Tomorrow SA turns 16. And what a pimply, moody teenager we’ve turned out to be.
You’ve probably heard enough about Cape Town to impress or disgust. We round up a few of the city’s gems handpicked by the locals.
An exercise in futility: trying to hitch a ride up the long dirt track to Eugene Terre’Blanche’s farm for his burial. With two black men by my side.
An address from Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr had everyone on their feet at slain AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche’s funeral on Friday.
Police chief Bheki Cele, ahead of the funeral of Eugene Terre’Blanche, urged South Africans to be colour-blind as they come to terms with crime.
AWB secretary general Andre Visagie told journalists on Friday that it was entering into negotiations with the government from next week.
While a new campaign calls for us to ignore the controversial ANC youth league president, <i>Verashni Pillay</i> explains why the media can’t do that.
A service in a casino? Yes, and you can have a beer afterwards. But at its core, it’s ‘brutally biblical’. Verashni Pillay reports.
If you’re reading this from South Africa, congratulations. You have not been voted off the island.
Verashni Pillay has finally decided what she wants to be when she grows up. A firebrand — just like Julius Malema.
MultiChoice has announced it will not be carrying adult content on its pay TV channels, after an outcry from the South African public.
Our cops are too fat to catch criminals and our models are fainting on the catwalk. What’s going on, asks Verashni Pillay.
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana, told the <em>Mail & Guardian</em> on Thursday that she was not homophobic.
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/ 22 February 2010
What does an annoying white liberal do when they’re angry? Write a strongly-worded letter. And then suggest you need counselling.
A public artwork planned for Durban at a reported cost of R1,5-million has been scuppered, allegedly because the trio of elephants are an IFP symbol.
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/ 15 February 2010
You’ve got to love white people. They’re so very white. Especially in South Africa. You see, I’m something of a connoisseur.
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/ 8 February 2010
Bill Clinton faced an excruciating trial for his extramarital affairs. <i>Verashni Pillay</i> wonders whether we will be as exacting with our president?
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/ 4 February 2010
From party animals to hushed-up scandals — we round up Jacob Zuma’s children.
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/ 1 February 2010
If I was a mascot I know who I’d want to be: Zakumi, the green-haired leopard for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
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/ 28 January 2010
The Competition Commission is probing major airlines for allegedly colluding on prices and pricing strategies ahead of the Soccer World Cup.
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/ 27 January 2010
Gauteng’s department of local government’s website was hacked on Wednesday morning by what appeared to be a radical Islamic group.
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/ 25 January 2010
From dodgeball businessmen to fibbing beauty queens. <i>Verashni Pillay</i> presents her list of fellow South Africa Indians who make her cringe
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/ 19 January 2010
Want to make your contribution to help earthquake-struck Haiti? Avoid the scammers and use these reputable organizations from South Africa and abroad
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/ 18 January 2010
How many political lives does a Zuma have? And just how many ways are there to skin the said Zuma?
Tiger Woods, whose Houdini act has paparazzi the world over scratching their heads, has reportedly been traced to a sex-rehab centre in Cape Town.
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/ 11 January 2010
The promises flowed as headily as the Moët Rose Imperial at the ANC anniversary bash this weekend. Verashni Pillay tracks the ANC’s resolutions.
Nersa’s hearings on Eskom’s massive tariff hikes begins soon but government hasn’t made the plan it is based on available. Read our leaked copy.
Speculation about who will be the Number One First Lady has clearly made an impression on at least two of President Jacob Zuma’s three wives.
About 60,7% of matrics passed the 2009 exams — just less than 2% down from 2008, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Thursday.
Confused about exactly how many wives our president has? We round up the facts on the women in President Jacob Zuma’s life.
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/ 14 December 2009
We’re so adept at making a mountain out of a molehill of celebrity crap that we ignore the real crap in our lives.
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/ 3 December 2009
Murders have declined by 30% in South Africa since 1994 — but perceptions of high crime levels remain.