Brain drain students fleeing amid fears over crime, jobs

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

SOUTH Africa‘s crippling brain drain shows no sign of slowing, with four in every 10 students surveyed in the Eastern and Southern Cape saying they plan to leave the country for good once they have graduated....

Much at stake for Cheetahs in Cup clash with Blue Bulls

Special Correspondent in JOHANNESBURG

AFTER a four-year honeymoon in the Currie Cup, the Cheetahs face the harsh reality of possibly losing out on a semifinal spot if they lose without a bonus point against the Blue Bulls in Bloemfontein today....

Luxury urban retreat is the definitive holiday hideout

BY SIMPLY driving past, you could be forgiven for thinking that it doesn‘t house that much more than its neighbouring upmarket properties. It has an elegant exterior which definitely suggests fine living, but nothing quite prepares a visitor for what you discover inside....

Graduates are our new gold

THE great tragedy about modern South Africa is not that it or its people are short of opportunity. Of that, we have plenty. Our downfall, ultimately, is very likely to be our growing inability to take advantage of the incredible human and natural resources with which we have been blessed, and to turn them into long-term benefits....

Taut and gripping theatre in classic court drama

DON‘T miss this excellent courtroom drama, which is playing at the Little Theatre until next weekend. Director Lesley Barnard marshals a solid cast of young and old to track down who is responsible for the death of a Marine Private Santiago, at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba....