Zapiro’s The Last Sushi South Africa’s public figures and political area has always been a rich source for Zapiro’s biting satire and the events of 2011 have been no exception. This year’s Zapiro, The Last Sushi, will be on sale at Exclusive Books Hyde Park on Tuesday November 16th. Zapiro will present his cartoons and give […]
Read More »Peter Harris’ Birth I posted a blog on Peter Harris In a Different Time’ : http://lizatlancaster.co.za/blog/a-south-african-page-turner-and-its-all-true and now his new book about the conspiracy to destabilize the 1994 elections, is to be released shortly. The book will be launched at Exclusive Books Hyde Park at 6 for 6.30 on Tuesday 9th Nov. RSVP to hydepark@exclisvebooks.co.za or 011 325-4298 by
Read More »Adler Museum of Medicine Take a step back in time and explore the history of medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology and pharmacy through the ages at the Adler Museum of Medicine located at Wits Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown. History of the Museum The Museum was established in 1962 by Dr Cyril and Mrs Esther Adler […]
Read More »Boekehuis – Amazing indi bookstore WHAT? SATURDAY VOICES AT BOEKEHUIS WHEN? SATURDAY 21 August 2010, 12:00 for 12:30 TOPIC: William Gumede, author of the book, Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC in conversation with Sakhela Buhlungu, sociologist and expert in the field of labour studies, about his new book, A […]
Read More »It will take three to five years to see the economic benefits of the World Cup, a Human Sciences Research Council academic says. However, it was too early to tell how great these benefits would be, said Dr Udesh Pillay, head of research on service delivery at the HSRC. He added that the economic benefits […]
Read More »The World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands was the most-watched football game in US television history, drawing 24.3 million viewers, said Nielsen. According to a report on the IoL site, the final on the ABC network and Spanish-language Univision outdrew the June 26 US-Ghana match, which attracted 19.4 million viewers, and the 18.1 […]
Read More »John Carlin, the author of ’Playing the Enemy’, says all those stories, promoted by FIFA, among others, about the World Cup being the 1995 rugby World Cup all over again, about healing racial wounds, uniting the fractured nation and so forth, were off the mark. ’It was much, much better than that. What we saw […]
Read More »The reports on South Africa’s hosting of the World Cup coming in from all over the world are overwhelmingly positive with certain common threads weaving through most of the responses. The substance of most articles is celebratory – describing the connections made across race and class; the nation-building role of the […]
Read More »Doodle 4 Google – “I love football” Doodle for Google was a competition where young people (4 to 17 year olds) from around the world were asked to design the Google logo in their very own style. The public in 17 countries voted for their favorite local doodle which appeared on the Google homepage of […]
Read More »SA The Good News By Azure Janneker – SAB and Steuart Pennington – SA Good News “I’ve been to Soccer City and the Innes Free Fan Park, but I’m going to watch the next game at a Castle Kingdom tavern in one of the townships.” “A what?” “A Castle Kingdom…you know, the true personification of […]
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