Cameron Duodu Letter from the North Lesotho is a place with which I have an unfulfilled date. While taking part in a BBC African service discussion with the late King Moshoeshoe of Lesotho, I discovered that apart from being nicely spoken and charming, he had almost as much a passion for democracy as I had. […]
Science and technology will never be viewed in the same way after the launch of The Big Idea, reports Lesley Cowling The battle to persuade the average South African to take an interest in science moves into the realm of popular culture this week with the launch of an innovative new television show. Flighting on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.00pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended its four-day bull run on Thursday, dropping around 2,5% on profit taking, with sentiment suffering as extreme volatility infects Asian markets and European exchanges take big hits. The Dow Jones opened on a downward streak in the afternoon, rattled by recessionary fears and a […]
Mark Hulbert Share World What a difference two months can make. As recently as this summer, the debate between market timers and buy-and-hold investors was all but dead. After all, this year was shaping up as yet another in which virtually no market timers – investors who try to jump in and out of stocks […]
Dan Atkinson It’s that point in the economic cycle once again. It comes around like New Year’s Eve and usually leaves behind the same trail of wreckage, destruction and blinding hangovers. Yes, it’s junk time. Some of us can remember this X-rated film the last time it was showing. How we thrilled to the transatlantic […]
Angella Johnson VIEW FROM A BROAD It is exceedingly rare that the president of Johannesburg’s Central Divorce Court refuses to dissolve a marriage. Yet that was exactly what Helen Lotriet did after questioning a young husband who claimed his wife regularly cheated on him. “Are you still living as husband and wife?” inquired Lotriet. It […]
The winner in Exclusive Books’ promotion, the Boeke Prize, was announced this week. Critics vote on the best of six books chosen by booksellers. The ranking of the books from first to last is: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Sceptre); The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Flamingo); Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur […]
Chiara Carter investigates a link between the Mafia boss and the ex- foreign minister The investigation into alleged Mafia moneyman Vito Palazzolo has led to a bizarre hunt for photographs of former foreign minister Pik Botha in bed with a black woman. The presidential investigation task unit’s acting head, Peter Viljoen, said he had several […]
Ian Wylie Aside from a little bruising, Kevin Warwick is feeling no side-effects from last month’s operation to remove the silicon chip implanted under the skin inside his left elbow. The skin chip has the capability to become a household aid: turning on lights, opening doors or switching on the television as you approach. But […]
These days, the Market Theatre management claims, people book tickets because they want to and not out of some obligation to the place that, once upon a time, changed South African culture. If you pop into the theatre now you’ll find a video monitor fixed to one of those pillars laden with brass plaques. The […]