Saturday, January 18 2020
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S TIMES SELECT CURATED FOR YOU
So many promises, Cyril, but SA is still a corrupt, captured mess
What happened to his list of Madiba-inspired ‘tasks’ from two years ago? Where’s the urgency and determination?
Can you pass ANC politics 101? Your time starts now
As the party calls for an overhaul of education in the Cape, the following exam will be instructive. Or not
Shopping online? These are the pitfalls you must avoid
There are many pros to buying goods and services online, but not there are traps everywhere
Is 2020 going to be great or grating? Here’s what the experts say
We asked an analyst, an astrologer, a psychic and a numerologist to tell us what they foresee for the year
AfriForum leans on gay-bashing columnist in apartheid flag case
In the case over gratuitous displays of the old SA flag, AfriForum has found an unlikely bedfellow in Jon Qwelane
Rhino poachers now hack off lions’ faces and paws, pull teeth
Devastating research shows gangs in SA have a new target, with body parts destined for China and Vietnam
Taylor the super-sniffing spaniel to the rescue of bushfire-hit koalas
The English springer spaniel is hard at work finding the terrified marsupials trapped by the flames
BULL’S EYE: Boomers might just be Putin you on
Oh for the days when red was red and left was right
Just for the record: Vinyl still an island in the streaming
A fortnightly review of music on vinyl
Tune you what, Bullet and the Beast are like punk and gospel
The biographies of the two World Cup-winning Boks differ in tone and flavour as much as their life choices
Durban rolled into New York with a splash of YSL blue
Artist Louis de Villiers’ show in Joburg explores how we quantify success, status and social belonging
They wrote it this week: What a Nazi thought of apartheid Joburg
Extracts from diaries and letters written between January 13 and January 19