In London, ADRIAN SEARLE finds much to wonder at in a show of drawings by South African-born Marlene Dumas MARLENE DUMAS’S drawing show at London’s Tate Gallery is about love, sex, bodies, babes, illness, Jesus and God. Dumas, who has shown in Britain before, but not to enough notice, is one of the most interesting […]
Hugo Young in Washington THE United States bestrides the world, but the colossus is bewildered. She doesn’t know where to fix her gaze. Her responsibility has never been more solitary, but her attitude never more uncertain. In the Middle East, and Asia, and Europe, other outside powers count for little. But nor, often, does the […]
Shilowa Jacquie Golding-Duffy THE Congress of South African Trade Unions said it will “definitely not apologise” to Democratic Party leader Tony Leon after his assault by a protester during a Cosatu demonstration in Cape Town on Tuesday. Cosatu general secretary Sam Shilowa says: “No, we will not apologise to Tony Leon. I have made a […]
young guns GOLF: Jon Henderson AGE may be the opponent that eventually beats even the greatest champions, but in Nick Faldo’s case you suspect that it will have to go to the fifth hole of a playoff and then be made to sink a “gimme” put from five centimetres. Based on the 80 major championships […]
Secret documents handed in at the Malan trial last week link two current cabinet ministers to violent raids into Lesotho in the 1980s. Minutes of the State Security Council (SSC) show Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs Pik Botha was authorised – along with three other ministers in the National Party government – to use […]
As demand for South African exports increases, mining houses can expect profits, but the consumer will be hard hit, writes Bronwen Jones COAL will be in short supply this winter as overseas demand soars and the rand makes foreign sales more attractive. Add to this the lulls in production enforced by heavy rains earlier this […]
Gaye Davis All three issues outstanding appear in the draft Bill of Rights of the new Constitution. They are: l Education: The ANC and NP clauses agree on the right to education in the official language of one’s choice in public educational institutions, where reasonably practicable, and that national legislation and policy will play a […]
Julian Drew ONE judoka, six cyclists and 18 track and field athletes were added to the Olympic team for Atlanta at an announcement by the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (Nocsa) in Johannesburg on Thursday. The only surprise among the new team members was the omission of race walker Chris Britz. He was a […]
Hazel Friedman and Janet MacPherson Pact unions have produced evidence suggesting that two of their representatives were involved in a sweetheart deal with Pact management to sell their comrades down the river. The Mail & Guardian is in possession of a cheque for R15 000 made out by Pact’s legal advisors to one of two […]
John M. Goshko at the UN A move by the United States to pay some of its back dues will keep the United Nations from plunging into the deep financial abyss that senior UN officials had anticipated during 1996. But the US will remain the UN’s biggest debtor, and the world body still will have […]