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I’ve been told recently about how bold and inspiring a move it was for President Jacob Zuma to disclose his HIV status to the nation. Though I agree that this action is warranted by the president of a country with the highest prevalence of HIV in the world and a definite step-up from the I […]

I met Madiba the other day. It’s not a boast (although having one of the Jackson Five behind you in any queue does provide a warm throb) but the meeting provided stark views of how far we’ve come — the chasm twixt us and that golden honeymoon yawns like HIV wearing a kanga. The great […]

On average a game of 80 minutes of Super 14 rugby, has just 34 minutes of playing time. The rest of the 47 minutes is directly attributable to the referee and how he blows the game. The standard of refereeing this 2010 Super 14 competition has gone from bloody awful to absolutely flawless. However, no […]

Many South Africans have been asking this question for a number of years now but when the Scottish Sunday Herald starts making it a featured item then the time has come for us to put the question to ourselves. The article is by Fred Bridgland, a British writer and biographer who first revealed South Africa’s […]

When Juju and his supporters sing about killing farmers, I am sure the image they have in their minds is a man like Eugene Terre’Blanche. The so-called “boer” — stuck in his verkrampte politics. A man who defines himself by racial rhetoric and old ideas. When the AWB talk about tooling up for the third […]

At the beginning of every season the call goes out from the rugby public for refs to blow according to the laws. Strictly according to the laws, I might add. Then the games begin, and refs blow for so called miniscule infringements and the call changes to, refs must help keep the game flowing. Or […]

By Matthew Glogauer Feminism is old news! We’re supposed to be living in a society where gender equality is well-established and an absolute norm (for the purposes of this article I’m talking about educated, urban SA, mostly in the corporate space). This is the “anything you can do, I can do better” world and time, […]

Last week’s 50-day countdown to the Soccer World Cup was slightly more subdued than the big ‘100’ back in February, but that’s probably because so many hurdles have been cleared since then. The consensus — according to the government, the 2010 Local Organising Committee and Fifa — is that it’s all systems go for a […]

Unlike you, I struggle to take things lying down. Your dramatic pamphlet is problematic. I’ll elaborate. Firstly, when you need album sales, you become as Afrikaans as you can, then when it suits, you cling to these imagined roots. Last time I checked, yours were blond, big guy. So don’t go double-crossing that bridge, the […]

Democracy promised us many things and freedom was one of them. Bathed in the light of a brightly coloured rainbow, we were told that we were finally free. Somehow, some of us are still asking “Does that apply to me?” Freedom for many people means the ability to choose the path they want, get onto […]

This year has seen the third instalment of the Indian Premier League, the richest cricket competition in the world. Player salaries have been revolutionised for the first time since Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket, the international cricket calendar has become more crowded, and the influence of Indian cricket from a commercial point of view is […]

“Today’s children are worried about more than just their homework and peer pressure — they are also worried about terrorism and climate change and whether there will be a future for their own children. These are just some of the serious issues a group of more than 170 New Zealand children have cited as major […]