At a banquet at the Cape Town International Conference Centre and attended by Indian author and last year’s Man Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai, Irish women’s fiction writer Marian Keyes, SA's most prestigious literary awards were handed out.

Despite the health risks associated with smoking, some South Africans still believe the habit is acceptable, a research survey has found.

SA youth have identified Billabong as the best fashion label, Billabong SA said. The surf brand topped heavyweights such as Lacoste, Puma, Levi's, Nike and Adidas according to the 2007 Sunday Times Generation Next youth survey.

More than 5 000 Afrikaans poems have been submitted by aspiring writers over the past 10 months to the Web site www.Woes.co.za.

South Africans are warming to the idea of online video sharing on local site MyVideo.co.za.

Just a few years ago Cape Town's city centre was a dreary moon landscape at night.

When it comes to sex, South Africans may be having the most orgasms, but in other respects they are failing to set the bedroom alight, the 2007 Durex Global Sexual Wellbeing Survey reveals.

Half of SA women never use a condom, and two-thirds believe it's highly unlikely that they'll contract HIV/AIDS.

Like children accepting sweets from parents, so Jacob Zuma’s followers consume the ideologies he dishes out.

Hikers looking for a bit of a challenge should sign up for the second leg of the Hoerikwaggo Trail, which will be opened at the end of the month.

After weeks of controversy surrounding its right to permanent exhibition, Ronald Harrison's famous anti-apartheid painting, The Black Christ, is again going on display - this time as part of the Cape Town Visual Arts Festival.

The Afrikaans language was being eroded in many spheres of society, former President FW de Klerk said.

A traditional healer from the tranquil KZN Midlands will be injecting ancestral wisdom and peace into the flurry of preparations that Hollywood stars undertake in preparation for the Oscars.

Contrary to the belief of Capetonians, the Mother City is not the best place to live. An annual survey reveals that Bloemfontein is the best city to live in.

A military drumbeat sets the scene, a young Afrikaner with a bloodied face grips his rifle in a ditch - it is the start of one of the most talked about music videos in SA.

If you thought the shenanigans in the office of the parliamentary Chief Whip of the ANC couldn't get any more entertaining, think again.

This year's Cape Town Pride festival theme is 'Carnival of Love'.

If you have ever wondered why Miriam Makeba is called Mama Africa, the release of her CD Forever should satisfy all curiosity.

Lamb stew:

South Africans are getting heavier and the reason is that they are eating much bigger meals than they did 30 years ago, says dietician Anne Till.

Imagine banging bins, bashing brooms, clanking chairs and the noise of pretty much everything including the kitchen sink. Fantastic.

Haute cuisine may seem a contradiction in terms on a continent where millions go hungry.

Country singer Lance James has been performing for half a century, and now he has been declared an icon by the Afrikaanse Taal-en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV).

A few years ago the thought of Robben Island being over-run by children would have been unheard of, but come December 6, that's exactly what you can expect.

SA's vehicle manufacturing sector is set for record sales in 2006, boosting new job creation, but sales growth should ease in coming months due to higher interest rates.