Jason Venter SQUASH This week’s South African squash open national championship, staged first at Johannesburg suburban courts and later on a portable glass court in the middle of Sandton Square, is no doubt one of the premier events on the South African sport calendar – as if anyone cared in this era of Hansiegate and […]

Thebe Mabanga The British rock guitarist Brian May once noted how “we live in interesting times. But we also live in dangerous times.” He may very well have been talking to South Africa’s youth. For although some of South Africa’s 16- to 30-year-olds are justifiably despondent in the face of rising unemployment, those who have […]

Andy Capostagno GOLF It is sometimes difficult to take Americans seriously when they speak of history. For most of their population, old is something that happened before World War II, antique before World War I. It is that much worse in the marketing of golf by the United States television networks, where adherence to family […]

Ian Fife Hitler Hunzvi is going to eat your lunch. He is at your dining table, his hand up your daughter’s skirt. His men defile the most personal possessions in your home, which they say is theirs, then slaughter your spouse and children. That is nightmare number one right now in the white suburbs of […]

Ebrahim Harvey CROSSFIRE It sometimes unfortunately happens that a great event passes us by without much ado. This was the case when Judge Arthur Chaskalson, president of the Constitutional Court, delivered a milestone lecture on human rights at the third Bram Fischer lecture at the Civic Theatre a few weeks ago. It would be hard […]

Unlike their counterparts in 1976, the ‘African renaissance’ youth need to grapple with problems posed by, among others, wars, child soldiers, child labour, drug abuse and trafficking, and globalisation Sifiso Ndlovu Writing about the history of the Soweto uprising and the present represents coming to terms with a traumatic past. This process of remembering against […]

A young sportsman with the world at his feet threw his career away for his captain Marianne Merten The young man once described as South Africa’s sporting “wunderkind” could have represented his country in several sports. His first love, soccer, even stirred interest from overseas clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur. But parental advice and a knee […]

Jeevan Vasagar British TV writer Carla Lane recently gave the world an animal tale that, if true, will ignite a scientific sensation: a goat on her sanctuary has given birth to a lamb. The proud mother is Molly, an 18-year- old nanny goat. Lane said it happened after Molly was kept in a paddock on […]

NEWS IN BRIEF The most overworked and understaffed jurisdiction in the country, the Transvaal Provincial Division (TPD), looks set for a major shake-up, with the creation of 10 permanent posts on the Bench. Officials say the new posts will incorporate positions that have been occupied by acting judges. Advocates expect the Judicial Service Commission, the […]

Gregory Mthembu-Salter meets Rwandan leader Paul Kagame, whose message for his hostile neighbour is ‘loud and clear’ Major General Paul Kagame has been President of Rwanda for 56 days, following the resignation in March of former leader Pasteur Bizimungu for “personal reasons”. When the Mail & Guardian interviewed Kagame in Kigali on June 10, Rwandan […]