Saturday, January 30 2021
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY TIMES DAILY CURATED FOR YOU
Humane to his last breath, Mthembu sought to convince, not destroy
SA is poorer having lost a good man, a patriot to the end, who freed so many people in so many ways
TRIBUTE | SA opera’s loved ‘gran’ Sibongile Khumalo was no prima donna
All she really wanted to do was sing and, in doing so, she captured the hearts of a nation
Kemp by name, unkempt by nature, genius at law
A gentleman to the end, the pyjama-loving advocate who defended Jacob Zuma is gone and law is poorer
I wonder what it took for the spooks to cook the books
Perhaps it’s better for SA’s sanity if what happened to that R9bn the SSA ‘lost’ is kept on a need-to-know basis
Our education future is clear, there’s no need to play catch-up
If we can steer clear of corruption, there’s certainly money to realign the education delivery model
Vaccines for Africa! CDC director announces 670 million doses
Dr John Nkengasong has urged AU member states to secure vaccines on the African Medical Supplies Platform
True, evil, lawful or chaotic — what type of reader are you?
Some kiss books, I hug mine. And when it comes to keeping your place, do you bookmark, dog-ear or fold?
Yannick’s best shot sees him breeze in to becalm Charlie
Charlie Dalin was first over the line in the Vendée Globe, but Yannick Bestaven’s time gave him the win
No thanks to Nathi: ‘Kamphoer’ is a shining beacon in theatre’s dark era
Doing justice to the past does require an emphasis on the injustices committed — and this play does just that
From ‘DAM’ to ‘MAD’: something lurks beneath the beauty in this SA original
A woman inherits a farm in the Eastern Cape, but not everything is what it seems
This is an intervention: restaurants have an alcohol problem
How come is it that booze accounts for more than two thirds of their profit margins?