On a typical Wednesday night of knocking over illegal brewing stands and closing down shebeens, Aaron Nicodemus went on a ride-along with the Hillbrow liquor control unit Alexander “Big Alex” Kavouras plucks at two carnations with his thick fingers as police cart away R25E000 worth of his liquor . The flowers’ red petals litter the […]

The 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have been interpreted by artists from 28 countries, writes Alex Sudheim As a measure of the significance of the International Print Portfolio exhibition, the United Nations was eager for the show to grace the proceedings at the world body’s New York headquarters during its recent […]

Sudan Mohamed Osman in Khartoum Sudanese president Omar el-Bashir on Sunday declared a three-month state of emergency, and state-run television said he was dissolving Parliament. Bashir said:”There are dangers against the country from abroad, and internal problems that will aggravate the country’s problems will not be allowed. In order to preserve the unity of the […]

Kit Peel Linda Shaw’s Horoscope 2000, published last month, reveals a neurotic, feminine country in the hands of a man of overwhelming masculinity – a virile, dominant man handling a country with very low self- esteem. It’s Cosmopolitan magazine meets the cosmos, and it’s a lot of fun. Little Miss South Africa, let us call […]

David Le Page It has been announced that the Internet, which is changing the way we work, play and seek sex, will also save the world. At least, it will slow down the United States’s generous and unstinting contributions to global warming. This is the finding of a report from the Centre for Energy and […]

Paul Kirk Tycoon Jonty Sandler is to be charged with indecent assault, three months after allegedly raping a 22-year-old security guard. But a top KwaZulu-Natal policeman has accused the province’s director of public prosecutions of going soft on the millionaire businessman. The original police docket included sodomy, indecent assault, bribery and pointing a firearm. “If […]

Speciality stores are springing up everywhere. From mom and pop to megastores – there’s a price tag on every passion. Claire Bezuidenhout, Langley Kirkwood and Matthew Krouse went shopping Western Cape Old Mill Guest Cottage, Gallery and Gift Shop: Some of the finest Karoo art for sale alongside home-grown herb teas, Robertson wines, handmade soaps […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 11.20am. AN excellent performance from lead off-pitcher Tim Harrell helped South Africa to a 5-1 win over Guam in Randburg, bringing them closer to their Olympic dream. The game was the first in a best of five series between the two countries, with the winners going on to compete in […]

Journalist and rape survivor Charlene Smith last week chose to testify in open court in the trial of the person who allegedly raped her. Rape survivors usually choose to testify in a court closed to the public. She explains her decision Two-and-a-half centuries ago, French philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, writing on American democracy observed, “The […]

Michelle Matthews ‘Die mees sentrale fi-guur in ons volk se geskiedenis is Paul Kruger. Egter nie slegs man van die verlede nie, hy is ook en wel, bowe alles, man van die toekoms. Soek in die verlede, so het hy ges, dit wat goed en skoon is, en bou daarop jou toekoms,” intones DF Malan […]