The first description of the wonder of the Aughrabies Falls, one of the world’s six largest falls, was published 175 years ago Stephen Gray When George Thompson, the Cape-based trader, first beheld the awesome Aughrabies Falls, in the Northern Cape, in 1824 at the end of a long trek through iron-tinted rocky desolation, he was […]
Luvuyo Kakaza With a few hitches the South African Music Awards (Sama) got off an hour late on March 30 amid great dramatics. Five musicians were honoured for their lifetime achievements – these included the three former exiles, Jonas Gwangwa, Hugh Masekela and composer Caiphus Semenya; accordionist Nico Carstens, who has sold two-million records in […]
“The personal opinions of the editors have no weight in the eyes of the public. What they seek in a newspaper is knowledge of facts, and it is only by altering or distorting those facts that a journalist can contribute to the support of his own views.” – Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) It might appear […]
A subjective assessment of the main men (and woman) on the global stage The balance of power in global sport is shifting and few individuals better illustrate the changes taking place than Rupert Murdoch. He does not play sport, he does not administer it and he rarely even watches it. However, over the past decade […]
Jane Rosenthal EMBRACE by Mark Behr (Little, Brown) Mark Behr’s first novel, The Smell of Apples, was prescribed for schools and won the M-Net and CNA Awards more or less simultaneously with his revelation of his spying activities in the apartheid era. Or so it would seem in the popular memory. His new novel, Embrace, […]
GAUTENG allrounder Andrew Hall will make his iinternational debut against Australia after he was included in the South African squad of 14 for the three one-day internationals against the world champions. The South Africans will play Australia in the first one-day international at Kingsmead on Wednesday. Squad: Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, […]
ARREST warrants on murder charges have been issued against six leaders of the Ugandan doomsday cult held responsible for the deaths of around 1000 followers, officials said Thursday. The director of public prosecutions Richard Buteera has listed the six leaders of the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God as Joseph Kibwetere. They are the […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki expressed sorrow at the death on Thursday of Tunisia’s first president Habib Bourguiba and praised his efforts for the development of Africa. Bourguiba, Tunisia’s first president after independence from France in 1956, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 96. Africa “feels greatly indebted to the efforts of leaders such […]
THE Joint Military Commission on the ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo late on Thursday announced that warring parties had agreed to a plan of disengagement of forces and their redeployment to new defensive positions. At the end of a three-day meeting in Kampala, delegates from all parties in the JMC adopted the plan […]
ROGER Russell, who has spread his anti-crime message by walking more than 3600km through South Africa, is expected back in Cape Town on May 2. Having visited more than 150 police stations and spoken to some 4000 police officers over the past year, Russell has appealed to the public to support police officers in the […]