Janet Smith speaks to the first South African writer/director to have a short film accepted for screening by Ster-Kinekor Gavin Hood was an accidental hero when he took on his first (and only) pin-up role in The Game, the South African rugby soap which was slightly ahead of its time when it was screened in […]
Adam Haupt : On stage in Cape Town Graham Weir’s Tales from the Dark Side takes us into the sort of twilight zone world which odd people such as Ray Bradbury depict. Many devoted television addicts will recall Bradbury’s series, which often told very twisted tales. But Tales from the Dark Side is very far […]
Tracy Murinik : On show in Cape Town A note on the door advises that ”It is about truth and reconciliation”, while simultaneously warning against sensitive visual material and reminding one to respect the fact that one is entering a home. Hush … Hush, ”a love story”, begins on the stairwell that leads up to […]
Charl Blignaut : On stage in Johannesburg Considering the dismal state of our major urban arts councils – the Pact board is to be re-transformed, while in Cape Town and Durban cutbacks have left administrators with virtually no artists to administer – it is nothing short of a coup that the North West Arts Council […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: THE Independent Broadcasting Authority is coming under fire for irregular actions in awarding the first free-to-air television licence to Midi TV. Losing consortiums and commentators in the broadcasting industry are alleging that the IBA bent the rules of the registration process to allow Midi to alter its business plan after registration. “The IBA […]
FRIDAY, 6.00PM: SUSPECTED foreign buying drove up the all share and financial indices of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to record highs in heavy trade on Thursday. As usual, the gold index flagged, dragged by the weaker gold price. At the close, the all gold index had dropped 19,9 points to 823,1. The industrial index rose […]
IN BRIEF BABY SMUGGLER PLEADS GUILTY A SOUTH African woman accused of accidentally smothering her baby to death while trying to smuggle her into the United States will plead guilty to charges of alien smuggling, her defence attorney Dan Oliverio said on Thursday. Galiema Begg agreed to plead guilty in the hope of getting a […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: DETERMINED to have Springbok flyhalf Henry Honiball on the Coastal Sharks’ Super-12 team for their match with the New South Wales Waratahs, Sharks coach Ian Macintosh has held back from naming his reserves. Speaking from Sydney, Macintosh explained why he is hedging his bets — Honiball’s shoulders and neck are still hurting, but […]
WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM: THE opening match of the Cosafa Cup mini-league competition between defending champions Zambia and Mozambique has been postponed for a month, organisers announced on Wednesday. The match has been rescheduled from April 11 to May 16 at the Independence Stadium in Lusaka, due to domestic cup commitments in Zambia. The match between Zimbabwe […]
IN BRIEF MASIRE STEPS DOWN BOTSWANA’S outgoing President Sir Ketumile Masire stepped down on Tuesday, after 18 years in office. He is succeeded by his vice-president Festus Mogae. Masire’s last official duty involved meeting American President Bill Clinton on Tuesday night before Clinton left for Senegal on the final leg of his six-nation African tour. […]