Peter Robinson If Bob Woolmer could be persuaded to take one position on Hansie Cronje and stick to it, then it might be possible to establish, if not guilt, then at least some kind of responsibility for the former captain’s fall from grace. All around the world this week, cricket tried to come to terms […]
THE Pretoria State Theatre is being closed for the rest of the 2000/2001 financial year due to “gross financial management”, Minister of Arts and Culture Ben Ngubane told journalists on Thursday. The theatre’s 477 employees will be retrenched in the process. Ngubane said the balance of the government grant of R33 million, which currently stands […]
NEWS IN BRIEF The most overworked and understaffed jurisdiction in the country, the Transvaal Provincial Division (TPD), looks set for a major shake-up, with the creation of 10 permanent posts on the Bench. Officials say the new posts will incorporate positions that have been occupied by acting judges. Advocates expect the Judicial Service Commission, the […]
Johnny Masilela Eight short films by emergent and not-so- emergent black film-makers will be showcased next month at an all-powerful film festival in Italy. The Emergent Black Film-makers of South Africa is a three-hour package to be presented at the 51st International Short Film Festival of Montecatini in Italy from July 1 to 8. The […]
Jeevan Vasagar British TV writer Carla Lane recently gave the world an animal tale that, if true, will ignite a scientific sensation: a goat on her sanctuary has given birth to a lamb. The proud mother is Molly, an 18-year- old nanny goat. Lane said it happened after Molly was kept in a paddock on […]
Ups: Cheery Cape clone that’s Jo’burg’s current favourite. Colourful, clean, safe to walk around at night. Great restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs and some interesting shopping. Downs: The people. Rich hippies, media kids and ever-so-slightly-smug residents. More cool than culture ensures an empty- headed experience. What the Estate Agents say: “Melville’s looking good. High demand and […]
A performance audit has given ANC councillors the jitters in the wake of local government elections Sechaba ka’Nkosi Ashake-up within African National Congress branches is expected to take place in the build-up to local government elections amid serious tensions and jostling for power among councillors uncertain of their future role in the party. The uncertainty […]
SOME 600 elephants from Mozambique have trooped into a Malawi national park, doubling the elephant population. Aggrey Dzimbiri, manager of Liwonde national park in southern Machinga district, bordering Mozambique, said he suspects the elephants were fleeing from Mozambique because the vegetation there had been destroyed by the recent floods. Dzimbiri, who looks after the 538-square-kilometre […]
The dominance of black athletes is one of the most explosive issues in modern sport. Everyone is aware of it, but no one mentions it. Now, a controversial new book attempts to wrestle with the most taboo subject in world sport Andrew Anthony At the Olympics in September there will be few racing certainties. The […]
Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein’s most important influences are Donald Duck and Jesus Christ Kate Connolly Walking along Cork Street in central London, trying to locate the Robert Sandelson Gallery, I do a double-take on seeing Mick Jagger standing at number 5a, gazing through its paneless window. He has the 1970s hairstyle, carved cheeks and angular […]