Fiona Macleod When a dog has a cat up a tree, you hope that it either loses interest or its owner calls it to heel. But what do you do when neither intervention takes place? This is the dilemma facing one of two groups claiming title to the Friends of the Cat welfare organisation, based […]
Shaun de Waal MOVIE OFTHEWEEK It was Edward Said who, in his book Culture and Imperialism, pointed to an aspect of Jane Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield Park that had not been much remarked upon. It was slavery. Such a heavy issue may seem at odds with the sequestered world of Jane Austen, who compared her […]
Matthew Krouse CDs OFTHEWEEK Ns (Hannibal) is Virgnia Rodrigues’s second album. According to Internet sources she is a 35-year-old ex- manicurist and domestic worker from the slums of Salvador. On the cover of her latest album you can see the star of Salvador, who now makes her music in Brazil – centre of the Latin-American […]
Ike Broslovski For most South Africans, the words Krushed’n’Sorted (K&S) are directly associated with their favourite pastime: a dope-induced suspension of reality that happens when the job is done and the toys have been scattered out to play. In Cape Town, however, those very same concepts have been given a new dimension by drum’n’bass DJ/producers […]
Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH The scene: Mid-morning at Stagnant Pool. Many insects are flapping about in the greenish-brown-black water, which smells badly. Some are fanning themselves on blades of grass. Male Anopheles mosquito:Whnnnnngggggg! [Translation] Hey, Mama, feel like a little fooling around? Nothing like a warm morning like this to make you remember […]
Jaspreet Kindra A fresh cycle of political violence has gripped KwaZulu-Natal in the run-up to the November local government elections, with Inkatha Freedom Party stronghold Nongoma the centre of this storm. The town has been witness to the killing of at least two IFP leaders in a fresh burst of violence in the past two […]
offensive Howard Barrell President Thabo Mbeki jetted to Algiers on Friday, taking his diplomatic offensive on the crisis in Zimbabwe a step further amid grave concern in South African circles about pre-election violence against opponents of President Robert Mugabe. Mbeki was expected to meet privately with Mugabe in the Algerian capital over the weekend. Observers […]
Heather Hogan Home owners, already taxed to the hilt, can expect to face yet another burden if the new Property Rates Bill, which aims to tax the public on the value of all improvements made to their properties, is passed. Ratepayers who already pay varied amounts on the value of the land will now have […]
No letting up for Newmarket farriers with over 50 classics to their credit Alan Smith Hitting the nail on the head is an absolute necessity for Mark and Simon Curtis. They have to get it right. The brothers are farriers and own Newmarket’s oldest- established company. Their late father Don established the business in 1949 […]
Ex-premier Mathews Phosa is the major shareholder in a company offering the public a ‘budget price’ legal service Khadija Magardie Mathews Phosa, the former premier of Mpumalanga and the head of the African National Congress’s legal department, has reinvented himself as “the people’s lawyer”, selling his legal services to the public – for R30 a […]