Siki. Dutch director Niek Koppen, who will be a guest of the festival presents his hour-long work of 1992 about Louis M’Barick Fall, who in 1922 became the first African to win a world boxing title. The documentary recounts the life of Battling Siki, the intelligent “savage”, activist, dandy, husband and womeniser. Using unique film […]

Peter Robinson One by one they have taken the stand, damned Hansie Cronje with their evidence and then sought to soften the blow by declaring their respect for the fallen former captain. “The finest captain South Africa has ever had,” is typical of the sentiment. It has occurred to none of Cronje’s erstwhile team-mates that […]

FORMER two-time junior lightweight world champion Brian Mitchell has moved up in weight and will be taking on former heavyweight world title contender Pierre Coetzer on Friday. Most pundits give Mitchell the edge of pulling off a win over the bigger and heavier Coetzer. The two popular ex-boxers will however not be donning gloves for […]

The leader of the notorious vigilante organisation Mapogo a Matamaga is fighting to keep his position Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A crisis meeting called by the head of South Africa’s largest vigilante group got off to a bad start last weekend when the group struggled for three hours to gain access to the community centre […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Mapogo a Matamaga, the vigilante organisation that has attracted 40 000 members for its practice of sjamboking suspected criminals, has started a professional security firm in a bid to go mainstream. Unlike the main organisation, Mapogo a Matamaga Security Services, which plans to expand its area of operation from the Northern […]

The bulk of the New National Party favours a closer relationship with the ANC Howard Barrell and Barry Streek The Democratic Party and ruling African National Congress are engaged in a tug of war to win over the bulk of the collapsing New National Party. Whichever way the NNP leadership decides to go looks likely […]

Gregory Mthembu-Salter Rwandan forces claimed victory against Uganda in Kisangani last Sunday after a week of heavy fighting. Kisangani’s electricity and water supply has been crippled and residents lack sanitation and food. Thousands have been leaving the city on foot, carrying whatever possessions they can. The latest fighting broke out despite an agreement, brokered in […]

Johannesburg, once a beautiful woman, has become an ugly old harlot. Bongani Madondo walks the streets of a filthy city and mourns his lost love It’s a freezing Wednesday at 7am when I decide to board a taxi – one of those rickety jalopies promising to break apart in the middle of the road while […]

AN Ethiopian delegation will head to Algiers to sign a ceasefire agreement brokered by the Organisation of African Unity on Sunday. An Ethiopian government official said that the delegation would likely be at the ministerial level. After claiming further military gains Wednesday, Ethiopia officially accepted the OAU plan which Eritrea had already agreed to in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.00pm. REMBRANDT Group said on Thursday it is considering splitting its underlying investments into two separate listed units as part of a restructure which will remove its pyramid structure. Remgro said in a statement the one company will represent its established investments while the other the technology-oriented interests. ”Implementation will […]