Are we so in thrall to images of wealth that we would just stand there, agog at the spectacle, and not wonder about all this wasted electricity?
Winner: Absa towers north greywater plant
The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa
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Vusi Mthembu lives a difficult life on the streets of Sandton and people often treat him like he’s invisible — like he isn’t there.
The historically divided suburbs of Alexandra and Sandton will soon have a bridge to link them. This time utilitarianism might win out over symbolism.
Portraits of Nelson Mandela over the years — from the reverential to the interpretive — have firmly entrenched his status in popular culture.
The wealthy suburb’s growth is impressive, but infrastructure poses a major challenge.
Daniel Bethencourt recounts the time he nearly got the opportunity to interview flamboyant business tycoon Zunaid Moti.
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The Libyan government’s investment arm co-owns a prime slice of Sandton — Africa’s most expensive real estate — and a chunk of the V&A Waterfront.
Arise Africa Fashion Week highlights the ambivalent relationship African designers have with the West, writes Lynley Donnelly.
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/ 2 November 2008
The Shikota movement on Saturday declared its intention to launch a new political party that will rival the ANC during the 2009 elections.
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/ 1 November 2008
After weeks of tension between the ANC and a breakaway group unhappy with the ANC, a national convention got under way on Saturday.
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/ 1 November 2008
Opposition parties came out in support of the national convention on Saturday, praising the initiative as historical and a significant step.
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/ 23 September 2008
Percy Zvomuya explores the tainted history
of a dye regaining its lost glory.
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/ 9 September 2008
A look at what is happening at the International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition 2008 starting on September 17.
Lynley Donnelly brings readers a round-up of Sanlam SA Fashion Week, Spring Summer Collections.
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/ 7 September 2008
It was an absolute treat and a snappy look at an industry that is coming of age and has beaten the national tendency toward the mediocre.
Driving drunk can change lives forever, yet many South Africans — perhaps lulled by a lack of effective law enforcement — do it every day.
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/ 13 September 2007
South Africa on Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of Steve Biko’s murder as the country’s current leaders face accusations they have neglected the poor masses. His legacy is a rallying cry for some of the discontented, who believe the ANC leadership have placed the interests of the business community above those of the country as a whole.
More than a hundred guests and celebrities cheered as a 6m bronze statue of former president Nelson Mandela was unveiled at the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton on Wednesday. The square, previously known as Sandton Square, was also renamed on Wednesday.