From the Theme
Apocalypse When?
Of prophetic wisdom and memory, of endings and the end of the world: the vision of December 21, 2012 forebodes destruction and a bleak nothingness.
Editorial
“It’s the end of the world as we know it…and we feel fine.”
We started off with a simple idea: to take a long, hard look at the End (with an emphatic capital ‘E’) and report back to our readers on what we saw.
Special Features
Farmaggedon
On the 27th of April 1994, the political dust storm settled over apartheid South Africa and many believed that liberation could finally deliver the Promised Land flowing with milk, honey and pap.
For some university students, the hardest thing about the end of the world will be pretending that they’re not excited.
Monsters, Zombies and the ‘in-between’
Tribal stores of voodoo and witchdoctor mind control have led to the modern day zombie. On-screen zombies were brought to the forefront by George A. Romero’s A Night of the Living .
Since the beginning of time, humans have had a fascination with the supernatural.
Multimedia
Photo Essay: The People’s Voice The power of the people has always been present, proving that strength lies in numbers.
Photo Essay: Malema’s UCT Reception ANC Youth League President Julius Malema’s visit to UCT triggers a mixed response.
Photo Essay: Tough-living in Mozambique Nicole Velleman travels to the northern city of Vilancoulos and explores Mozambique’s contradictions. She finds a community with an entrepreneurial edge and a fighting spirit.
From the Theme
Wasted Future Post climate change: the world is a battleground and even in the habitable strip of earth the only favourable areas are of high altitude, hot and thin in oxygen.
Nuclear Travesties When Henry Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, the American satirist Tom Lehrer was rumoured to have considered retirement because he said that ‘satire is obsolete’.
The Post-Apocalyptic Global Economy The recent financial crisis plunged the world economy into recession, stirring up unprecedented levels of uncertainty.
Features
Foul Play The FIFA World Cup kicks off in less than fifty days and South Africa is ready to welcome the world. With last-minute preparations being finalised, the excitement continues to grow.
Don’t Fear the Barrel It is a truism near universally acknowledged, that within the next - what? 25? 50? 60? - years, the global supply of oil will run out and, without imminent change to current lifestyles, the results for the species will be cataclysmic.
This Little Piggy Went Home with You and You and You and You… Is H1N1-influenza a crisis waiting to happen in South Africa and the rest of the continent?
Opinion
“It’s the end of the world as we know it…and we feel fine.”We started off with a simple idea: to take a long, hard look at the End (with an emphatic capital ‘E’) and report back to our readers on what we saw.
The Religious ApocalypseThe Apocalypse: when the last days do not mean Friday and Saturday; when the end of the world is not synonymous with a ship falling off the horizon; and when the New Age has little to do with the day after your birthday.
Dancing With Our FutureThis whole climate change thing is more than just mildly confusing: What are we going to do about it? Who is going to do it?