South Africa overcame some dubious umpiring decisions to crush the Sri Lankans on Wednesday, but an in-form England could be a different proposition. Neil Manthorpe reports Neil Manthorp Cricket For the first time in three weeks, South Africa discovered what it means to be favourites. It means you have to be a lot better, and […]
A South African film is making a big impact in Cannes. Janine Stephen spoke to some of those involved in the production Start popping corks and quaffing champagne: a South African film has been shortlisted for a Palme d’Or award at the international Cannes Film Festival. It is only the second time in the festival’s […]
Loose cannon Robert Kirby Background music, Muzak, piped music, whatever might you call it, has become one of the most toxic of urban excreta. It doesn’t matter where you go, you can never escape it. In restaurant and supermarket, in the street, on the telephone, at the filling station, even in your barber’s chair you […]
Andrew Worsdale Movie of the week `I took a course in speed reading and was able to read War and Peace in 20 minutes. It’s about Russia.” Or “My brain is my second-favourite organ.” These are two gem one-liners from Allen Stewart Konigsberg, who was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York in 1935. In 1952 […]
Nicole Turner There were a lot of firsts when Interdesign ’99 Water kicked off simultaneously in Mexico, Australia and South Africa in April this year. Industrial design experts from around the world had gathered to brainstorm about water, which all those participating agreed was life itself. Although this was the 32nd Interdesign conference since 1972, […]
Corruption and crime have dominated the election debates up to now. But there are other critical issues that are germane to how South Africans will vote on June 2. These are just three. Education The African National Congress has always been strong on education policy. It brought to office an ambitious vision for a radically […]
British newspapers have been `leaked’ damaging documents in what appears to be an elaborate plot to smear President Nelson Mandela, write Martin Welz and Mungo Soggot Several British newspapers have been probing a story that President Nelson Mandela accepted a kickback as part of a Nigerian oil deal. The allegations appear to be part of […]
There’s no need to worry about global warming, argues Dennis Avery. History shows it will lead to great benefits `Climate extremes would trigger meteorological chaos – raging hurricanes such as we have never seen, capable of killing millions of people; uncommonly long, record-breaking heat waves; and profound drought that could drive Africa and the entire […]
Rian Malan’s article on Boipatong, “A question of spin”, in the South African Institute of Race Relations publication, Frontiers of Freedom, is a piece of research long on detail and counter-conspiracy and short on substance and context. Malan has clearly spent a lot of time trying to make sense of the myriad versions and contradictions […]
Mungo Soggot Brimstone Pharmaceuticals, the Cape-based company caught with stolen drugs in a police raid, was directly warned in February to be on the lookout for some of the stolen drugs seized in the investigation. Police raided Brimstone’s warehouses last month and uncovered about R1,5-million worth of stolen drugs – including some from a consignment […]