Anthony Kunda in Lusaka ACCORDING to a witness in the Zambian Supreme Court case to decide whether President Frederick Chiluba was eligible to be elected last November, Chiluba was expelled from school in the equivalent of standard seven for smoking marijuana. This was one of the details about his personal life that have so far […]
Last time Tom Jones was in town, Soweto was simmering and it was uncool to play SA. MARIAMcCLOY looks back at the tours of that time A GOLD Rolls Royce and women throwing their panties at him – that’s what Adele Lucas, who worked publicity for Southern Sun at the time, remembers of Tom Jones’s […]
FINE ART: Suzy Bell WHETHER for his trippy screen savers or portraits of peace, Bangalore artist Venkataraman Balu has been dubbed the master of the collage medium. He’s not simply absorbed in creating beautiful art, but in focusing on a global mission for peace through art. ”Art is a wonderful way to communicate the essence […]
Mark Milner in London WORKERS in Europe’s steel industry are not having an easy time. In the United Kingdom, British Steel, rated as one of the world’s most efficient steel-makers, acknowledged it will be making deep cuts in its workforce over the next few years, although how deep it is not yet saying. In part, […]
Running, swimming and jumping for joy Malcolm Pringle brings talent and sheer joy to his medal-winning performances, writes Julian Drew AS the surprise package in South Africa’s team at last year’s Paralympic Games in Atlanta, multiple medallist Malcolm Pringle was one of the star attractions at last week’s national championships for the physically disabled and […]
The auditor general has uncovered a sorry tale of money mismanagement within the government. Marion Edmunds reports THE government’s financial management has continued to deteriorate, with irregular spending running to more than R150-million in the 1995/96 fiscal year. Unveiling his annual report on national government accounts in Parliament on Wednesday, Auditor General Henri Kleuver said […]
There is a possible breakthrough in negotiations between the weakening President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire and rebel leader Laurent Kabila. Chris McGreal reports from Kinshasa ZAIREAN President Mobutu Sese Seko this week opened the door to negotiation with the rebel army advancing from the east, but on terms it is almost certain to reject. […]
Alex Brummer in London BRUSSELS has been rightly concerned that the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger is anti-competitive and will work against the interests of Airbus Industrie. But now it has something potentially even more serious to worry about. As Airbus chief Jean Pierson struggles to consummate his plan to bring Dasa of Germany, British Aerospace, Aerospatiale […]
Benjamin Pogrund on the anniversary of a march that nearly toppled the Nationalist government THE young man who frightened the hell out of the Nationalist government this month 37 years ago has grown into a mature man of the world intent on unseating the African National Congress government of today. But Philip Kgosana’s style has […]
Mungo Soggot and Marion Edmunds ALLAN BOESAK is being bankrolled by a group of Cape businessmen, including Crispin Sonn, son of South Africa’s ambassador to the United States. Sonn, who runs a computer company which won a lucrative R1-million government contract last year, told the Mail & Guardian he was one of several Cape businessmen […]