Libby Young The last year has seen South African cyberspace grow up. The number of users has passed that crucial one million benchmark, Web addresses are starting to appear on bumper stickers and no business card is complete without an e-mail address. So what’s been happening to South Africa’s search engines? Newcomer Max, , from […]
Mail & Guardian reporter If you are going to be at work on the night of December 31 1999, then cash and how to get lots of it will be uppermost in your mind. Bonuses are likely to be low, however, where demand for places is high. So the first trick is to make sure […]
Marianne Merten The police officer charged with rooting out urban terrorists who have been planting bombs and assassinating opponents in the Western Cape for years is seeking protection from his wife. The head of the Western Cape’s anti-urban terrorism campaign Operation Good Hope, Assistant Commissioner Ganief Daniels, is applying to court for a restraining order […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN goalkeeper Andre Arendse has been ruled out of the squad for the World Cup after undergoing surgery to repair torn knee cartilage. Arendse, who plays for Fulham in England was injured during shooting practice on Monday after falling awkwardly when saving a shot, and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday for […]
CD of the week Shaun de Waal One doesn’t quite get the band name. In any case, New Radicals (no “the”) appears to be less a band than composer/producer/singer Gregg Alexander doing his thing with a little enthusiastic help from his friends. And the title of his/their debut CD, Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too (MCA), […]
In 1918, at the age of 40, my maternal grandfather was stricken by a form of viral influenza, popularly known as the Spanish flu, which was decimating much of Europe. Within a week, despite the best efforts of three physicians, he died. In 1972, at the age of 40, I was stricken by a serious […]
Sarah Hall It sounds like the answer to the prayers of drivers who can’t parallel park: a car so tiny it squeezes into spaces with its back or nose to the kerb. The Smart Car was launched last year in Europe, but manufacturers Daimler Benz and Swatch had no plans to introduce it in the […]
The size of the ANC’s electoral victory need not be an issue of burning concern, writes Richard Calland So, it’s all over. And frankly, thank goodness for that. Elections are a necessary – though often engaging -evil. However, it was not that this campaign consumed so much energy and resources, or even that it was […]
Libby Young The two best known “facts” about the Internet are that most people are looking for sex online, and that finding what you’re looking for is very difficult. This, of course, could be true of life in general, but as with life these facts are not always as hard and fast as they seem. […]
slowly Five years into the new radio and where is the gender equality, asks Charl Blignaut It’s the Monday morning after the elections and AMLive co-anchor Sally Burdett is having a small domestic breakdown. She still can’t quite believe she got through the biggest political broadcast of the year in one piece. “Uh … Yes,” […]