The Weekend Wrap
Should we just sell the art in the Johannesburg Art Gallery? How SA men are changing the course of American democracy; and Lindt’s little chocolate lies.
A fairly recent tour of the Johannesburg Art Gallery suggested the exhibition venue is in dire straits, which as I say is no surprise. At the time of the tour, of 15 exhibition halls in the gallery, only two were operational, while almost all the gallery’s 9,000 works of art were in storage. Only 1% of the collection is actually visible to the public.
By Tim Cohen
What do figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Joel Pollak and Patrick Soon-Shiong have in common? They are public figures of considerable power and influence in the US – who all spent some part of their formative years in apartheid South Africa.
By Rebecca Davis
A fairly recent tour of the Johannesburg Art Gallery suggested the exhibition venue is in dire straits, which as I say is no surprise. At the time of the tour, of 15 exhibition halls in the gallery, only two were operational, while almost all the gallery’s 9,000 works of art were in storage. Only 1% of the collection is actually visible to the public.
By Tim Cohen
What do figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Joel Pollak and Patrick Soon-Shiong have in common? They are public figures of considerable power and influence in the US – who all spent some part of their formative years in apartheid South Africa.
By Rebecca Davis
Young doctors seeking to specialise have reported that there are ‘waiting lists to work for free’ in South Africa’s public health system, as accessing registrar training posts becomes increasingly difficult.
By Tamsin Metelerkamp
A high-stakes game of cat and mouse. A businessman accused of murder, silenced by an assassin’s bullet. Who pulled the trigger? And what secrets did the victim take to the grave? Caryn Dolley explains.
By Caryn Dolley
The noise surrounding two clauses of the Bela Act is drowning out what it could potentially mean for the education sector in South Africa – more equitable and accessible quality education for SA’s children.
By Solange Rosa
On 28 November 1999, a pipe bomb exploded at St Elmo’s pizzeria in Camps Bay, Cape Town. At least 43 people were wounded, but the most severe injuries were suffered by 16-year-old Olivia Milner. Twenty-five years later, she looks back.
By Rebecca Davis
Camps Bay beach has a rare guest – a female southern elephant seal who has hauled out onto the sand to moult. In this process, which takes about a month, the seal sheds and replaces its outer layer of fur and skin. During this time the seal remains on land, conserving energy as she undergoes this essential, energy-intensive process.
By Gunnar Oberhosel
It’s still a rousing and technically polished blockbuster, but Gladiator II follows the playbook of its Oscar-winning predecessor so closely that it’s sacrificed a lot of freshness, and hasn’t found space for its own deeply affecting poignancy.
By Noelle Adams
Watching a TV show or playing online games with your children can be of great benefit to them. Here are some tips for how to maximise the educational potential of this technology.
By Jamie Lingwood and Gemma Taylor
Claims of its luxury chocolates being ‘expertly crafted’ were mere puffery, the Swiss manufacturer insisted, in order to slither out of a legal matter. Where does this leave the schmucks (like you and me) who were naive enough to buy it?
By Tony Jackman
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