THE government says South Africa’s diplomatic role in the international community is becoming increasingly respected. The deputy director-general for multi-lateral affairs in the Foreign Affairs Department, Abdul Minty, referred to a recent conference on progressive governance for the 21st century that President Thabo Mbeki, as the only representative from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, attended […]
RYAN TRUSCOTT, Harare | Saturday 12.30pm. PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe acknowledged for the first time on Saturday — in the midst of political violence — that his ruling party is facing a major challenge in Zimbabwe’s parliamentary elections next weekend. “Here in Harare, we have a big fight for all the seats,” he told a sparsely […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Saturday 6.30pm. PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki met on Saturday with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni for talks that were believed to focus on the situation in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A South African presidential spokeswoman said the meeting was expected to last most of Saturday, but revealed only […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 10.25am. FORMER Proteas skipper Hansie Cronje has been forgiven for his involvement in match-rigging by opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs and sports minister Ngconde Balfour, with United Cricket Board chief Ali Bacher saying that he sympathises with the disgraced cricketer. Cronje publicly asked both Balfour and Gibbs to forgive him […]
PREMIER South African fast-bowler Allan Donald says he is stunned by his former skipper and close friend Hansie Cronje’s revelations about match-fixing. “My whole career with him just keeps flashing past me since I found out,” said Donald, who plays for the English county side Warwickshire. “It’s incredible. It’s just greed really that’s made him […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s first black Chief Justice and one of the its foremost civil rights lawyers, Ismael Mohamed, died on Saturday in Johannesburg’s Linksfield clinic from cancer at the age of 68. Mohamed, who became the country’s first black judge in 1991, was appointed chief justice in 1996 by then-president […]
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<b>Review: Final Destination</b>
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This year’s Encounters II documentary film festival presents European, Canadian and African works by film-makers of
all calibres. Robyn Alexander considers documentaries in general and some particular filmic highlights of the festival .