In the week that Dullah Omar rejected decriminalising relationships between gay men, Ferial Haffajee attended a street wedding The lobola had been paid. The blue and white striped tent was up. And as good old tradition dictates, the bride was three hours late. But when she emerged from her Meadowlands home in Soweto last Saturday, […]

Bridget Hilton-Barber : Unspoilt places Have you noticed how we seem to be caught in the frenzied grip of an Action Adventure trend? You’ve got no cred unless you rafted raging whitewaters, conquered some lofty peak or flung yourself off a silly bridge with an elastic band tied around your ankle? It’s impossible to go […]

Steve Morris : Rugby There are a number of factors that have shown themselves as the Currie Cup has emerged from the hangover of Tri-Nations tests and Super 12 disappointments. Not the least of these is the competitive edge that has been added to the less fashionable sides such as Boland, South Western Districts, Border […]

View from the Gallery South Africa’s Acting President, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, could not restrain himself. He had spent two hours watching a string of politicians do the Masakhane, with speeches full of pledges and snipes. By then, most of the Cabinet ministers had skulked off, leaving a lonely Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development Valli […]

CAPE TOWN’S noisy street party came to a stunned halt shortly before 7.00PM as the city learnt that it had lost the Olympic Games for 2004 to Athens.

Over 800 students share five roofed classrooms, while for 600 others school is out if it rains. Craig Bishop reports Patrick Masakala (18) walks six kilometres to school each day. When he arrives for the first lesson of the day he shares his teacher with 100 other students, and his classroom with another class. Masakala […]

Feng shui seems to be a New Age fad, but it was the cornerstone of the development of Chinese science, medicine and architecture, writes Lorraine Pace Brandishing mirrors and wind-chimes, plants and decorative items, the Chinese practice of feng shui promises health, wealth and happiness. But much of the information on feng shui borders on […]

FRIDAY, 2.00PM CAPE Judge President Gerald Friedman on Friday urged the National Party and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to seek an out of court settlement in the interests of national reconciliation. He was speaking at the start of an NP court application to dismiss TRC deputy chairman Alex Boraine and declare that commission chairman […]

Adam Haupt It’s a white, white world out there. This was the inescapable conclusion that Sharief Cullis, director of Stonehouse Communications, and Chris Gutuza, director of the Media Training and Development Trust, reached after the Rugby World Cup in 1995. Involved in media development work since the 1980s, they had hooked up with the Rugby […]

adversity Mark Lamport-Stokes : Cricket Yin and yang; darkness and light; setback and advantage. Any of these stark contrasts could be used to encapsulate the burgeoning career of Zimbabwean fast bowler Henry Olonga. In the space of the last 18 months, the popular 21-year-old has had to face square on the numbing adversity of being […]