Yearly Archives: 1994

Edelweiss is a strange mixture of Alpine architecture, boere fare and first-rate cabaret entertainment. Guy Willoughby discovered it in that other country — Pretoria IF you come from somewhere else, our Executive Capital is an endless source of fascination: all that the locals take for granted has a curious air of mystery for the outsider. […]

Lesley Cowling STRIP the five Cover Boys down to their bare essentials, take away their G-strings, animal skins and ripped jeans, and underneath you will find your regular nice South African guy. But on stage, they offer themselves to their all- women audiences in fast-paced dance routines, stripping down to G-strings from a variety of […]

Feathers may defy the laws of gravity but theyre good business if youre into extravagant head-gear. Sean Badal reports THERE are more feathers surrounding Andre Kemp and Nikki Swift than a pouting Prince in Paisley Park. But before you rush out and invest in Seventies retro gear and risk becoming a casualty of fashion, take […]

* Co-editor Anton Harber expects to be savaged when he attends meetings of the Conference of Editors. However, Oom Krisjan hears that Harber got a savaging of an entirely unexpected nature when he attended the Conference of Editors lunch with the state president at the Mount Nelson Hotel this week: as he was walking up […]

Behind the governments attack on the media lie more serious problems of ownership and credibility. But the ANC itself is not above criticism, writes Anton Harber RELATIONS between the government and sections of the media are at a relatively low ebb, President Nelson Mandela said this week in a special address to newspaper editors. Its […]

International development support for South Africa is being snagged on a paradoxical problem, writes Simon Segal THE much-hyped flow of foreign aid to South Africa is being held up by a paradoxical problem: the government does not have any clarity about what exactly is being offered, and the donors won’t move until the government proposes […]

Stefaans Brummer DEPUTY defence minister Ronnie Kasrils this week found himself caught in the middle of tensions between the Northern Cape ANC and the army. ANC VIPs were barred from entering the army’s Lohatla battle-training school, at the centre of a land dispute, when Kasrils and Land Affairs Minister Derek Hanekom went on a fact-finding […]

Special consultants to government ministers can earn a fortune — or nothing at all. Paul Stober reports VAST differences in the pay packets of government consultants make it difficult to work out their true worth to the new ministers. Government figures, detailing the appointment of advisers, show that 10 ANC ministers have employed consultants or […]

HANDBALL: Julian Drew IF you mention handball to most South African sports fans it will conjure up images of a partisan soccer crowd baying hopefully at the referee every time the ball ricochets off a defender in the penalty area. To the rest of the world, however, it is a fast and exciting team sport […]

Theatre: Stanley Peskin PACT Ballet’s presentation (in association with Nedbank) of David Bintley’s Still Life at the Penguin Cafe is an altogether triumphant experience. The company, in superb form, places before us the choreographer’s passionate lyric on the continuity of man, death, and nature. A playful and poignant obituary notice, Still Life strips us of […]