CD of the week:Neil Spencer Even in their prime, Blondie always were better at making singles than albums. It’s Picture This, Heart of Glass and Rapture for which the New York New Wavers are celebrated, not Parallel Lines or Eat to the Beat. Reconvened 16 years after their acrimonious split amid the usual regroup talk […]
IFP militants have been accused of plotting to derail the KwaZulu-Natal peace process in order to secure the province in the upcoming election, writes Wally Mbhele The African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party are planning an urgent meeting to salvage the peace process in the KwaZulu- Natal which has faltered since the appointment […]
David Larsen The last undeveloped estuary on South Africa’s east coast could be ruined by a multi-million dollar hotel development, says the National Environmental Action Group. Durban-based developer Crane Africa, in partnership with Singapore-based Aman Resort Group, has proposed a 100-bed hotel on the dune above the Kosi Bay mouth. “The mouth is rated foremost […]
Tanzania faces food shortages, yet it may not qualify for help with loan repayments, writes Charlotte Denny Angelus Mtego is in his final year at Lusala Primary School in the Ludewa district of southern Tanzania. Children start their education later here and, like most of his leaving class, Mtego is aged 15. His main ambition […]
Andrew Muchineripi Soccer The analysis of a soccer match usually centres around the skill, strength and speed of the footballers and the tactics of the coach. Luck is a word rarely mentioned. Yet luck often plays a significant role and the African Nations Cup qualifying tie between South Africa and Gabon at Odi Stadium last […]
UGANDAN troops have killed 10 more Rwandan Hutu extremists suspected of having taken part in the massacre of eight foreign tourists in Uganda, a military source said on Friday. The Hutus, members of the Interahamwe youth militia held partly responsible for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, were killed 15km across the border inside the Democratic Republic of […]
Review of the week Brenda Atkinson Due to the unique way in which it is constituted, Unplugged – the annual “chain letter” exhibition at the Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery – is indicative of many things. Because artists get to select each other for the show, thus determining its content and, theoretically, its presentation, the final […]
Piers Pigou When Sicelo Dlomo’s body was found with a single shot to the head on the outskirts of Soweto in January 1988, many assumed the police had had a hand in the execution. Dlomo had become a thorn in the flesh of the security forces and had stayed away from home for several months […]
dark’ Thokozani Mtshali Born in South Africa, Ayanda Moatshe (19) has lived all her life in the country. She holds a valid identity document, speaks four African languages and English, studies engineering at Wits Technikon, and plays on the national softball team. Her mother works at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. But Moatshe has been picked […]
Matthew Krouse Down the tube The term makwerekwere has seeped into our diction over recent years, becoming descriptive of a range of foreign Africans that, as the lie has it, are easily identifiable. Stereotyped in popular culture as drug dealers, unwelcome street traders and corrupt businessmen, the foreigner is emerging as a stock symbol of […]