Belinda Beresford Sometimes it may seem that the government and taxpayers – not to mention accountants and lawyers – are all locked in a contest with the one side trying to avoid as much tax as possible and the other trying to collect it. For many people having a tax adviser is part of life […]
It was a brilliant idea for former featherweight champion of the world Barry McGuigan to teach Daniel Day-Lewis how to fight for The Boxer, reports Paul Hayward In Jim Sheridan’s new film, The Boxer, a Belfast boxing ring is torched and becomes a blazing symbol of Northern Ireland’s endless war. This latest movie to address […]
Ronald Suresh Roberts THE HOUSE GUN by Nadine Gordimer (David Philip, R99,95) PARADISE by Toni Morrison (Chatto & Windus, R110) ‘Little illegal niggers with guns and no home training need to be in jail,” says a black resident of a blacks-only town, in Toni Morrison’s Paradise. Conversely, in Nadine Gordimer’s The House Gun, young white […]
Gwen Ansell On Thursday March 19, the annual Windybrow Festival kicks off: the usual mix of dance, drama and music with a heavy emphasis on youth. As far as the music goes, opening night features singer Ringo Madlingozi, with material from his latest album Sondelani: an indication that this festival is following a slightly different […]
IN BRIEF LESOTHO PM IN HOSPITAL LESOTHO Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle, 79, was admitted to the Morningside clinic in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon. The nature of his illness is unknown, but Mokhehle has been ill for some time. Mokhehle declared himself unavailable for Lesotho’s May 23 elections because of ill health and old age. He […]
Mail & Guardian reporter An incident of ugly on-air sexism on the Afrikaans commercial radio station, Punt Geselsradio, has ended on a happy note. The manne at the station have agreed to write a gender policy and to take lessons from organisations that have offered to train them in gender sensitivity. “We subscribe to an […]
Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele: RIGHT TO REPLY Your article, “Whatever happened to the dream of low-cost housing”, February 20 to 26, was sensational and alarmist. My office has been co-operating with the media in making sure that their information needs are met on time. There is nothing sinister about verifying statistics and maintaining their integrity before releasing […]
Coenraad Visser: On stage in Pretoria Two productions, one traditional, the other innovative; one a confident affirmation of established opera values, the other an equally confident glance at the future of opera in this country. The productions are Rigoletto by the State Theatre Opera in Pretoria and Cape Town Opera’s La BohSme: Noir at the […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi and Bruno Willemse A diamond deal that went terribly wrong last week has shaken the inner circles of the African National Congress in the Northern Cape and cast doubts on the future of its Premier, Manne Dipico. Dean Snyders, a former activist and close friend of Dipico, was arrested last week on charges […]
Your headline “White males face the chop” (March 6 to 12), and key elements of the accompanying article, give a completely misleading impression of our employment equity policy. I use this opportunity to re-emphasise a point that was almost lost in the presentation of the article: “No one at the University of Cape Town (UCT) […]