Threats from Afrikaner cultural organisations almost put an end to a controversial art exhibition. Charl Blignaut reports A proposed Pretoria art exhibition has sparked a battle that reads like a chapter from an account of a modern-day Boer War. The future of a controversial exhibition by Johannesburg-based artist Kendell Geers is hanging in the balance […]

Anthony Kunda in Lusaka The detention of former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda in connection with the botched military putsch of October 28 last year has brought frustrating privations for journalists. The government has not introduced any new legislation to restrict the media. But the police seem to have become paranoid, especially about journalists from independent […]

Marion Edmunds Parliament aims to close early this year, on September 23, to free up parliamentarians for constituency work and electioneering, in anticipation of next year’s election which may be held as late as July 1999. This early deadline puts extraordinary pressure on the year’s legislative programme — and exposes South Africans to a lengthy […]

the struggle Denis Herbstein Attempts to render the lives of solicitors more exciting than they actually are should be viewed with scepticism. But for Martin Bayer, who has died of a heart attack at the age of 66, the term “supporter of revolutionaries” would not be out of place. One of the few people who […]

Adam Haupt spoke to musician and world traveller DLow about his new album and his boempies hairstyle Many people in Portlands, Mitchells Plain, know the R&B singer DLow (Deen Louw) as the organiser of the Rhyme Unit Feed the Needy feeding scheme, which serves many people in the area. However, his two identities are not […]

Andy Duffy Colin Stanfield is expected to return to his Cape Flats roots this weekend to meet the mother of a 22-year-old who died on his doorstep. Stanfield has done well from his time leading the powerful gang cartel, The Firm. The alleged drug baron lives in a plush house in Baltinore Road, one of […]

Jewish mysticism is the latest Hollywood fad, writes Emma Forrest The idea of the body beautiful being hackneyed beyond belief, celebrities are now going for the soul. Movie stars have reached such infinities of wealth and fame that their films are largely irrelevant. So they have to be known for something else. Lisa Marie Presley […]

David Shapshak joins the Mail & Guardian as technology editor, overseeing the new Frontiers section, which will cover cutting-edge developments in information technology, the Internet, science and technology. He was seduced from a news reporting position at the South African Press Association. Belinda Beresford (above left) joins us as Smartmoney editor, after a baptism of […]

Sechaba ka’Nkosi The African National Congress’s biggest alliance partner, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), will spend most of 1998 campaigning against the ANC’s lynchpin policy. At the centre of the looming confrontation is an assertion by senior ANC leaders in Mafikeng during its conference last month that its Growth, Employment and Redistribution […]

Charlene Smith Part of the unemployment problem is matching an employer’s needs with workers’ skills. With this in mind, the Department of Labour has embarked on a strategy — as part of a R200-million European Union loan for skills development — to create job banks. Director General Sipho Pityana says employers will be able to […]