Which African books have had the most powerful influence on you or your society? The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF), which takes place in Harare later this year, has invited nominations for a list of Africa’s 100 best books. The idea is to celebrate African writing, publishing and research. The top titles will be announced […]
Paul Edmunds REVIEW OFTHEWEEK In a country where we fawn over tourists and shun refugees, an examination of our attitudes to home, borders, journeys and displacement is never, for want of a better expression, going to be a black and white affair. Kwere Kwere: Journeys into Strangeness, an exhibition curated by young Johannesburg-based academic Rory […]
Greg Bowes CD OFTHEWEEK Mos Def’s last full-length (with Talib Kweli as Black Star) was acclaimed as one of the most groundbreaking hip-hop albums of recent years. Although his latest, Black on Both Sides (Rawkus), is perhaps aimed more squarely at commercial success, it’s just as essential. You may already know the radio favourite Ms […]
Barry Streek The government has moved to regulate one of South Africa’s most exploitative labour sectors – the security business – with stringent new rules governing working conditions of the estimated 350 000 security guards that make up the controversial industry. According to the new regulations published in the Government Gazette in terms of the […]
April 13 is World Book Day in South Africa. To mark the occasion, Exclusive Books invites all book-lovers to join them and Project Literacy in raising funds to help functionally illiterate adults (almost half the adult population of South Africa, it is believed) acquire reading skills. World Book Day bookmarks are on sale at branches […]
A student’s project has started a revolution in digital distribution Edward Hellmore Shawn Fanning may look like a typical 19- year-old American science student in a T- shirt and a University of Michigan baseball hat, and until last summer – when he unleashed his first ever attempt at writing computer code – he was. But […]
Jane Martinson Julian Robertson, one of the world’s most successful hedge fund managers, last week warned that investor enthusiasm for hi-tech stocks is creating ”a pyramid destined for collapse” as he announced the closure of his Tiger Management investment company. In an emotional letter to his remaining clients last week, Robertson said he could not […]
LIAM Botham, son of former England cricket all-rounder Ian, will be in the English rugby union touring party that will play two tests against the Springboks in June, England coach Clive Woodward said on Thursday. Woodward will name a 36-strong squad in two or three weeks but confirmed that winger Botham, who has already played […]
THE countrywide run-up to Operation Crackdown has seen more than 1500 people arrested in the Eastern Cape. Police say 359 people were arrested for serious crimes, while at least 25 cars and 29 guns were recovered. Dagga with a street value of R305000 was also seized. The arrests and recoveries were made between March 28 […]
Matthew Krouse 1 Mugg & Bean (Cape Town, Johannesburg): The Martians have landed, and have seemingly established these emporiums in every shopping centre in the land. Biggest branches are at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront and in Killarney Mall, Johannesburg. Owned by Ben Filmalter of the Linga Longa chain of five significant restaurants, including Leipoldt’s in […]