BASKETBALL: Matlhodi Malope BENDING could not reduce seven-foot basketball star Patrick Ewing’s monstrous height enough to be on the same level as his group of young trainees at the Alexandra All Sports Centre this week. He had to squat for proper eye contact. “Now guys,” he said to the group of eager boys and girls […]

A new language has been created — and with it a new industry — which only a few can interpret. Cosmas Desmond ponders whether ‘development-speak’ actually encourages development MUCH is being made of the difficulties arising from having 11 official languages in South Africa. An even bigger problem, however, is the 12th language: jargonese. The […]

THEATRE: Robert Greig MURDER mystery plays are as addictive as syllogisms. The characters may not make sense, the situations may be predictable and conventional, but one is impelled by the remorseless logic of discovery. Hamlet is probably the best example of this. Murder in Green Meadows, playing at the Richard Haines Theatre in Johannesburg, is […]

Did the mysterious ‘Steyn report’ ever exist? That depends on who you ask, reports Louise Flanagan WHEN Deputy President FW de Klerk told parliament last week that there was no written “Steyn report” into military intelligence “dirty tricks”, he contradicted what Lieutenant-General Pierre Steyn had himself said about his controversial report. In response to a […]

During the week, they’re bakers, drivers and teachers — but on Sunday, they dance to keep tradition alive. Matlhodi Malope reports from the African Cultural Heritage Trust competition THOKO NDIMANDE was often punished for her love of dancing at school, when she dodged lessons to watch troupes perform at the Market Theatre. “Dancing is in […]

Sibusiso Nxumalo DIFFERENCES on strategy and accusations of undemocratic practices in the South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) branch at the University of the Witwatersrand have led to a split in the organisation, the resignation of an executive committee member and dwindling support. The split can be traced back to the violent protests that rocked Wits […]

Stefaans Brummer THE R35-million funding crunch of the national peace structures reaped its first major casualty this week when employees of the Wits-Vaal region, the country’s largest, received two months’ notice. The imminent collapse of Wits-Vaal, which has about 90 paid staff members and runs more than 20 peace committees with volunteer members from communities, […]

Players on both sides have much to prove in Saturday’s Lion Cup final RUGBY: Jon Swift IT IS not wrong to say that Western Province have not had a great season thus far on paper, but they have always looked a better side in reality than the results would indicate. At Ellis Park tomorrow, they […]

Mondli waka Makhanya and Chris Louw ALLAN BOESAK is set to relinquish his position as ANC leader in the Western Cape, and will probably be replaced by a cabinet member. A little-known township activist is expected to be elected deputy leader of the province. Elections will take place at the ANC’s Western Cape regional congress, […]

Jan Taljaard EUGENE TERRE’BLANCHE and the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging this weekend celebrate 21 years as the undisputed wild bunch of the right. To celebrate, they are returning to Heidelberg, the small town where the organisation was founded. AWB legend has it that the organisation was formed when seven men, among them Jan Groenewald (who would later […]