Saturday, May 30 2020
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S TIMES SELECT CURATED FOR YOU
Shaiking off his shackles, Zuma’s pal is free and ready to splab all
Freed after a decade on medical parole, he tells Times Select about his new life and the memoirs he’s writing
Lord help us: ministers clear as mud on church gatherings
They offer an astonishing variety of answers to questions about religious events and cluster outbreaks
Faith in lockdown flies out the window when churches reopen
Tuesday’s decision makes it almost impossible to justify the other lockdown rules
Beware, SA: bid to eject Prof Gray is a witch-hunt
We aren’t throwing people out of windows Russian-style, but we may just have been set on this horrific path
Why it’s vital to defend voices like Prof Gray’s
It’s all too easy for SA to fall back into the repressive ways of apartheid. It’s up to us to stop it happening
Cashier awarded R75k over customer’s race slur loses it in court
CCMA ruled in her favour in k-word case, but her arguments come undone on appeal in labour court
A quick prayer, no more: ‘Aids taught us how to handle Covid deaths’
A funeral home owner explains how one pandemic’s lessons in dying and dignity readied them for another
Your dog can be groomed, but forget about a ribbon
Stop tearing your hair out if your pets are looking disastrous. They can be neatened up ... with conditions
How to use a divine allegator skin against an unconvicted orchid snatcher
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
From the Mother City to Ibiza, here’s a watching brief for the weekend
If it’s millennial life in Cape Town, men after meaning, or Spanish club life you want, these series have it covered
Gourmetless and gatvol? These venues are keeping the wolf away
These Cape eateries are pulling out all the stops with packages filled with goodies you can enjoy at home
From sleep to a bit of la petite mort: the unexpected joys of lockdown
As level 3 looms, we look back at the good things that have come from being stuck at home