ANDREW WORSDALE searches for an interesting plot among the holiday glut of children’s movies. Films about growing up don’t have to be stupid or simplistic — one only has to think of The Wizard of Oz, The Railway Children, My Life as a Dog or Toto the Hero. But with the school holidays upon us, […]
The West Coast diamond group is following De Beers’ lead in targeting higher-priced stones, writes Lynda Loxton West Coast diamond companies have had mixed fortunes in recent years, not least because of the dumping of low-quality diamonds on the world market by Russia. The agreement reached by De Beers’ Central Selling Organisation (CSO) and Russia […]
Philippa Garson PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s gentle but persistent finger-wagging at student organisations has met with reluctant nods in some quarters and outright rejection of the “Madiba magic” in others. But his moves have clearly signalled that the romantic liaison between the African National Congress and its campus foot soldiers is coming to an end. The […]
Singing along with Mariah Carey is no challenge, as Brian Logan discovered at her first-ever concert in London MARIAH CAREY once said about her video for the single Fantasy: “It’s difficult wearing all those hats, but the positive results were worth it.” By this standard, the UK debut of the top-selling recording artist of the […]
Kagiso Trust Investments is graduating from little to super league in the media industry. Jacquie Golding-Duffy looks at its future media interests Kagiso Trust Investments (KTI) has come out of the closet, admitting it is involved in talks with major Afrikaans press group Perskor — owner of the most notorious of the apartheid-era newspapers, The […]
Thirteen artists engage with the magical spaces of Cape Town’s Castle in an exhibition exploring the need to remember. NEVILLE DUBOW reports IN the latter part of 1989, some months before FW de Klerk made his end-of-era speech in Parliament, a pivotal event occurred in the streets of Cape Town. The government gave permission for […]
The banks may yet repent if money market stability does not hold, writes Madeleine Wackernagel A volatile interest rate climate is not conducive to long-term investment planning, either by individuals or big business. And while the surprise rate cut by Amalgamated Banks of South Africa (Absa) this week — closely followed by the other leading […]
born Jon Henderson recalls the birth of the tie-break, reviled by many as vandalism but the flashpoint for an epic battle MANY of us saw it as a nasty American innovation, others regarded it simply as gratuitous tinkering with an exquisite scoring system, while few, as I recall, spoke up for it. Twenty-five years ago […]
Worcester residents had widely different opinions of the truth commission which visited their town this week. Marion Edmunds reports DOWN at the Brandwacht Hotel, in the saloon bar, a Worcester prison warder sat glowering over his brandy and coke. It had been a pleasant enough afternoon, until two journalists had come in for a drink […]
The Wall may have fallen, but Germany has yet to resolve its post-war economic problems. David Gow reports from Bonn The German social market economy, engine of the country’s post-war renaissance, may have run out of steam well before the fall of the Wall, but the political battle to preserve its soul is only now […]