chance to gape? Artist Pippa Skotnes launched an exhibition about the oppression of Khoisan people — and found herself under attack for the same thing, reports Rehana Roussouw THIS century’s most representative gathering of Khoisan groups took place last Sunday — at the South African National Gallery, of all places. But the historic meeting was […]
HAVE they all been struck dumb? For five days as Israel intensified its assault on Lebanon, the only sound in the UN Secretary-General’s office and the capitals of the world has been the diplomatic shuffling of awkward feet. The silence of international leaders is as unwise as Israel’s own response to Hizbullah’s provocation. This is […]
Transvaal’s players are now being properly paid, but they have to perform to justify those high salaries RUGBY: Jon Swift TO ANALYSE the current problems within the Transvaal team, you have to go back to the euphoria which greeted the South African side — the bulk of that side Transvalers — winning the World Cup […]
A firm proposal on the Johnnic deal is yet to be made, despite a deal between Nail and the NEC. Madeleine Wackernagel and Jacquie Golding-Duffy report on the progress so far To judge by the media frenzy sparked by Cyril Ramaphosa’s entry into business, the deal between Anglo-American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) — […]
Bafana Khumalo ‘Ahm tellin’ ya, that’s one fahn hoe!” Fahn Hoe!? No children, I have not decided to make my column more relevant. Nor am I trying to write about the plight of white farmers and the scarcity of hoes. In fact, I am sitting in a downtown bus eavesdropping on a conversation between two […]
Marion Edmunds It is likely that the tradition of the makhulu-baas will continue in South African party politics. This week the African National Congress and the National Party shelved constituency-based politics once and for all, settling for a system of proportional representation. This system makes the personality and charisma of the leader of a political […]
The private and the public sector have joined hands to develop one of the first rural housing developments. Madeleine Wackernagel reports on the project The Housing Ministry — specifically its failure to deliver — has come in for substantial criticism in the past year. So it was with obvious delight that Minister of Housing Sankie […]
Cyril Ramaphosa’s move into the business sector is a serious blow to South Africa. His absence from the post-election Cabinet was regrettable and the failure to draft him on the occasion of the recent re-shuffle was equally lamentable. The ANC’s explanation for his move — that it is part of a brilliant strategy to broaden […]
Serjeant AT THE BAR The Truth and Reconciliation Commission should not be treated like a court of law THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission kicked off, this week, in an appropriately dramatic and South African fashion — with threats of litigation and bombs at the first hearing. There will probably be plenty of both over the […]
ATHLETICS: Julian Drew FEW of the 1 500 or so crowd who actually showed up for last Sunday’s Pepsi All Africa International Athletics Meeting were still in the stadium when the highlight of the afternoon’s proceedings took place. The 800m, which was the last track event of the meeting, had just finished and the spectators […]