Shaun de Waal reviews three nonfiction books by Ruth Hopkins, Philippa Garson and Tom Eaton
Philippa Garson’s memoir details the heady days of being a Weekly Mail journalist in the 1990s
A disused Iscor hostel called kwaMadala is widely considered the centre of the Vaal violence.
The film about the famous group of photographers
is missing context behind the violence of the time.
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/ 3 December 2010
The phenomenal success of the South African duo, if managed properly, ‘could be the next big thing’.
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/ 9 September 2009
Every Sunday afternoon Siyabonga Nkabinde walks 2km from his home for his half-hour weekly video-conferencing session.
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/ 3 December 2004
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/142915/aids_icon.gif" align=left>Researchers are expressing cautious optimism about several microbicide products. There are hopes that a gel that reduces — if not prevents — transmission rates by as much as 60% could be on the market by 2007. As with most microbicides under the microscope, these two products are entry inhibitors, preventing the virus from attaching to its target cells.
Gaming operators are queuing up to open casinos in the cities, even though legislation has not yet been drawn up.
It will be a long time before the PWV’s new MEC for education can return to her first love — teaching, reports <b>Philippa Garson</b>.