Andrew Worsdale speaks to Akin Omotoso, who makes movies like Roman Polanski on acid ‘It’s like being cursed! We go to any airport on the globe and we’re stopped … I’m sick of it. Don’t our leaders think about it? I’m sick and tired of it. Don’t they think about how they represent us? To […]

John Matshikiza WITH THE LID OFF It is true, as some readers have commented in this week’s Letters and Crossfire sections, that we have an uncomfortable problem of xenophobia in South Africa. As is pointed out, it is a xenophobia that is particularly nasty because it generally seems to be an intolerance exercised by black […]

After Durban’s recent heavy flooding many roads in the city collapsed or were so badly damaged they cannot be repaired – and experts say it may only be a matter of time before South Africa’s entire road network collapses, Paul Kirk reports The backlog in repairing South Africa’s roads exceeds R53-billion and much of it […]

So you want to be a rock’n’roll star? Just turn on, upload and cash in, says Neil McIntosh The route for up-and-coming bands used to be well defined. By night, groups that dreamed of being spotted by passing record company executives would sweat it out in dingy clubs and pubs. By day they’d stick their […]

Andy Capostagno in Cardiff Rugby World Cup One thing we should be grateful for. The Springboks did not disgrace themselves at this World Cup. They had a man sent off, they loafed around during the playing of Flower of Scotland, they went hog wild for a night in Edinburgh, but in victory over England they […]

ADRIAN WARNER, Cardiff | Friday 12.25am. NEW Zealand coach John Hart quit on Friday following his side’s defeat against South Africa in the World Rugby Cup third place play-off on Thursday. ”I had been considering the decision for quite some time,” said Hart, who has been under mounting pressure since the All Black’s shock defeat […]

ADRIAN WARNER, Cardiff | Friday 11.35am. NEW Zealand rugby hit one of the lowest moments in its history on Thursday when they were beaten 22-18 by South Africa in the third place playoff to finish their worst World Cup. New Zealand will now have to qualify for the next tournament in 2003 for the first […]

DISABLED swimmer Tadhg Slattery maintained his awesome form in shattering the 200m breaststroke World Record in the Homebush Bay Aquatic Centre in Sydney. Slattery collected 3 gold and 1 silver medal in his various events and should be included in the South African Paralympic Team bound for Sydney next year. Meanwhile, the South African Mens […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Thursday 12.45pm NEW vehicle sales fell 6,1% in October from September, according the latest figures released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa) on Wednesday, despite a long-term positive outlook for the industry. Naamsa said that sales in October fell to 17306 units from September’s 18421 units. Compared to […]