Although the matter has been placed under review, if the WBU does revert to the 15- round fight as opposed to the 12-round […]
But the TRC’s extraordinary decision will not lay the controversy surrounding the young activist to rest Piers Pigou With the stroke of a pen and seemingly little thought or reasoning, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) granted amnesty in late February to the four men who confessed to killing student activist Sicelo Dlomo on January […]
The battleground in Zim remains the farms where invasions are not only about land but also votes Chris McGreal in Wedza Comrade Edward Musuaka’s note was to the point. “The hour has come to take what is rightfully ours. You have clearly shown us that you have ill feelings against the land issue. If you […]
Soon, wristwatches will tell you where you are, check your fingerprints and give you video conferencing Ashley Norris Right now one of the most interesting places on the planet is Casio’s watch R&D department. The company, once noted for its dull but rather useful digital watches, has been producing a series of extremely desirable gadgets. […]
Hilary Fine LIFESTYLE It is often difficult to characterise the individual players in this rapidly evolving genre of men’s general lifestyle magazines. All of them contain a standard mix of men’s interests: sport, money, cars, health, IT, music, movies and, of course, sex. All the local editions claim to be injecting their already successful international […]
Sarah Bullen TAKING STOCK Extensive restaurant menus tend to throw me into a panic. Decisions are not made on the spur of the moment but agonised over, in case someone orders something that looks better than my dish. Placing an order is a painfully long process that most often ends in me asking the waiter […]
Bryan Ferry, who plays in South Africa this week, is the perfect example of a rock star growing old gracefully Lindsay Baker We don’t really like our rock stars to age. Should they be allowed, at age 54, to wear leather trousers and persist in performing? As a rule, we prefer to think of them […]
David Beresford ANOTHER COUNTRY The best chance of some degree of immortality nowadays would appear to lie with the hope of being dug up by a palaeontologist. It is a prospect which troubles me for various reasons including concern that one day they will find my skeleton and will speculate about my life without taking […]
Hazel Friedman’s new book about Norman Catherine uncovers his unique conceptual space ‘Twas a dark and stormy night …” Actually it was nothing of the kind last week when Norman Catherine celebrated 30 years of artistic output with an exhibition and the launch of the book Norman Catherine. One almost felt that at any moment […]
Paul Kirk One of KwaZulu-Natal’s senior military intelligence operatives has dodged an order banning him from living on army premises after being accused of running a brothel from his barracks. According to a senior South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officer, Captain Dumisane Thango was banned from army premises in November 1999 after he was […]