A dispute between an academic and a respected university raises questions about management styles Khadija Magardie The bitter wrangle between the University of Natal and its former head of social anthropology, Professor Caroline White, may set a precedent that will erode democracy in the country’s tertiary institutions. An internationally renowned academic and writer, White was […]
Stephen Gray REVIEW OFTHEWEEK Arrived at last in Johannesburg – via the Pretoria Art Gallery, the Labia Museum in Muizenberg and the Bellville Gallery of the show’s sponsor, Sanlam – is the retrospective of the work of the neglected South African artist, Harry Trevor. Perhaps retrospective is too sweeping a description, as Trevor’s career was […]
in the ANC Howard Barrell OVER A BARREL A local historian told a colleague recently that he feared the African National Congress might be going doo- lally. “Why?” asked my colleague. For two reasons, the historian answered: one, the government seems intent on rewriting HIV/Aids science; and, two, the ANC appears obsessed about the Mail […]
John Brand Last week’s “Bosses mustn’t have babies”, was a shocking story. The shock, however, lay in the reporting, not the judgment. The story was a litany of twists and distortions, distressing enough in themselves but made doubly so when read in the light of the editorial, a few pages on, that employed the ringing […]
Barry Streek The South African Police Service (SAPS) has a shortage of 7E000 personnel and 371 vehicles, according to Minister of Safety and Security Steve Tshwete. It will need an extra R7,8-million to hire the personnel and R471,5-million to finance the vehicles, Tshwete said in reply to a question tabled in the National Council of […]
Shaun de Waal CD OFTHEWEEK The Million Dollar Hotel (UNI/Interscope) is the soundtrack to the forthcoming Wim Wenders film of that name, based on a story by U2 singer Bono and inspired by a real hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Bono is also the moving force behind the soundtrack. First off, there’s a song with […]
Shaun de Waal Norman Catherine’s new show at the Goodman Gallery extends and recapitulates images that are familiar from his work over the last decade or so. This show is mostly sculpture, whereas his 1994 show (his last solo exhibition in South Africa) was chiefly painting, but the two media increasingly overlap for Catherine -his […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 12.20pm. PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said on Friday that the government will accelerate the restructuring of state-owned assets and hopes to complete deals worth R40-billion by 2004. ”The year 2004 is the year we want to have completed the restructuring agenda in South Africa,” he said. Radebe said the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 12.20pm. PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said on Friday that the government will accelerate the restructuring of state-owned assets and hopes to complete deals worth R40-billion by 2004. ”The year 2004 is the year we want to have completed the restructuring agenda in South Africa,” he said. Radebe said the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.00pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange fell to five-month lows on Thursday, led by a selloff in technology stocks following sustained losses on the US tech-rich Nasdaq composite index. By late afternoon the benchmark All Share index was down 3,18% at 7386, a level last reached in mid-November, with losses across […]