THURSDAY, 12.15PM: A DRAFT white paper on energy policy released on Wednesday may see the complete deregulation of the liquid fuels industry in South Africa, which will involve phasing out the rigid control over the price of fuel, allowing prices to be determined by market conditions. Business Day reports that the paper, announced by Minerals […]
Alex Sudheim The 1999 Durban Designer Collection was a bold attempt to knock fashion from its elitist perch and teach it how to live by its wits on ground level. One of South Africa’s most prominent style events celebrated its 20th birthday this year by throwing the silky plumed bird of fashion out of the […]
THE Angolan army has recaptured from rebels the small town of Cuima in the central Huambo province, officials said on Thursday. An army spokesman said 10 Unita rebels were killed in last week’s battle about 80km south of Huambo. The army also announced it has destroyed a Unita base in Caala, southwest of the provincial […]
Belinda Beresford and Mungo Soggot The flurry of litigation surrounding Magnus Heystek’s controversial handling of a family trust has intensified with a summons issued by the guardian of the trust’s beneficiaries against Heystek and his fellow trustees. Clive Berman, the guardian of the two children who are beneficiaries to the multimillion rand trust, is asking […]
A PASTOR from Rwanda’s Episcopal Church and a former army major were condemned to death for genocide Thursday by a special military tribunal, official radio announced from Kigali on Thursday. “The military court condemned to death gendarmerie major Anne-Marie Nyirahakizimana and pastor Anastase Ngirinshuti for genocide, murder and association with criminals,” the radio said. It […]
THURSDAY, 6.00PM: WITH the panic of a market crash abating, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange dragged itself through a very lacklustre Thursday. All key indices ended at the low-end of the trading range, with Andre Crawford-Brunt of Deutsche Morgen Grenfell describing the day as “soggy”. There was praise all round, however, for Reserve Bank governor Chris […]
Luvuyo Kakaza Even under the best circumstances the chances of becoming an international music star in rural Transkei are slim. But for a woman to launch a musical career from the poverty- stricken village of Mqekezweni, the odds against success are astronomical. Madosini Manquina (60) has taken on those odds and beaten them. After years […]
THE United Democratic Movement at Bushbuckridge on Thursday claims an Independent Electoral Commission official crooked the voting at nearby Cunningmoore polling station. United Democratic Movement spokesman Jerry Nkuna said the two-thirds majority achieved by the African National Congress at Cunningmoore on Wednesday was obtained fraudulently, and blamed IEC presiding officer Harries Maile. Nkuna said in […]
Andrew Worsdale Movie of the week Celebrity is a major force in one’s life. Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Telly Savallas – you name it. At age 24, working in a video store while a film school student, I was ordered by huge black bodyguards to get “Mr Reynolds” a glass of water. I filled up […]
The Sibikwa Players have shattered many of the stereotypes suffocating community theatre to bring a dazzlingly epic retelling of South African history to mainstream audiences, writes Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Silence and darkness. A single African drumbeat fills the huge space of the Civic Theatre auditorium and, as the sound grows in intensity, light bursts […]