Neal Collins CRICKET Brian Lara might need an eye operation at the end of the West Indies current series against England. The world’s highest-scoring batsman, who bounced back to form with a match-saving century at Old Trafford, suffers from tyrigium – a condition which causes a “skin” to grow over the eyeball. The disease – […]
Paul Kirk More details emerged this week of the involvement of KwaZulu-Natal Gambling Board members in casino companies to which they have awarded licenses. The Mail & Guardian last week reported how gambling board member Londiwe Mthembu was a director of Akani Umsundizi, a company that has won a lucrative bid to build a casino […]
The fact that they’ve twice wrongly predicted the end of the world has not swayed the members of an Eastern Cape cult from their beliefs Thebe Mabanga and Peter Dickson For the second time this year, the world did not end as they had hoped. But the 70 members of the Church of God, an […]
The new partnership is a much-needed consolidation of efforts and is working towards building an exciting and more effective platform to promote professional contemporary dance in the KwaZulu-Natal area. FNB choreographic grants have been awarded to Jay Pather, who is working with Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre and Boyzie Cekwana and his Floating Outfit Project. With […]
The government has so far ignored its own report on administering antiretrovirals Belinda Beresford The government has been sitting on a report it commissioned that vigorously endorses the use of antiretroviral drugs in stopping the transmission of HIV between mothers and children. The study, commissioned by the Department of Health and delivered four months ago, […]
Brenda Atkinson REVIEW OF THE WEEK The exhibition blank_ Architecture, apartheid and after currently on show in Newtown, forms part of the recent Urban Futures multi-disciplinary event. It offers inspiring insights into the historical articulations of South African urban space. Deserving of acclaim for its acute intelligence and meticulous research, blank_ Architecture, apartheid and after, […]
Anita Chaudhuri Body Language Feeling betrayed is like feeling happy: most of us think we know what would make us feel that way. But in reality, the most unexpected events can end up provoking those emotions. And just as winning the lottery might make you happy, but not in the way you imagined, the discovery […]
David Beresford Another Country In the final analysis, perhaps, one can only judge oneself and I guess I will just have to remember that voice and make of it what I will. ”Hello,” she would say tentatively, answering the telephone in her room, ”who’s speaking ?” ”Die baas!” I would sometimes declare sternly and wait […]
Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza is running a vibrant department into the ground Ben Cousins The replacement of senior managers of the Department of Land Affairs (”Hanekom’s appointees shown the door”, August 4 to 10) is the tip of a very large iceberg. Weak leadership by Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Northern Province police have arrested at least five sangomas in the past few months for sexually assaulting teenagers and forcing female clients to submit to sex to be cured of their illnesses. The police have raised concerns about the incidents and have also embarked on an awareness campaign to warn women […]