Alex Duval Smith in Bourges Musicians from Sting to Sir Yehudi Menuhin are backing a campaign by French culture minister Philippe Douste-Blazy to reduce value-added tax (Vat) on recorded music across the European Union. This town in central France hosts one of Europe’s biggest music festivals every spring and Douste- Blazy chose a conference here […]
The labour movement is battling with the dilemma of remaining loyal to the ANC or taking action to force economic change. Gaye Davis and Justin Pearce report WHILE Cosatu this week claimed the banks’ climb-down over interest rates as a victory, the finance institutions knocked the wind from the sails of an attempt by the […]
Jacquie Golding-Duffy SABC staffers have to sign personally for their salary cheques after the corporation discovered that ex-employees were claiming salaries long after they had left the broadcaster. Head of the SABC’s internal investigations unit, Andy Sello, was tight-lipped relaying a message via a colleague that he is ”too busy” to comment, although it is […]
With the South African media industry transforming, a new class of media players is emerging. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports on the most prominent among them An eminent group of media moguls is waiting in the wings as the South African media industry goes through a series of ownership changes. The most prominent among them is New […]
<B>CINEMA: </B>Country Life
Clint Eastwood talked to Derek Malcolm in London about a career which has taken him from toughie to softie with Oscars in between.
<B>CINEMA: </B> Braveheart
Justin Pearce GROWING anti-landmine sentiments in South Africa and abroad have prompted the Department of Foreign Affairs to announce a permanent ban on the export of the mines by South Africa, confirming a moratorium which has been in place for the past two years. A suspension has also been placed on the use of mines […]
The Reverend Fernando Kuthino promised everything from a place in heaven to a cure for Aids, but he was no match for President Mobutu Sese Seko. Chris McGreal reports FOR Israel Ciswaka, his pastor’s arrest, torture and dispatch to a Zairean military prison for 12 months’ hard labour was confirmation that there is a God […]
Stefaans Brummer THE master of the supreme court is investigating a false signature on the trust deed of a non-governmental organisation set up by truth commission reparations committee head Hlengiwe Mkhize.Mpumalanga clergyman Father Michel Barrette has complained to the supreme court that the signature — which appears to confirm him as a trustee of the […]