THE government of Zimbabwe has been dealt a telling blow by South Africa’s highest court: in a unanimous decision delivered this morning, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that property owned by the Zimbabwean government in South Africa could be...
Smithfield’s first arts festival, the Platteland Preview, runs from June 21 – 23, bringing choice fringe performers from Grahamstown’s National Arts Festival to the countryside. We’re still amazed that it’s all happening, but if you hear it on the radio …Share...
The Helen Suzman Foundation has launched a high court application challenging a number of recent decisions by the Judicial Service Commission. The application claims the decisions were invalid as they were ‘irrational’. Explaining why the foundation has taken this...
EXACTLY a year ago, two guests arrived at my door: a friend and his actor daughter. As dinner ended she said she couldn’t go to bed immediately: she needed another run-through of the show she was taking to Grahamstown’s National …Share this:Click to share on...
IF you search the Web for ‘Natasha Chang’ you can take your pick. There’s a rather gorgeous top Caribbean motorsport driver, who describes herself as ‘a young, petite woman driving a big boy’s car and having some fun’. She suggests …Share this:Click to share on...
THE judge’s introductory remarks make me want to curl up in a comfy chair and read on: ‘The facts of this matter disclose a sorry tale of mishap, maladministration and at least two failures of moral courage.’ Sjoe! It sounds …Share this:Click to share on...
