Jonathan Ancer talks to some of the `seditious’ students who were blamed for the 1976 Soweto riots Twenty-three years after the June 16 Soweto uprising, the “seditious” students convicted of inciting the rebellion are influential members of the new South Africa they helped to create. There’s an MP, a Department of Foreign Affairs official, a […]
DANISH brewing giant Heineken has increased its stake in Nigerian Breweries to almost 37% and could be considering a full take-over, company officials said on Wednesday. A spokesman for Nigerian Breweries said the Danish concern now owns 36,34% of the Nigerian firm after purchasing the holding previously owned by Unilever. Nigerian Breweries chairman Felix Ohiwerei […]
Howard Barrell Over a Barrel One of the more remarkable pieces of reportage on the election just past was a Sunday newspaper story early in the campaign, written without a hint of irony, about Musibudi Mangena, president of the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo). Mangena was saying, again without a hint of irony, that whereas other […]
Over the years I have often been a fierce critic of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), its administration and its method of operation. But I have to say that the concept underlying Strate (the acronym from share transactions totally electronic) and the way it is being introduced deserves unflinching support. Properly developed, Strate will ensure […]
Universal human rights was humanity’s greatest advance during the past thousand years, writes Wole Soyinka With the blood-soaked banner of religious fanaticism billowing across the skies as one prominent legacy of this millennium, Martin Luther King’s famous theses against religious absolutism struck me early as a strong candidate for the best idea of the past […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: ERNIE ELS will have to contend not only with a persistent back problem in the US Open, but with what veteran Tom Watson describes as the worst, most difficult rough he has ever seen in the tournament. “It’s tight, it’s tough and you need a lot of patience,” says Els himself, who won […]
Ann Eveleth Before the 1994 elections, the African National Congress drew criticism from its opponents when it hinted that 16-year-old children should be allowed to vote. In those heady days of pre-liberation politics the youth flocked to the party’s campaign rallies and mobbed soon-to-be-president Nelson Mandela with the fervour of rock-star groupies. This year, those […]
Shaun de Waal Not quite movie of the week British director Stephen Frears has often taken a notable interest in the particularities and peculiarities of human relationships, and his best films explore them from a number of angles and in different milieux. His 1986 feature My Beautiful Laundrette posited a gay love affair between a […]
Sarah Bullen A week is all the time Old Mutual policyholders have to notify the company if they are going to hold on to their free demutualisation shares, or sell them for an instant injection of cash. The decision has to be made by June 25. The three choices of those facing a windfall have […]
When you’re a 21-year-old filmmaker with an audience of over a million, there’s no reason to be scared of the dark, writes Alex Dodd There’s not a hint of jadedness to be whiffed in the corridors of the South African School of Film, Television and Dramatic Art. When you talk about the new wave in […]