Sex symbols, protest marches and mother’s little helper. It was the era of the split personality. You had silver screen love goddess Rita Hayworth in black satin, performing a one-glove striptease as the ultimate femme fatale. This was taken to a sociopathic level when the bombshell’s image was featured on an atom bomb. […]
Tomorrow we may die, so let’s get drunk and make love. They raised their hemlines and their glasses, smoked in public, drove motorcars, claimed the same social and sexual freedom as men, and danced the Charleston until dawn. […]
From the day it was founded on the discovery of gold 128 years back, Joburg has always lived on its wits – the city of the bold, the city of opportunity, the city on the make. For some, it’s Egoli where fortunes have been made; for others, the dream has dissolved into lives of inner [...]
Leopards frequently hunt and eat baboons in the Little Karoo, and most landowners in the region are highly supportive of Cape Leopard conservation. These are two of the findings that surprised Rhodes University’s Dr Gareth Mann during the most detailed study ever undertaken on the Cape Leopard of the Little Karoo. […]
And God Created Women. It was the era of The Pill, the miniskirt, the bikini, Brigitte Bardot, Ursula Andress and the banning of the ANC. In this, the third essay in our series on Women Through the Decades, we look at women in the 1960s and 1970s. […]
So we have a population explosion and a food crisis, and we have to find alternatives to meet the protein needs of large volumes of people on our planet. Enter fish farming or aquaculture, which is definitely the way of the future, says Gavin Johnston, who holds a Master’s degree in ichthyology from Rhodes University [...]
The New South Africa, where is it, you might ask. To find it, look no further than South Africa’s rising cult of stand-up comics. From the Jewish Xhosa Boy to the Halaal Doctor who chose smiling over surgery, they’re a diverse bunch of everything and they laugh raucously, which is the South African way. [...]
Wits alumnus Peter Tshisevhe’s story needs to be told. It is a story of hard work, determination, intellect and triumph. Numerous Wits alumni and academics play a part in this story, which offers the promise of a bold new South African future of which Wits can be proud. BProc in 1995, LLB in 1997 and [...]
Is the weather really changing? Is global warming real? We hear so many conflicting opinions that many of us don’t know whether to head for the hills or stick our heads in the sand. I love the taste of solar-powered coffee in the morning. A nice strong cup, freshly ground, and served by electrical engineer [...]
Where politics divide, the environment unites. Anglican priests, Muslim Imams, congregations, youth leaders, and children attending Sunday schools and madrasas, will all be focusing on the natural environment and what their communities can do to protect and conserve it. […]
