Staff Reporter
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/ 6 March 1998

SA writers in the ‘in between’ zone

Robert Plummer WRITING SOUTH AFRICA: LITERATURE, APARTHEID, AND DEMOCRACY, 1970-1995 edited by Derek Attridge and Rosemary Jolly (Cambridge University Press, R100) NOVEL HISTORIES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE IN SOUTH AFRICAN FICTION: by Michael Green (Witwatersrand University Press, R120) Just over a decade ago, in a South Africa drawn in stark chiaroscuro rather than rainbow nuance, […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Making demands for the rural poor

Ann Eveleth Last year the National Land Committee fought tooth and nail to deepen the rights of rural dwellers enshrined in the Extension of Security of Tenure Act. This year it is poised to become a key implementer of the compromise legislation which came into effect on November 28. The committee, an umbrella of 10 […]

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/ 6 March 1998

‘Public enemy number one’ in a rumpled

suit Who is . . . Morgan Tvsangirai? Mercedes Sayagues Trade union leader Morgan Tvsangirai, who has captured the hearts of many Zimbabweans, has emerged as President Robert Mugabe’s public enemy number one and a leading figure on Zimbabwe’s political scene. With his simple lifestyle, casual, tie-less attire, easy laugh, straight talk and quick wit, […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Lankans set to thrill

FRIDAY, 12.30PM: THE Sri Lankan touring cricket squad, who arrived in the country on Wednesday, are set to thrill the crowds with their brand of entertaining and exciting cricket. True to form, the Lankans promised to play “positive cricket” during the upcoming triangular series against South Africa and Pakistan. Team manager Dulip Mendis said the […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Telling it like it never happened

Robert Kirby: Loose Cannon Our own police administration isn’t the only one coming in for continual and unwarranted media criticism. You should hear what they’ve been saying recently about that paragon of constabular integrity, the British police force. More especially the doings of someone they’ve dubbed “Condon of the Yard” – Sir Paul Condon, metropolitan […]

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/ 6 March 1998

New role models

or new Randlords? Pallo Jordan: CROSSFIRE The commencement of the 20th century came at the height of what historians call the Age of Imperialism and in the midst of the Anglo-Boer War, a war between two colonising power structures to determine which of them would design modern South Africa. Sixteen years earlier, in 1884, Africa […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Green Paper blues begin

Ferial Haffajee The Green Paper on broadcasting will start a shake-up of the industry which will change it fundamentally. We summarise the comments from lobbyists who have suggested everything from the scrapping of an SABC Channel and television licences to the total rejection of the Green Paper. Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI): The FXI says […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Pick of the movies on TV

Andrew Worsdale It’s a premium week for movies on television, especially on Friday with Thelma and Louise on SABC3 on Friday March 6 at 9pm. This exhilarating thriller is Ridley Scott’s best movie since Blade Runner. It stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, who set out on a holiday trip. A drunken dance- floor flirtation […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Government to fund community radio

Craig Bishop A two-year-old agreement with Danish funders to fund community radio projects jointly has finally been honoured by the South African government. Dr Pallo Jordan, the former minister responsible for broadcasting, agreed in 1995 to match a two-year Danish contribution of over R3-million to develop community radio through an independent fund. The agreement stressed […]

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/ 6 March 1998

Cobbett changes his mind

FRIDAY, 5.00PM: Cape Town housing chief Billy Cobbett has decided to stay on in his post in spite of death threats from Cape Flats gangsters. Cobbett returned Cape Town on Friday after spending two weeks in London with his wife and four children, visiting his ill mother-in-law. He fled there a fortnight ago after threats […]