Litnet

If South Africa’s mainly capitalist economy was thriving, with high growth, low unemployment, and rising living standards, the ANC could not justify expanding state ownership or control.

Why are electric cars not the solution to South Africa’s problems right now? Is "cleaner coal" not an oxymoron? Are we doing enough to bring renewable energy into our grid? Are we going to be able to end loadshedding one day?

There’s another great line-up of top-quality South African entertainment at The Drama Factory this month.

Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy Twelfth Night will help warm up your winter!  It will be performed for a limited run from 5 to 15 July at The Masque.

"One is supposed to see plays like Woza Albert! the way one does with Shakespeare, simply because they are brilliant. The scenes in this play ought not to be familiar anymore."

"In a world where warmth and fuzziness à la Tuesdays with Morrie became our expectations of people living out their last in a stately way, it is important to be reminded that there are those, like Paul, who want to go kicking and screaming, dragging others with him."

"For Moscow, Fischer was to South Africa what Togliatti was to Italy – a loyal communist, through and through, who was majorly responsible for persuading the ANC to emulate the multiracial South African Communist Party and take in other races as members."

"In appraising Colenso, some have portrayed him as a heretic, an ambiguous figure and an enigma. As a bishop, he never really fitted in with the work he was meant to do, because of his divergent views from the mainstream canons of the English Church. This is not to deny his work as a missionary and a teacher, which, in retrospect, might have been the correct designation for his role."

"It’s true that an attitude of good humour can ease the difficulties of everyday life, at least on an individual level. But does humour offer us anything more than that – an individual escape?"

"This is how Cardo argues: he admits the truth, then airbrushes it to excuse his subject’s failures."

"This story came about through my love for spirituality and my fascination with the divine powers intrinsic to humans, animals and nature. I come from a long line of diviners and healers, and also sinister sorcerers, who all propelled me, involuntarily, to write this story."

What are Nina Schumann’s dreams? Izak de Vries asked her that, and a few other questions.

"Writing is a passion-driven art form, but at the end of the day it’s still a job, so at times it needs to be difficult."

"Those with some understanding of the Old Testament or the Quran would know that Abraham was about to sacrifice his son Isaac on the altar when God intervened by providing the world’s first scapegoat. Without the goat, there would have been no Jacob."

"The play ends with a repeat of the opening scene, which suggests that the cycles of violence may be perpetual and not limited to a single event."

"The clever structure provided a fun-filled 45 minutes during which many poignant stories about hair, and people’s reaction to hair, managed to be told."

"The king of broken things must rate as one of the most magical tales I have ever seen on any stage."

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) cordially invite you a webinar to showcase the youth’s role in the agenda of internationalising South African science, technology, and innovation (STI).

Howick, the gateway town to the iconic Midlands Meander, the premier arts and craft route in SA, is preparing a bid to become SA’s first Unesco City of Craft and Folk Art.

"One of the things I try to teach my students is that words can be a seed or a match, depending on how we use them. They have led to wars, and they have inspired nations."