Cedric Mayson Spirit Level Many comedians have quoted the spousely spat which ends: “Darling! I have already made up my mind. Please don’t confuse me with facts!” It is also the attitude of religious conservatives with minds closed to anything except their cherished beliefs. “God has revealed this … the Bible says that … the […]
15 years after its birth in a tiny Braamfontein office, the Mail & Guardian is still going strong – winning awards and annoying the government of the day Barbara Ludman and Rehana Rossouw ‘I give your paper one year, no more.” The message from letter-writer J Paris of Berea, published in The Weekly Mail in […]
The Springboks will have to tackle all day if they hope to stop the Todd Squad Andy Capostagno The story of the All Blacks, once a kind of Auckland Aenead, has become a Canterbury Tale. Coach Wayne Smith, captain Todd Blackadder, halfbacks Justin Marshall and Andrew Mehrtens and many more have proclaimed the Super 12 […]
A WOODCUTTER found the torso of a teenage girl in a shallow grave near the town of Atlantis, about 50 km north of Cape Town, police said on Friday. The girl’s head and limbs had been cut off and were still missing, police spokesman Riaan Poole said. Forensic experts estimated the girl died about five […]
They might have been underpaid and overworked at the Mail & Guardian, but many of the staff have gone on to lead other media
Nelson Mandela ended the 13thInternational Aids Conference by urging delegates to rise above their differences Tim Trengrove-Jones The 13th International Aids Conference began with exasperation and ended in muted hope. The exasperation sprang from the opening address given by President Thabo Mbeki. The hope came from the careful, principled closing address of his predecessor, Nelson […]
Despite equity plans, poorer pupils are still being taught by teachers less qualified than those of their wealthier peers Russell Wildeman When the education landscape was transformed from 19 racially based education departments to nine provincial departments, large inequalities were found between provinces. Redress was initially driven by redistributing funds between provincial education departments and […]
Martin Whiting Gerald Durrell: the Authorised Biography by Douglas Botting (HarperCollins) Douglas Botting, author of three other biographies including that of Gavin Maxwell (Ring of Bright Water), now provides a detailed account of the life of Gerald Durrell – conservationist, educator, writer and champion of endangered species and animals the world over. Best known for […]
sector cannot be avoided Claude van Cuyck Investors may be wary of the TMT (technology, media and telecoms) sector following Nasdaq volatility in the past six months, but it continues to be the fastest growing sector in the world and investors who ignore it will miss out. Sectors geared to the superhighway (TMT and electronics) […]
Neal Collins The very first helmet camera to hit British television screens belonged to Richard Johnson, a Grand National jockey, in 1998. Sadly, Johnson, riding a horse called Banjo, fell at the first fence. Though it was a spectacular crash where we saw turf, fence, sky and turf again, we were given no further glimpses […]