Dance is suggestive of physical energy, of a body in continuous and rhythmic movement. Poetry operates in much the same way.
The play <i>Hayani</i> is an evocative recollection of childhood by actor and director John Kani’s son, Atandwa, and Nat Ramabulana.
Monday night at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown saw the uniting of Ronald Snijders and United States-born Salim Washington.
The global economic crisis has resulted in a paradigm shift in which the "rich and powerful have been humbled", Eskom chairperson Bobby Godsell says.
As the Eastern Cape’s education system falls apart learners are taking extreme measures to secure a decent education, writes Primarashni Gower.
The death toll in the Eastern Cape’s winter circumcision season has risen to 31, the provincial health department said on Friday.
Before the 2004 elections the Mail & Guardian visited the Mayixhale family in a village outside Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.
The murder of a leading activist of the Congress of the People (Cope), put a blight on the peaceful conduct of Wednesday’s general election.
Although voting progressed smoothly throughout Wednesday in the Eastern Cape, political parties reported a few incidents of irregularities.
The ANC is in no danger of losing its heartland — the Eastern Cape — on election Wednesday, but the party is now facing a wave of new competition.
Eating three meals a day is a treat the Khosephi family has not had in months, a continuous struggle they share with many destitute rural families.
Cope will win the Eastern Cape province in the April 22 election, party leader Mvume Dandala said in East London on Thursday.
These corruption charges against Jacob Zuma are sad, but a person is not guilty until he is proven otherwise.
Mandy Rossouw and Paul Botes went looking for Thabo Mbeki’s mother in Idutywa and came away feeling there’s only one Cope supporter in town.
Norah Dyantyi’s life never extended beyond her village, but news of her death reverberated throughout the Eastern Cape.
The breezy shade of a tall thorn tree in the middle of a field strewn with puddles of cow dung provides a cool sanctuary on SA’s hot summer days.
A handful of Eastern Cape men brave ridicule to take on ‘women’s work’. Kristin Palitza reports.
Ten municipal officials were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing R28-million intended for rural development in Mount Ayliff.
There is no need to panic over the current meningitis outbreak in South Africa, the South African Medical Association said on Tuesday.
The ”myth” that the Eastern Cape is now a Cope stronghold was debunked by the by-election results, the ANC said on Thursday.
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/ 27 February 2009
A three-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death by two brothers, aged five and seven, in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.
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/ 9 February 2009
The ANC on Monday expressed concern that ”high levels of intolerance” will hamper South Africa’s ability to hold a free and fair election.
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/ 31 January 2009
A group of robbers got away with an unknown amount of money after bombing an ATM in Bizana on Saturday, Eastern Cape police said.
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/ 29 January 2009
Workshops highlight pros and cons of genetically modified agriculture, writes Jacklynne Hobbs.
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/ 26 January 2009
International match agents have slammed the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality and questioned its ability to host 2010 World Cup matches.
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/ 26 January 2009
A 27-year-old lifeguard died after he was attacked by a shark at a beach in Port St Johns on Sunday, a media report said on Monday.
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/ 24 January 2009
A "stabilising fund" is needed for industries under pressure due to the global financial crisis, the Congress of the People said on Friday.
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/ 23 January 2009
The ANC holding an Eastern Cape election manifesto rally at the same time as Cope is a sign of desperation, Cope said on Friday.
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/ 21 January 2009
Bay United can get better – much better, according to head coach Khabo Zondo.
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/ 21 January 2009
The ANC in the Eastern Cape is attaching no significance to the increased activity in recent weeks by its rival the Congress of the People.
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/ 19 January 2009
Farmers suffering from the ”devastating” drought season in the Eastern Cape have been advised to approach the department of agriculture for subsidies.
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/ 19 January 2009
The election lists the ANC compiled will be released next weekend when the national lists are finally put together by the national list committee.