Spear divides ANC

2012-05-27 10:00

The ANC’s call for a boycott of City Press has divided the party.

Cele is spoiling for a fight

2012-05-27 10:00

Suspended national police commissioner General Bheki Cele says he will go to court to challenge the findings of a board of inquiry into his fitness to hold office – whether he is fired by President Jacob Zuma or not.

Intersexions strikes gold

2012-05-27 10:00

“Where I come from, ideas like this struggle to find the light of day, so this means a lot,” said South African TV producer Uzanenkosi to a crowd of A-list celebrities in the Waldorf Astoria in New York this week.

United win Nedbank

2012-05-27 10:00

SuperSport United claimed all the Tshwane Derby bragging rights when they reigned supreme over neighbours Mamelodi Sundowns to lift their maiden Nedbank Cup yesterday.

 

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News

The great Spear debate: The art of criticism seems to be emotionally selective

2012-05-27 10:00

As the nation’s blood boiled over Brett Murray’s painting in which President Jacob Zuma’s “genitals” were exposed, similarly shocking work by another artist has been ignored.

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Politics

NUM comes to Zuma’s defence

2012-05-27 10:00

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) used its elective conference this week to come to the defence of President Jacob Zuma.

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Sport

How Bucs won the league

2012-05-27 10:00

Orlando Pirates are the first team in PSL history not only to hold every PSL-sanctioned trophy at the same time, but also to win back-to-back trebles, writes Timothy Molobi.

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Entertainment

Movie review – Fear and loathing in Puerto Rico

2012-05-27 10:00

Written in the 1960s by the famously drugged-up and drunk father of Gonzo journalism, Hunter S Thompson, The Rum Diary was only published in 1998, well after he’d become a cult figure.

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Business

Flagrant coal mining threatens food security

2012-05-27 09:55

Highveld region could become a total wasteland once coal reserves have been fully exploited and mining ceases, say experts

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State must keep eye on the right balls

2012-05-27 10:00

Dear Ferial Haffajee. Thank you for constantly reminding us in South Africa of our right to freedom of speech and expression. You are the bravest ­editor in our country, the only one with balls!

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Special focus

Opinion – The spear of the nation stays up

Did we think the image of President Jacob Zuma by Brett Murray was particularly beautiful to persuade us to publish it? asks Ferial Haffajee.

Opinion – Speared by colonial claptrap

The Spear may be distasteful, vulgar, disrespectful or even an infringement of someone else’s right to privacy, but most important is that to me this portrait represents something else, writes Siyasanga M Tyali.

Opinion – The war for the youth subsidy

Last week, I helped lead 4 000 other DA members and supporters to march for the implementation of the youth wage subsidy, writes Mmusi Maimane.

Opinion – Freedom is failing SA youth

South African youth do not enjoy equal rights and opportunities, particularly in the townships and rural areas, writes Bongani Faku.

 

Hanekom talks up Ramaphosa

In front of a star-studded audience, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom asked businessman Cyril Ramaphosa to run for president.

Sisulu talks tough

The minister of defence and military veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, delivered an ambitious budget vote speech this week despite having only R37.5 billion to spend.

North West hospitals set the pace

If you want a better idea of what South Africa’s public hospitals will look like once the National Health Insurance scheme starts for real, head to North West.

The long wait for justice

Rose, the widow of Andries Tatane, talks about the daily agony of reliving the death of her husband.

 
 

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