South Africa White South Africans may complain about the crime rate and the economy, but for African-Americans working here, this is a land of opportunity, writes Emeka Nwandiko `This is our last chance,” declares African-American James Prevost in his office in Sandton City. In a muffled southern drawl he intones: “If we don’t get our […]

FRIDAY, 5.00PM IT was a bad Friday for shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with the all share index dropping 139 points or 2,1% to finish the day on 6374. At one stage the market was down more than 3%. The industrial index slid 111 points to 7898, while the financial index plummeted 214 points […]

Simple, stark and clever This stark advertisement recently netted a Young Creatives award for the Net#Work ad agency’s Graeme Jenner and Paulo Grippa at the Cannes-Lions advertising awards. Pitted against young advertising executives from around the world, the two chose this simple curriculum vitae idea to convey the message that the rapid smashing of the […]

FRIDAY, 1.30PM: GOVERNMENT spending in October once again exceeded the 6,1% increase expected by finance minister Trevor Manuel for the 1997/98 year, with spending since March up 10% on last year’s figure for the same period. While the ministry had expected an 11,1% rise in revenue, the real figure for the first seven months is […]

As international wines become collector’s items never to be drunk, Melvyn Minnaar wonders what’s happening in the local industry They’re tasted well enough, most likely from little tulip-shaped tasting glasses. But then they’re deftly ejected from the taster’s mouth into what has been known as a spittoon since Queen Victoria. The examiner moves on to […]

In the flssigas brot brewing process, yeast is added to malt and hops (and other secret, I-could-tell-you-but-then-I’d-have- to-kill-you ingredients) to convert the complex sugars into alcohol, splitting the world of beer into two distinct styles which are determined by where in the brewing vessel the yeast ferments. So top-fermented beers, or ales, date from the […]

Andrew Worsdale sampled some of the products and ideas on offer at the Second Film and TV Market, held in Cape Town If a tidal wave had hit Cape Town’s Long Street last week, most of the South African movie industry would have been wiped out. More than 1 500 local producers, directors, professional schmoozers […]

Peta Thornycroft Glen Goosen, former director of investigations at the truth commission, has formally complained about a programme broadcast on SAfm last week which contained an interview with his former boss, Dumisa Ntsebeza. In the programme, TRC in Review, Ntsebeza accused Goosen of being part of an incompetent investigation and suggested race played a part […]

For a more critical analysis of imported beer, read BJ’s Imported Beer Drinkers’ Guide (R24,95). BJ Lankwarden, a self- confessed beer lover, has catalogued all the beer imported into South Africa. It has a breakdown of the beer’s origin, colour, alcohol percentage, strength, style of beer, a brief summary of its flavour, and, in some […]