Two former Durbanites are on an epic motorcycle trip that started in New York 15 months ago and is still far from finished Gavin Foster ‘I was in New York, working on Wall Street, when Noah sent me an e-mail from London, where he was living,” remembers Trevor Sproat. “He suggested that it was time […]
Thuli Nhlapo The Durban Aids 2000 conference will not have any delegates from organisations for disabled persons nor will there be disabled presenters – in spite of the fact that 15E000 scholarships were awarded to a number of delegates to enable their participation. According to one of the organisers, Fakazile Myeza, presenters submitted abstracts of […]
Anthony Browne The long-feared new wave of HIV infection has arrived in San Francisco, the city that first alerted the world to the epidemic 20 years ago. News that the city now has the same infection levels as sub-Saharan Africa has sparked fears across the United States and Europe that years of safe-sex education are […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION Smart television producers will by now have recognised a cash cow in the making. If nothing else, the coverage of the recent King commission hearings showed that there’s a wealth of real-life drama out there, just waiting to be exploited. The hearings had every element of a excellent tragicomedy. There was the […]
William Fotheringham CYCLING Lance Armstrong was pushed into a small, but interesting Freudian slip. He was asked whether a second Tour de France victory would be harder to achieve than his first: “It’s hard to win the first because you don’t have the experience, it’s hard to win the second because you don’t have that […]
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 […]