Undermining the economy, including investor confidence and the currency, as well as greed-driven corruption, are all counter- revolutionary, according to the African National Congress’s draft document on strategy and tactics, prepared for its December conference. Strategy and Tactics, one of the documents under discussion at the ANC’s recent policy meeting, traditionally defines the organisation’s goals. […]

Melvyn Minnaar While no local wine estate or winemaker has yet cracked true international vino stardom, there are a few on the outside looking in. Perhaps not yet in the league of the famous French “First Growths”, or producers such as Germany’s Schloss Johannesberger, Italy’s Antinori, Australia’s Penfolds, the United States’s Joseph Phelps or even […]

Charl Blignaut : Cultural sushi Perhaps the most remarkable work on the Johannesburg biennale is the installation of the embassy of an imaginary country called Elgaland-Vargaland. It was created by artists Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Leif Elggren, who move into town for major art shows, swear in new citizens, issue passports and even select […]

For a more critical analysis of imported beer, read BJ’s Imported Beer Drinkers’ Guide (R24,95). BJ Lankwarden, a self- confessed beer lover, has catalogued all the beer imported into South Africa. It has a breakdown of the beer’s origin, colour, alcohol percentage, strength, style of beer, a brief summary of its flavour, and, in some […]

Andrew Worsdale sampled some of the products and ideas on offer at the Second Film and TV Market, held in Cape Town If a tidal wave had hit Cape Town’s Long Street last week, most of the South African movie industry would have been wiped out. More than 1 500 local producers, directors, professional schmoozers […]

Amanda Wright Soccer Argentina has a new, and most unusual, football hero, a man who is challenging the very essence of their approach to the game and to society. Taut, chiselled, and emotionless, the stone face of Javier Castrilli could hardly be more at odds with the fading symbol of the nation’s footballing aspirations, that […]

Andrew Muchineripi Soccer The Rothmans Cup temperature could reach boiling point in more ways than one when Sundowns host Orlando Pirates at Odi Stadium on Sunday in the second leg of a semi-final showdown. It reached 40 degrees north of Pretoria last weekend when Sundowns struck five goals past Santos, a club so used to […]

FRIDAY 6.00PM: THE ‘drugs bill’ controversy took a new twist on Friday, with the revelation that a patents advisory committee to the department of trade and industry warned that the proposed legislation contravenes both local and international patent law. At a hearing by the social services committee of the National Council of Provinces, a memorandum […]

In the flssigas brot brewing process, yeast is added to malt and hops (and other secret, I-could-tell-you-but-then-I’d-have- to-kill-you ingredients) to convert the complex sugars into alcohol, splitting the world of beer into two distinct styles which are determined by where in the brewing vessel the yeast ferments. So top-fermented beers, or ales, date from the […]

Andrew Muchineripi Boxing Is Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu hungry enough to retain his IBF junior featherweight title? This question will be answered on Saturday as he makes the 10th defence of his title against Philippine-born Australian Arnel Barotillo at the Carousel. The determination and hunger he displayed when he dethroned former American Olympic gold medallist […]