Yearly Archives: 1994

Louise Flanagan GETTING Sun king Sol Kerzner to court to face bribery and corruption charges might be more difficult than hitting the jackpot in one of the Sun International (SI) casinos. The attorney general in the former Transkei homeland, Christo Nel, has determinedly chased the SI chairman for four years and he’s not ready to […]

Krish Mackerdhuj believes that conditions for cricket unity are now worse than three years ago CRICKET: Paul Martin THE President of the United Cricket Board, Krish Mackerdhuj, has made an unprecedented attack on “old regime” attitudes and actions — especially internationally — among senior cricket administrators and officials. He said the united front forged three […]

CRICKET: Jon Swift IN THE aftermath of Mike Proctor’s departure as coach of the national cricket team, there have been a number of decisive moves on one hand and some dithering on the other. The old warhorse, Clive Rice, was effectively ruled out of any possible confrontations with captain Kepler Wessels, by being named as […]

Chris Louw STRICTER government control of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is foreseen in the reconstruction and development programme (RDP) white paper, published this week. Support of the NGOs will in future shift towards community and mass organisations. A form of accreditation for NGOs to monitor their accountability is in the pipeline. They will also be expected […]

MASSES … The new government faces a real problem in the number of illegal immigrants and refugees in the country. Clearly, an unbridled flow across our borders is a potential source of conflict in a country with massive unemployment and resources to meet the needs of reconstruction and development already stretched beyond their limit. However, […]

Vampires loom large at the South African International Film Festival. Stanley Peskin explores their appeal THE vampiric desire expressed in the phrase ”kiss me with those red lips” has exerted a potent hold over audiences for almost a century. Whether there are any traces of vampirism to be found in the history of Vlad Tepes […]

Weekly Mail Reporter THE office of PWV premier Tokyo Sexwale has reacted angrily to the Weekly Mail & Guardian’s story last week stating that the premier’s wife owned several flats in Johannesburg through a close corporation. Sexwale’s representative, Ronnie Mamoepa, charged that the article was ”full of innuendos and contains factual inaccuracies”. He denied Sexwale […]

STREETBALL: Mapula Sibanda IT was more than passing ball at Bruma Lake when the first of the four Nandos countrywide Streetball Challenge tournaments kicked off last Sunday. It was also a day of fun and festivities for the whole family. Parents acting as coaches for the day shouted and cheered for their young ones, as […]

Myra Alperson reports on the formation of a new grant- making group A NEW acronym has recently entered the local business vocabulary: Saga, the Southern Africa Grantmakers Association. If you think this doesn’t quite sound like a business activity, it’s in part because Saga represents what many in corporate South Africa still won’t admit is […]

A major symposium at this year’s South African International Film Festival will bring leading African filmmakers into contact with their local counterparts. William Pretorius reports HISTORY will be made at the “Across the Continent” symposium when, for the first time ever, filmmakers from all over Africa get together in South Africa. Hosted by the South […]