Despite reopening old wounds, the truth commission has shifted public attitudes from denial to acknowledgement, reports David Goodman THE nine burly white policemen filed into the packed hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Cape Town and took seats in the front row. One of the policemen tapped his foot uncontrollably; another was […]
Mungo Soggot THE R6-million fee United States consultants McKinsey charged the SABC for restructuring the broadcaster suggests Auckland Park had itself McKinsified at a snip. The British Broadcasting Corporation paid the American company several million pounds a year and up to 6-million in the 12 months leading to last year’s announcement of its major shake-up. […]
Ann Eveleth A KWAZULU-Natal policeman looks set to win the dubious record for the largest amnesty application filed so far with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) amnesty committee. Commission insiders said a man who had provided a wide range of evidence to the TRC had recently applied for amnesty in connection with about 49 […]
JONATHAN ROMNEY has fallen in love with Breaking the Waves, Lars von Trier’s powerful new film about the absurdity and grandeur of lust NO FILM I saw last year has held me in its grip quite so hard as Lars von Trier’s Breaking The Waves. Given that your average critic sees upwards of 400 films […]
Marion Edmunds THE Presidential Review Commission, created a year ago to help in the reform of the public service, was set up for failure and should be abolished, one of its own members says. Professor Fanie Cloete, of the School of Public Management at the University of Stellenbosch, has accused the government of manipulating the […]
Jacquie Golding-Duffy THE Daily Dispatch’s circulation has grown in leaps and bounds, thrusting this small East London-based player into the ring with some of the big boys of print media. Gavin Stewart (54), who took over the newspaper’s helm three years ago, has stealthily changed its format and content into an explosive formula which has […]
The hunt is on for informants in the ANC, report Ann Eveleth, Rehana Rossouw and Peta Thornycroft THE African National Congress is sitting on information linking one of its prominent provincial members of Parliament in KwaZulu-Natal to the former South African Security Police. The allegations about the MPP first surfaced in 1994 following the death […]
Chris Taylor THERE was a time when clubs in Rio de Janeiro needed look no further than the nearest side street, car park, beach or backyard for the next crop of football talent. Young players seemed to sprout like the weeds in the wasteground where they would hone their skills until it was too dark […]
Would this year’s Bandslam follow the triumphs of last year? MALU VAN LEEUWEN was at the River Club concert APOLOGISTS for the so-called South African Music Explosion are probably going to hate me for this, but it’s so corny it’s worthy of a Leon Shuster gag – except the man has more taste than to […]
Hazel Friedman A MILESTONE in educational programming on television and radio has been reached with the SABC’s new Learn `N Live initiative, giving independent producers an unprecendented opportunity to make their mark by replacing the SABC’s traditionally stodgy fare. Learn `N Live, a joint initiative between the SABC and the Department of Education, not only […]