Yearly Archives: 2000

Michael Finch ATHLETICS During the 1999 season, there were many certainties in South African athletics – South Africa’s 400m hurdling superstar Llewellyn Herbert would always win on home soil, Wendy Hartman was untouchable in the sprints, and the men’s 400m was a toss-up between Arnaud Malherbe or Jopie van Oudtshoorn. Not surprisingly, the lure of […]

Barry Streek Leading South African companies, including major listed empowerment groups, have been given three months’ notice by the union- controlled unit trust company, the Community Growth Fund (CGF), to provide answers on their employment practices. The CGF has accused these companies of “arrogance and intransigence” in dealing with its researchers. The companies include Hosken […]

>From songs to sermons, these new South African poems represent some remarkablework Dan Wylie Some years ago, when I reviewed Adam Schwartzman’s The Good Life, The Dirty Life, I thought that here was a poet to watch out for. Schwartzman’s new (1998, just received!) collection, Merrie Afrika! (Carcanet) doesn’t disappoint, though it’s not a pacific […]

NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 9(1)(c) OF ACT 54 OF 1994 Notice to appear before the South African Human Rights Commission, sitting at Council Chambers, Ground Floor, Council Chambers Wing, Metropolitan Centre, 158 Loveday Street, Braamfontein: To:The Editor – Mail & Guardian Media Hill, 7 Quince Road, MILPARK WHEREAS, 1. The South African Human Rights […]

Duncan Campbell New techniques are revolutionising the art of creating murals in the world’s mural capital, Los Angeles. A new generation of artists is exploring the potential created by digital imaging. “Digital imaging is going to bring muralism into the 21st century,” said Judy Baca, founder of the city’s Social and Public Art Resource Centre […]

Andrew Muchineripi SOCCER If the South African under-23 side defeat Cameroon in Yaounde on Saturday and Ghana at Vosloorus Stadium next month, cries of siyaya e Sydney will reverberate around our beautiful land. It is a big if, with the first hurdle particularly difficult, but what a prize lies in wait should we succeed. A […]

Thebe Mabanga IN YOUR EAR Surviving the weekend on South African radio is a pleasant but sometimes frustrating act. In search of something entertaining to listen to, one can sometimes find oneself listening to astrology on a Saturday night or receiving soccer commentary in a very entertaining but incomprehensible language. Here then is a guide […]

Investors always make the most noise about the latest budget. What will they be saying about this one? Belinda Beresford and David Le Page Was this an investor’s budget? Analysts are likely to be chewing over the reams of documentation provided by the Department of Finance for some time, trying to answer this question. Adults […]

Last week in this column, bell hooks made a distinction between romantic love and true love. The former, she told us, quoting from Toni Morrison, is “one of the most destructive ideas in the history of modern thought”. She may be right, but then hooks goes on to define “true love” in terms that don’t […]

‘Frankenfoods’ Fiona Macleod Large shiploads of genetically engineered foodstuffs are quietly being imported into South Africa because a loophole in the law enables importers to fast-track such shipments without the public knowing anything about them. South African ports are receiving “an average of one large bulk shipment each month, mostly from Argentina and the United […]