Features

'Leave only footprints' just gets rubbished
SUMMER is coming. The evidence was all around us, not in the swifts of the sky that have come south from colder climes, but from the litter on Saturday morning at Eastern Beach, and Marina Glen, East London. Not far from the widespread scattered r...

Mirror dinghy makes strong comeback
By Tim Stirk THE Mirror dinghy, a very popular racing/family boat in the 70s and 80s, is making a strong comeback in South African sailing circles. Over the past two years, this very safe and stable dinghy has seen fleet sizes at all major regatta...

STARSCOPE by William Smith
ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 21): Your health might give cause for concern. You appear to be more highly-strung and nervous than usual; and this might be reflected in your bodily health. It is possible to eliminate damaging worry by reading a suitable self-...

Dance the Y2K blues away
SOME time ago, this column took a look at the anti-social side-effects of the Internet. This week, a web site run by a group of mystics in northern India is offering depressed Internet surfers everywhere a chance to snap out of it by practising "os...