<b>Reviews: </b> <i>Steering by the Stars: Being Young in South Africa</i> by Mamphela Ramphele (Tafelberg) <i>Child Soldier: Fighting for My Life</i> China Keitetsi (Jacana)
During the apartheid era South African youth played an influential role in the liberation of the country. But the sense of purpose shown by that generation seems to have faded…
Learners from across South Africa, who had won a regional leg of the contest, brought their science and technology projects to Pretoria for judging. Other invited participants…
Thuli Nhlapo is a journalist, poet and author of Sibongo Sabo and Imbali YemaNgcamane, which made it as a finalist in the 1997 M-Net Book Prize. Is the language you chose to…
Johnny Masilela is the author of Deliver Us From Evil: Scenes From A Rural Transvaal Upbringing and We Shall Not Weep. He has also written various short stories. Is the language…
It is a rare occasion that learners who have never before been published are given the opportunity to see their words in print. Imibono Yethu (meaning ‘Our opinions”) not only…
Phaswane Mpe is the author of Welcome To Our Hillbrow. He is a former African literature lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently a doctoral fellow at the…
If you have the creativity and the drive to make anything in the marketplace appear to dazzle (even if it’s dull), then you may be one of the talents the world of advertising is…
South Sotho is being given a leg-up into political spheres thanks to a newly developed wordlist, compiled by the University of the Free State (UFS), in conjunction with the…
For educators thirsty to experience life in different countries, there are overseas teaching-exchange opportunities. One such programme is the Visiting International Faculty…
The long-awaited visit by Ja Rule was a disappointment, although local stars shone, writes Reggy Moalusi.
<strong>CD of the week</strong>: Loyiso: Wine, Women and Song Reggy Moalusi.
The student representative council of Technikon South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal has been under suspension for six weeks after its members refused to accept a proposal by the acting…
The Ndzundza Ndebele of Kaffers-kraal, near Stoffberg in Mpumalanga, recently celebrated the return of the first parcel of land they can rightfully call home. Now other Ndebele…
Revelations of cheating and the theft of exam papers is casting a pall over end-of-year exams at South Africa’s largest distance learning technikon, Technikon South Africa. The…
Review: Various Artists: <i>African Guitar Kings</i>
Dissenting Myburgh Commission member Christine Qunta has recommended that Deutsche Bank and Nampak should be referred to the prosecuting authorities for the role she alleges they…
Between 70 000 and 85 000 refugees and asylum-seekers currently live in South Africa, and Johannesburg now hosts one of the largest refugee populations in Africa.
Kaizer Chiefs have an opportunity to keep the kudu horn Vodacom Challenge trophy by winning it for the third consecutive time.
