Remembering Peter McKenzie, whose work spanned the breadth of his considerable creative imagination and highly political sense of social justice.
An all-rounder who led by example, a father figure and a warm comrade
Craig MacKenzie Margaret Lenta, born September 2 1936, died November 5 2012
After battling a long illness, Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias passed away on Thursday morning.
The death of the youngest and most short-lived of the rain queens, Makobo Modjadji, this week has thrown the Balobedu nation into mourning. Mathole Motshekga, former Gauteng premier and legal adviser to the royal family, says the question of Queen Makobo’s daughter succeeding her has not yet arisen. A new queen will be chosen after a spiritual ceremony has been completed.
On his death in the morning of Thursday September 25 Edward Said was Professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University in New York. Said was a towering figure in a number of fields: in literary criticism, cultural studies and Middle East studies, specifically the question of Palestine.
The Orlando Pirates star showered immediately after the match, as he usually did. He jumped into his car and off he went. It was the last time that his fans, friends and teammates would see him alive.
<b>Obituary: Rusty Bernstein</b>. There are individuals in every political movement who tend to take a back seat and yet are major drivers. Such was Rusty Bernstein, the Rivonia trialist who died this week. He was a powerful intellect, analytically perhaps without equal, and a writer of great talent.
Steve Hilton-Barber, who died of a heart attack at age 39 last week, was one of the most adventurous of South Africa’s younger generation of photographers. His work ranged from news photography to portraiture, wildlife, music photography and commercial work.