FRIGHT-FREE FEASTS
By Linda Stafford
A reassuring first-night-out sight: a white dog on a lead, its Chinese owner tugging it closer. Why? Because South Africans - and I expect it's the same all over the West - are hung up on the fact that dogs are eaten in some parts of...

AFTER THE FALL
By Peter Wilhelm
Set in the affluent San Gabriel Valley, Alpha Dog is an almost three-hour swirl and swill of youth culture that seems almost postliterate, a mélange of physical aggro and trailer-trash profanity that should confirm any imam's su...

A KIND OF GOLDEN AGE

"Dominion people are never first-class citizens in England," remarked John Coplans in a 1975 interview with the Smithsonian Institution's Paul Cummings. A key figure in modern art history, as photographic artist and publisher, London-b...

HEAVY GOING
By David Furlonger
As our convoy came to the steep ledge in the northern KwaZulu Natal mountains, the instruction came to shift vehicles into 4x4 low range. Loose stones and boulders made driving hazardous and vehicles needed every bit of help. There w...

A PROBLEM OF PACE
By David Williams
One of the advantages of watching rugby at the stadium instead of on TV is that you can follow a player through your binoculars. You don't have to watch whatever the TV producer chooses to show. At Ellis Park on Saturday the obvio...

DURBAN GETS FIRST TOUCH
By Mark Gleeson
Durban will formally launch the 2010 World Cup in November, playing host to the draw for the preliminary competition of the tournament. A total of 204 countries, many of which are expected to send representatives to Durban on Novem...

ENOUGH TO CONVERT ME
By JUSTICE MALALA
Breakfast has always eluded me. As a child I always overslept and just did not get around to partaking of this, apparently, most wholesome and necessary of meals. I would wash my face, grab my schoolbag and make a strong showing ...