What people think of Boom Shaka’s Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika Lucky arch’ Lucinoaka (25), kwaito vocalist, Skeem: “I love it. It’s vibey and it’s appealing to the youth. But we still have to stick to the formal way of singing the anthem. We can sing the Boom Shaka version whenever we are celebrating victory.” Dudu Mpokela […]
A bold new album deal and a minor national controversy have made it quite a week for top local band Boom Shaka. Charl Blignaut reports The mutterings began more than a fortnight ago, at the afterparty of the 1998 FNB South African Music Awards (Samas). It was evident, before the first glass of wine had […]
Mark Heywood At the beginning of March 1998, the Minister of Health released the results of the 1997 survey of HIV infection among women attending ante-natal clinics in South Africa. The survey revealed that a staggering 16% of women are already infected with HIV. In KwaZulu-Natal, one in four ante-natal attendees are estimated to have […]
Anton Simanowitz Nyatela Baloyi, living in a village in Khomanani Tribal Authority in the former Venda, is typical of many of the poorest families in the Northern Province. She lives in two mud brick rondavels together with five children. She has no husband -he passed away some time ago, and supports her family with her […]
If you find yourself attracted to shares in the building and construction sector, you had better make sure you have a stomach for volatility. Building and construction stocks are among the most variable on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. An analyst at Nedcor Investment Bank explains that performance in the sector is really a function of […]
Chris Ball Switched-on managements who know that stress and poor performance are bedfellows are bringing in outside industrial agony aunts to counsel employees. Up to 25% of all United States staff are now covered by so-called employee assistance programmes (EAPs). In Britain, the schemes only cover about 6% or 1,3-million of the working population so […]
Andrew Muchineripi Soccer The curtain finally comes down on a seemingly endless South African soccer season this Sunday when Orlando Pirates and Sundowns contest the Bob Save Super Bowl final. Pirates have played 52 domestic and African matches since last July and Sundowns 51, so do not be surprised if some players look a little […]
Phola Park’s economy Sechaba ka’Nkosi A housing project that started as part of the Reconstruction and Development Programme in the one-time battlefield of Phola Park on the East Rand is paying dividends to the community. The project – a joint venture between low-cost housing contractors Ecodev, the Gauteng Department of Housing and Land Affairs and […]
Lizeka Mda: CITY LIMITS The traffic on Jan Smuts Avenue is crawling at a snail’s pace on Friday morning. Oxford Road is no better. So what else is new? To the traffic chaos on its doorstep, the Park Hyatt hotel at the corner of Oxford and Biermann Avenue in Rosebank presents an inscrutable face of […]
FRIDAY: 4.00PM PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela will only consider intervening in the violence-torn taxi industry if Transport Minister Mac Maharaj requests his assistance, presidential aide Parks Mankahlana said on Friday. Even then, Mankahlana said, National Taxi Drivers’ Organisation’s demands that Mandela declare a state of emergency in the industry are impractical, as the industry does not […]