Shaun de Waal CDs OFTHEWEEK Compay Segundo will be familiar to lovers of the Cuban music brought to international attention by the Buena Vista Social Club CDs and documentary. In case you’ve forgotten, he’s the nonagenarian who smokes those big fat cigars. The first singer to record a 78 in Cuba (in 1934), he was […]
Shaun de Waal MOVIE OFTHEWEEK The phantasmagoric imagination of Tim Burton seamlessly combines the adult sensibility of the horror tale and the cartoony delights of a children’s story, using a fairytale form to deal with death, destruction and the rest of the darker side of the human psyche. It is this vision that provides Burton’s […]
Communities near state forests are upset about not being consulted about proposed sales Fiona Macleod The government’s multimillion-rand sale of commercial state forests could literally go up in flames if the rights of the rural communities who own the land where the forests are growing continue to be ignored. Critics say threats of the forests […]
Angry residents in the Northern Province are threatening to take action over delays in land claim settlements, reports Jaspreet Kindra Land claimants in the Northern Province are threatening to boycott the local government elections, and have joined other claimants across the country in threatening “Zimbabwe-style” invasions. The disgruntled claimants have found an unlikely ally in […]
Mary Dover Picture the scene: you’ve just arrived at your four-star holiday hotel to find the paint peeling off the walls, the room smelling dank and pubic hairs in the bath. Not quite what the brochure promised but what recourse do you have now that the star system is redundant? Most of us have grown […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION The new local sitcom, Going Down Gorgeous, will stand to the eternal credit of the SABC. At long last that beleaguered corporation has produced a television programme which not only shows a uniquely South African comedic and satiric genius surmounting the very pinnacle of his powers, but which is, in itself, another […]
Durban will once more play host to a wide range of literary luminaries when the fourth annual Poetry Africa Festival, hosted by the University of Natal’s Centre for the Creative Arts, begins on Monday May 8 at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. It runs until Saturday May 13. There are also additional events outside the theatre […]
Internal union disputes caused the problems at VW’s Uitenhage branch in January Glenda Daniels One of the largest unions in South Africa says it has learned some serious lessons from the strike at the Uitenhage Volkswagen (VW) plant in January – and wants to ensure it can never happen again. National Union of Metalworkers of […]
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Friday 12.35pm STERLING McPherson, manager of Francois Botha and the man responsible for landing his charge’s July 15 date with Lennox Lewis, believes Botha stands a good chance of winning the bout and earning a rematch with Mike Tyson. ”If Botha wins we’re going straight to Tyson for a rematch,” said […]
THE US agriculture department has eased restrictions on imports of South African beef and lamb, but not if they include meat from neighbouring countries such as Botswana and Namibia. The Business Day reports the US now considers SA free of both rinderpest – the last diagnosed case was in 1903 – and, excluding Kruger National […]