| January 24, 2009 |
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 Stomp into the year with The Beatles, Elvis Arts Correspondent AFTER the success of the monthly Stomps held at the Algoa Bay Yacht Club last year the nostalgic sound of the 60s and 70s music will continue, starting with the first Stomp of the year taking place next Saturday. The organisers have introduced the concept of each Stomp having a tribute feature. The first Stomp will have a tribute to the blues theme and the headline band on the night will be the popular Bayside Blues Band. Also in the line-up for the evening will be The Tomboys, The Hazy Shades, The Geezers, guest artists Bruce Baldwin and Geoff Good as well as compere, Gene Smith. In the months to follow there will be tributes to The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cat Stevens.
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Novelist learns to get by in LA Satellite LInk, with John Harvey WHEN it first appeared on South African television, I very much doubted whether American series Californication was all that it was cracked up to be. Firstly, I had only come in at the tail-end of one episode, and while the one-liners delivered by David Duchovny in the role of Hank Moody bordered on breaking new TV boundaries in terms of impudence, I still questioned the storyline, as has often been the case with previous Showtime productions.... 
Maturity vital in SA politics THERE is no doubt the birth of the Congress of the People (Cope) towards the latter part of last year caused a major upheaval in the South African political landscape, perhaps the most significant realignment since Dr Andries Treurnicht‘s arch-conservatives broke away from the National Party in the early 1980s to form the Conservative Party. The result is that it has injected new life into politics and there is renewed interest in the forthcoming general election. This is good for the country and a sign democracy is working here.... 
Brain drain turnaround ‘soon‘ Yolandé Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER THE global economic meltdown and resulting widespread job cuts could result in South Africa‘s crippling brain drain soon becoming a brain gain as South Africans living abroad are forced to return home.... 
Bay‘s best are ready for Santos in survival fight Chumani Bambani WEEKEND POST REPORTER BAY United continue their fight for survival in the Absa Premiership tomorrow when they face Cape Town‘s Santos at the EPRU Stadium in Port Elizabeth.... 
East Cape social investment initiative celebrates 20 years Bob Kernohan BUSINESS EDITOR AN Eastern Cape social investment initiative has received international praise as it celebrates its 20th anniversary with allocations of R8-million taking its total spent over the two decades to R58-million.... |
