Chris Roper tunes in to Channel, an exhibition giving exposure to South African video art Video art occupies a slightly ghettoised place in the world of art. Not many people can name its exponents, and some galleries and museums are ambivalent about its status. The Channel exhibition, currently running at the Association for Visual Arts […]
Nato’s attacks on Serbia have been condemned by our government as an attack on the authority of the United Nations and as such a breach of international law. If that is the case, we can only assume international law has developed since South Africa sent its troops into Lesotho without a UN mandate. Our intention […]
South African dance floors are in for a treat of Turntablism next weekend when both the legendary Carl Cox and the hugely influential DJ Food collective (from the Ninjatunes label) hit clubs across the country with their unique displays of DJing skills. Recent years have seen many international DJs taking an interest in playing to […]
If you live in Johannesburg then you will no doubt have seen MTN’s yellow posters plastered across walls at major intersections, advertising the impending gospel concert, Joyous Celebration 3. Backing gospel is an appropriate ploy for the cellular phone network that dubs itself ”The Better Connection”. In some sense, gospel music attempts to be the […]
Theatre Alex Dodd I guess the intention behind the current extended run for Popcorn was something to do with giving local audiences a taste of hot, buttered global pop. After the runaway success of last year’s Shopping and Fucking, Real Concerts – better known for having brought Skunk Anansie and Massive Attack out here – […]
In an interview in the early Eighties, legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp reverentially referred to jazz as America’s classical music. His impulse was to assign the idiom the important artistic status he felt it deserved. The rise in popularity in the Nineties of an urban-popular fusion or ”smooth” jazz sound meant for many listeners that jazz […]
AMANDA Coetzer began her defence of her Family Circle Cup tennis title in brisk winds with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Russian qualifier Elena Makarova at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. “I felt like I had to be really, really careful with some shots and I had to really commit my footwork, the South African […]
DEFENCE Minister Joe Modise on Thursday confirmed South Africa will withdraw its troops from Lesotho, SABC radio news reported. Modise said the situation in Lesotho has stabilised. South African troops have been in Lesotho since September last year as part of a Southern African Development Community peacekeeping force along with Botswana. Speaking in Pretoria, Modise […]
ANGOLA’S government on Wednesday said it is in favor of resumption of direct negotiations with separatists in Cabinda, an oil-rich enclave to the north of mainland Angola. “The government has always been in favor of negotiations, and one day we will resume dialogue,” Cabinda Governor Amaro Taty said over the independent Catholic radio station Ecclesia. […]
THE Mpumalanga Pumas beat the Namibia Kudus 52-32 in an Vodacom Cup rugby match in Windhoek on Wednesday, after leading 33-8 at half-time. Both teams attacked relentlessly at every possible opportunity, but it was Witbank team who took full points by scoring their fourth try within 21 minutes and finishing with eight. Fullback Kallie Benade […]