SOUTH AFRICA this week passed the test of religious tolerance after a “misunderstanding” about visas almost blocked a visit by controversial Reverend Sun Myung Moon, “messiah” of the Unification Church. No sooner was Moon allowed into South Africa than his followers showed intolerance of their own. Press photographers were assaulted when they tried to get […]

Justin Pearce A CIVIL Co-operation Bureau (CCB) operative turned mercenary boss and a disabled youth from Alexandra township made unlikely bedfellows as litigants in the Consitutional Court this week. In separate cases, Lafras Luitingh and Mokela Mohlomi challenged Section 113 of the Defence Act, which places limitations on the right of citizens to bring civil […]

CINEMA: Andrew Worsdale AVI LERNER and Trevor Short – two producers who made junk over here in the heady days of tax- breaks and Hollyveld – have now teamed up with Martin Scorsese to produce an art movie. They claim it’s part of their plan to diversify their product from the usual Cyborg Cop I, […]

Ann Eveleth FINANCIAL irregularities of R6.7-million were unearthed by the KwaZulu-Natal auditor general during a check on the former KwaZulu government’s 1992/93 budget, the provincial Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard this week. Accounts chairman NP MP Tino Volker said Auditor General Chris Foster reported “43 cases of theft and irregularities involving motor vehicles and cash […]

FINE ART: Ian Tromp PAINTINGS by Walter Meyer, on view at the Newtown Galleries, freeze moments in Eastman Color eternities, like slightly faded catalogues for holiday destinations called “Home”. Seen from afar, Meyer’s scenes are photo- realist in the rendering of their subject, bordering on coolness in their apparent dispassion. Step nearer, and – as […]

AS rumours multiplied yesterday of the imminent release of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress in Lusaka said any plan to fly their jailed leader to freedom in another country would be And a representative of the state president’s office in Pretoria said there was absolutely no truth in speculation that an unconditional release of […]

Can the IBA afford the parliamentary delay in reappointing councillors when it has such a heavy work load? asks Neil Bierbaum Delays in the reappointment of Independent Broadcasting Authority councillors has again come under fire, with industry players accusing Parliament of neglect – if not deliberate delays. The IBA has been reported as saying that […]

A key witness, who could provide explosive evidence in the trial of General Magnus Malan and other officers, is under protection overseas SEVERAL men, including at least one white former officer, are overseas on a witness protection programme and will be key players in the murder trial of General Magnus Malan and his co- According […]

CINEMA: Andrew Worsdale DAVID FINCHER’S Seven takes place in a drenched, sleazy metropolis, not unlike New York, where there’s a deadly sin on every corner. Plumbing untold depths of atmosphere, he creates a fairly routine buddy cops-meet-serial killer movie with an intelligence and craft that make the result genuinely disturbing. Brad Pitt is Detective David […]