Janet Smith Nigerian juju meets Ghanaian highlife meets South African kwaito on M-Net’s foot- stomping new addition to its growing collection of satellite channels today. Channel O, a true babe in the world of music television, ruled over by psychedelic American god MTV, launches on MultiChoice DStv at 7pm on Friday, October 17 for two […]

Steve Morris : gby Two very different contests within the realm of rugby have concentrated the attentions of the followers of the game in this country over the past week; ironically one that has drawn the laager closer and one which promises to open the game out in new directions. Under the several shadows that […]

Julian Drew Soccer Willem Jackson proved to be a revelation on his debut for Bafana Bafana in the friendly international against France on Saturday, but the irony is that had the little-known Pierre Issa been fit, Jackson would probably have been on the bench. “It was disappointing that Pierre was injured because he would have […]

American and French interests contributed to the conflict in Congo (Brazzaville), report Chris Gordon in Luanda and Howard French in Abidjan The Angolan invasion of Congo (Brazzaville), which helped bring down the government of Pascal Lissouba this week, is part of a determined move on a range of fronts to finally break the military power […]

Dave Richardson (38) and Allan Donald (31) already share one South African Test match record. They are the most successful bowler/wicketkeeper combination in the nation’s history with over 40 shared dismissals. They are also bearing down on the individual records in their chosen departments of the game. Ironically, with Richardson just three scalps short of […]

This week’s landmark decision sees Internet providers wiring into development, writes Aspasia Karras The South African Telecommunications Authority’s (Satra) pronouncement on Internet exclusivity this week has more spin-offs than the one that captures the popular imagination – the David and Goliath showdown whereby Telkom lost the exclusivity battle to the independent service providers. Pinky Moholi, […]

The complexity of sexual behaviour is forcing medicine to be unconventional in fighting Aids, writes Julia Grey `Stadiums” – places where “the game” is played – take many different forms around the mines in Carletonville, south-west of Johannesburg. A stadium may be the parking lot in front of a beer hall, a stretch of veld […]

pace Antony Barnett It’s 2010. You’re travelling through a remote part of the world. You have a phone with you – one of the latest generation mobiles, complete with a screen and Internet connection – the phone that you use at home and at work. It rings. It’s your estate agent. He has found the […]

Caitlin Davies Sun International is about to fight its biggest battle yet in Botswana as community leaders, church followers and the public join forces to oppose the issuing of a casino licence in the northern village of Maun. “We are shouting to the international community to invest, but a casino is dangerous. We need to […]