BY CRAIG PRINSLOO
Where oh where has she gone? So much emotion to contain, to hide from the world, until your soul burns with the passion of long lost moments. So much pain yet so much passion. From love lost or love gained, these emotions can only truly be expressed by a well-skilled musician, be it [...]
I will always have my blues
Zim: blood diamonds and spineless Morgan
BY ALEX MATTHEWS
Earlier this month it was announced that Mugabe’s Kimberley Process cronies have decided to give him until June to withdraw the soldiers in the Marange diamond fields. The army runs smuggling operations and use forced labour in mines whose profits benefit Zanu-PF.
Human Rights Watch exposed the horrors of Marange in June. A task [...]
FEDISA Fashion Show: better luck next year
BY KELLY BEROLD
There has always been something otherworldly about fashion shows. Whether the collections are drab or the tailoring is poor, any sartorial flaws are temporarily overshadowed by the vibrant hum that comes with the mechanics of socializing, which was most definitely the case at this year’s FEDISA graduate show.
As with most things lately, poor [...]
Burberry goes social
Surprisingly the past year’s top posthumous earner was not Michael Jackson. That honour belongs to designer Yves Saint Laurent according to Forbes magazine. Vogue is reporting that the designer’s estate which is managed by his partner, Pierre Bergé, earned 214 million pounds. This was largely due to the an auction of the couple’s substantial art [...]
Misogyny a Zimbabwean thing?
BY TESSA KERRICH – WALKER
My dad is a Zimbabwean man. One of my best friends in the entire world is a Zimbabwean man. I thought Zim men were great. Sadly, they are not (yes, generalising I know). But I feel justified in doing so. I found and read an article headlined: “BYO man beats up [...]
Jansen’s pardon means Reitz Four not held accountable
BY HLANGANANI GUMBI
This serves to express the concerns that the Democratic Alliance Student Organisation at Rhodes University, hereinafter referred to as DASO, feels with regards to the recent exoneration granted to the perpetrators of the gross human rights violations in the Free State University.
Let me start by saying with all due respect that DASO unreservedly [...]
