Hundreds of overseas couples are making the great trek to South Africa to tie the knot — thanks to the favourable exchange rate.
Nosimilo Ndlovu and Warren Foster report on what South Africans can expect at the first-ever Sexpo to be held in the country.
While South Africa reeled in shock this week and the cumbersome machinery of international organisations creaked to life, the most effective responses to the xenophobic attacks…
Increasing the number of black — specifically female — lawyers is the aim of newly appointed co-chairperson of the Law Society of South Africa Vincent Saldanha. Saldanha was…
Warren Foster looks at <i>Operamania</i>, a new young, energetic show with a need for nudity.
Warren Foster looks at music videos that objectify women and asks what the point of it all is, since it is not only reserved to male artists’ videos only anymore.
Warren Foster speaks to stand-up comedians about the Heavyweight Comedy Jam.
While it is no secret that South Africa’s poor are the hardest hit by inflation, it seems that people in rural areas are suffering the most. Looking at a rural shopping basket, a…
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is reviewing alternative energy sources to keep the city’s traffic lights operating and intersections flowing during blackouts. The use of…
The dance piece <i>Back</i> is a showcase of timid, introspective motions and brazenly aggressive ones by performers Dada Masilo and Lulu Mlangeni.
<b>ON CIRCUIT:</b> <i>The Darjeeling Limited</i> and <i>The Martian Child</i>
The campaign against Aids in South Africa has suffered several blows in recent years — from confusion about whether Aids is a virus or a syndrome to the infamous post-coital…
While the United Nations Millennium Development Goals aim to empower women and eradicate poverty, Southern African inheritance practices are having the opposite effect — leaving…
Warren Foster reports on the South Project workshops that took place in Johannesburg recently.
Taking inspiration from the seasons, Metropolitan Holdings has developed an innovative strategy to battle HIV/Aids at grassroots level. Using the Doyle model — an actuarial tool…
A new report on South Africa’s energy future warns that if the nation does not rethink its development strategy it could herald ruin for local farmers and the poor. It calls for…
Gauteng safety and liaison minister Firoz Cachalia has called on sporting formations to put their shoulders to the wheel in the fight against crime. Speaking in Mogale City on…
Gauteng’s department of local government has ceded 13 of its functions to various local governments in the province. These include the delivery of basic services such as water,…
