THE starting point of staging a live music event is deceptively simple. But simply having an idea is not enough for enthusiasts or opportunists. Festivals need funds, and financial input from the public and private sectors is a feature of festivals internationally. In the event that a sponsor is sought, it is necessary to ensure […]

David Brink of Absa has taken exception to Martin Welz’s description of him as ”Sanlam’s former money man brought in to clean up the mess left behind by Absa’s founding chief executive, Piet Badenhorst.” (M&G, January 26 to February 1 1996) ”The facts are,” Brink said, ”before joining the board of Absa, I worked as […]

Students criticise Education Minister Sibusiso Bengu for ignoring their grievances, but the budget simply cannot be stretched to wipe out student arrears totalling R100-milion. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports THE most powerful university student group in the country is not impressed with Education Minister Sibusiso Bengu’s refusal to negotiate on the R100-million accumulated student debt. Stephanie Alais, […]

March 1: New South Wales v Transvaal, Sydney; Wellington v Auckland, Athletic Park March 2: Natal v Western Province, King’s Park March 3: Waikato v Canterbury, Hamilton; Otago v Queensland Carisbrook March 5: Australian Capital Territory v Transvaal, Canberra March 9: Western Province v New South Wales, Newlands; Otago v Transvaal, Carisbrook; Australian Capital Territory […]

CARNAGE in the streets of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, where more than 80 people were killed and about 1 300 injured last week by suspected Tamil suicide bombers, is a terrible reminder of the human cost of civil war and of the limits of force in solving chronic ethnic conflicts. The violence shows no […]

Visiting Johannesburg this week, renowned composer Kevin Volans spoke to GWEN ANSELL about music past and present, African and European SERIOUS music in the late 20th century is an esoteric and fragmented world in which performers and composers find survival a struggle. Audiences tend to be rigid adherents of one school or another, and fairly […]

A senior official in the safety and security secretariat stands charged with child molestation, reports Philippa Garson A top official in the safety and security secretariat has been suspended, pending the outcome of a court case against him involving charges of indecent assault against two female minors. Etienne Dirk Marais, chief director of liaison and […]

Roelf Meyer, newly appointed secretary general of the NP, in The Mark Gevisser Profile DRIVING to Pretoria to meet the New Face of the National Party on Monday morning, I heard FW de Klerk giving an interview about his party’s new direction on SAfm’s AM Live show. He affably said how happy he was to […]

ATHLETICS: Julian Drew AT the Old Mutual South African Cross Country Trials on Saturday the cream of South Africas middle-distance running talent will do battle over the same Stellenbosch course that in six weeks time will play host to the world cross country championships. The world championships will be the biggest and most prestigious athletics […]

Rudolph Mulder, convicted of cruelty to animals after a Guy Fawke’s prank, has already contravened part of his sentence, reports Ricardo Dunn Just 24 hours after being sentenced, dog torturer Rudolph Dawid Mulder (41) went awol and was sentenced to 72 hours in jail last weekend. He disappeared three times during the night while under […]