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Why can't a white woman blow a vuvuzela?
2008-09-16 06:00:01 Edition 1
As a previously advantaged South African it is sometimes difficult on the coalface, so to speak. [ Full Story... ]
No, Coke, no
2008-09-16 06:00:01 Edition 1
The world loves Coca-Cola, its strongest brand name and best-known beverage. Coke is part of our times, part of our lives, part of us. [ Full Story... ]
Under the spotlights
2008-09-16 06:00:01 Edition 1
Democracy is as much theatre as anything else. The constitution sets the stage, where political parties engage in a drama of diverse policies and programmes. [ Full Story... ]
Mbeki's fall to painful reality
2008-09-16 06:00:01 Edition 1
Mbeki's dream of inspiring an African renaissance is all but forgotten as the president's former comrades take out daggers. [ Full Story... ]
Keeping animals for love
2008-09-16 06:00:01 Edition 1
We went to the zoo on Sunday for something to do, since our children are gone and we are alone. [ Full Story... ]
Telltale stripes
2008-09-16 06:00:01 Edition 1
Vertical or horizontal - that is the question. The long-standing answer has been turned on its head, doubtless to the consternation of the world's fashion houses. [ Full Story... ]
Sars is caught up in mess
2008-09-15 06:00:01 Edition 1
Sars had the enviable reputation of being an efficient, well-run government department. No more, it seems. [ Full Story... ]
It's about sending the right message, stupid
2008-09-15 06:00:01 Edition 1
For some, it seems, sabotaging their job-hunting efforts is as simple as telling the truth. [ Full Story... ]
SA will win if Zuma quits race
2008-09-15 06:00:01 Edition 1
ANC president Jacob Zuma has acknowledged that the greatest challenge for his party in the upcoming elections would be getting people out to vote. [ Full Story... ]
A time for cool heads
2008-09-15 06:00:01 Edition 1
The twin objectives of a ruling party must be to ensure the health and growth of its organisation and the stable and progressive governance of the nation. [ Full Story... ]
A victory for our courts
2008-09-13 06:00:01 Edition 2
Jacob Zuma wanted his day in court. Yesterday he got it in a way that nobody ever thought possible. The ramifications of Judge Chris Nicholson's findings in Pietermaritzburg are manifold. First and foremost, they are an all too timely reminder of the importance of both our constitution and the rule of law that underpins it. [ Full Story... ]
Our Paralympic heroes
2008-09-13 06:00:01 Edition 2
SA's Paralympic athletes had a lot riding on their shoulders when they went to Beijing. [ Full Story... ]
Malema trying to lead SA down a rough path
2008-09-15 06:00:01 Edition 1
By pledging to crush and to kill all opposition for what he has ordained as the only political path for the country, Jacob Zuma's election agent Julius Malema is manoeuvring the politics of South Africa down a familiar African road. [ Full Story... ]
Money can't buy you taste
2008-09-12 06:00:01 Edition 1
It's truly amazing how the effete, selfish rich, with their fashionable golf estates, are allowed to destroy the jewels of nature in our panoply of beautiful places. [ Full Story... ]
Far too few studies on subject of laughter
2008-09-12 06:00:01 Edition 1
I was in Cape Town this week attending the South Africa Comedy Awards ceremony with 500 others. [ Full Story... ]
Some things never change
2008-09-12 06:00:01 Edition 1
South Africa's top rugby teams are expected to take a public stand against racism this weekend, with each player displaying a "say no to racism" badge on their jersey. [ Full Story... ]
Peas be with you
2008-09-12 06:00:01 Edition 1
What a relief! The great pea mystery has been solved at last. For months, frozen peas have been missing from supermarket freezers, except at one chain that has found a secret supplier. [ Full Story... ]
Unlikely swing vote put Bush in White House
2008-09-12 06:00:01 Edition 1
When Senator Barack Obama visited South Africa in 2006, he had a hard time getting anyone to see him. [ Full Story... ]
Time to decide
2008-09-12 06:00:01 Edition 1
South Africa is buckling under the twin burdens of unemployment and a skills shortage. To make it worse, many of those who are jobless are university and college graduates who, clearly, have wasted the time and money they spent on their tertiary studies. [ Full Story... ]
Press under unjustified attack
2008-09-11 06:00:01 Edition 1
It is with some bemusement that I have been watching developments in both the American and the South African political theatres over the past few months. [ Full Story... ]
A modern Cold War on the boil
2008-09-11 06:00:01 Edition 1
The current conflict between Russia and Georgia is being described widely as a "return to the Cold War". [ Full Story... ]
Two cheers for democracy
2008-09-11 06:00:01 Edition 1
Angola's legislative elections have been in a sense a victory of low expectations. [ Full Story... ]
Bridging the world divide
2008-09-11 06:00:01 Edition 1
Today marks the seventh anniversary of 9-11 - al-Qaeda's kamikaze bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with hijacked commercial airliners. [ Full Story... ]
Reaction to cartoon shows there's hope yet
2008-09-11 06:00:01 Edition 1
Is it just because I'm a glass-is-half-full kind of person, or have we turned a corner in our public discourse? Just a few weeks ago I was pretty depressed about the reckless way in which elements of the ANC leadership were attacking, almost threatening, the judiciary and pulling a Zanu-PF on us like we never thought possible. [ Full Story... ]
Tough decisions ahead for ANC
2008-09-10 06:00:01 Edition 1
There is so much more to our politics than what our individual leaders are doing. [ Full Story... ]
Artistic spitter
2008-09-10 06:00:01 Edition 1
Is there no end to the quest to enter the record books? [ Full Story... ]
Brave warriors
2008-09-10 06:00:01 Edition 1
The 13th Paralympic Games are well and truly in full swing, and China has kept its promise that it will stage the event under the principle of "Two Games, Equal Splendour" ... [ Full Story... ]
One born every minute
2008-09-10 06:00:01 Edition 1
Sometimes you have to wonder whether we South Africans are not - kilogramme for kilogramme - some of the most gullible people on Planet Earth, ... [ Full Story... ]
Hurricane that does no harm
2008-09-10 06:00:01 Edition 1
We've heard how Hurricane Katrina, one of the costliest natural disasters in the history of the United States, had wreaked havoc in 2005. [ Full Story... ]
Those named 'mom' wear love-tinted specs
2008-09-10 06:00:01 Edition 1
What you'll never know until you go by the hardest-earned title of all. [ Full Story... ]
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