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/ 9 December 1994
A ground-breaking deal between conservationists and Transkei’s peasants has ended the plundering of nature reserves, reports Eddie Koch THE invasion of nature reserves in Transkei that led to the plunder of wildlife and marine species by peasants on the Wild Coast has ended with a path-breaking agreement between conservation officials and villagers from the area. […]
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/ 9 December 1994
While generally a delight, last weekend’s battle of the choirs exhibited the same mistakes that have been made for the last 17 years, argues Vuyo Mvoko LIKE the Muslim community’s yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, the annual finals of the Old Mutual National Choir Festival at the Standard Bank Arena have proved to be a major […]
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/ 9 December 1994
Cry, the Beloved Country is South Africa’s first major post-election film project. William Pretorius spent a day on set THERE’S a lot riding on director Darrell Roodt’s film of Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country, produced by Anant Singh. It’s the first major post-election film production. A new beginning? Yes, thinks Roodt, when you can […]
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/ 9 December 1994
The joy of winning: A victory at last is good, but the way it was achieved is better CRICKET: Jon Swift A SOLITARY win in a dozen one-day outings in a limited overs international that will be largely unremembered in three seasons’ time, is hardly cause for celebration. But the overall manner in which Hansie […]
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/ 9 December 1994
African Encounters has moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town, where it received favourable reviews. Ivor Powell takes a different stand AFRICAN Encounters, presented at MuseumAfrica in Newtown under the auspices of the paragovernmental French Institute, is one of those shows that the official representatives of the old colonial governments love to treat us to: seemingly […]
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/ 9 December 1994
CHILDREN’S THEATRE: Pat Sidley PLATFORM shoes are hazardous to the health at the best of times, and Janice Honeyman’s Aladdin (in China) proved the point one evening last week, when the empress fell off hers during a dance sequence. The mishap resulted in some ad libbing — and presumably a sore ankle. It was the […]
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/ 9 December 1994
ORGANISATIONS working with the homeless in Cape Town are boycotting a police-sponsored homelessness awareness day because they say policemen are abusing street dwellers. They accuse the SAPS of failing to take adequate action against police officers who mistreat vagrants. The police are investigating allegations that one officer poured thinners over a teenage boy and set […]
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/ 9 December 1994
Vusi Khoza and Annie Mapoma HUMAN hands — burnt to ashes and mixed with herbal ingredients — are considered an effective anti-stroke remedy by muti men who use body parts in their practice. This is according to Johannesburg muti shop owner Kessavan Naidoo, a herbalist for 30 years and close observer of traditional healing methods. […]
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/ 9 December 1994
The high prophets of commercialisation lost the struggle for the soul of the SABC this week, reports Mark Gevisser TWO men were notably absent from the panel of five SABC big shots going face-to-face with the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) yesterday as the corporation unveiled its plans for transformation: Quentin Green and Steve Schubach. Green, […]
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/ 9 December 1994
SOUTH African businessmen have come through a tough time in the past five years. They have faced high inflation, prohibitive interest rates, political upheaval and rampant violence and crime. The general election may have changed the country, but negative factors have not entirely disappeared. Since April, we have seen strike action and violent confrontation at […]