PHOTOGRAPHY: Ian Tromp MICHAEL MEYERSFELD’S photographs are stylish and technically accomplished. But they cannot be described as innovative or groundbreaking — the claim made for them in the press releases for his show at the Everard Read Gallery. The main claim is that this is an exhibition which will alter the very status of photography […]
CRICKET: Rupert Cox DESPITE the mixed success achieved in England by South Africa’s Under-19 cricketers, this country’s premier strike bowler Allan Donald admits to being envious of the opportunities provided by such a tour. “We didn’t have an Under-19 side when I started out. I didn’t have much coaching at this age group — I […]
Creativity, melodrama and humour left no room for practicality at the SA finals of the Smirnoff Fashion Awards, writes HAZEL FRIEDMAN THERE was a delicious irony in arriving at the Swartkops Airforce Base — the training ground for South Africa’s Special Forces — and being escorted by khaki-clad recce-types in Casspirs to a fashion show […]
Justin Pearce A RADIO advertisement for the Mail & Guardian has been disallowed by the SABC on the grounds that it might offend the religious sensibilities of listeners. The advertisement, devised by the ad agency Network, features background music of an angelic choir, and a voiceover that begins: “On the first day his gaze fell […]
RUGBY: Jon Swift THE heart of the misguided and unbearable paternalism which has caused so much damage on so many fronts in this country beats strongly in the bosom of South African rugby. It threatens to rend the game asunder in this country. For nowhere else is arrogance of the “papa knows best” syndrome more […]
Ann veleth RECENT moves by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini have raised the stakes in his power battle with Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Zwelithini refused to attend this weekend’s “imbizo” called by the IFP-dominated House of Traditional Leaders to adopt a “Zulu covenant” binding Zulus to the party’s “federalist” constitutional principles. In the past, […]
Marion Edmunds TRADITIONAL leaders are targeting President Nelson Mandela in a campaign to get more power before local government elections. Head of the Congress of Traditional Leaders, Chief Patekile Holomisa, sent Mandela a letter last week reminding him of promises made during multi-party negotiations. These included the setting up of provincial houses of traditional leaders […]
RUGBY: Jon Swift A SCANT three weeks separates South Africa from the first Test as world champions — on September 2 the World Cup holders face Wales at Ellis Park. On the face of it, Wales do not present an insurmountable hurdle. The game is currently at a nadir in the principality and the revamped […]
South Africa has bucked the international trend towards neo-liberalism. But this important challenge can only be carried through if the country’s social democrats make themselves heard, argues Eddie Webster In a recent article in the London Review of Books, RW Johnson rightly points to the fact that the Government of National Unity has accepted the […]
Teachers in the Western Cape are demanding proper protection from the gangsters disrupting their schools, reports Rehana Rossouw GANGSTERS prowl schools in the Cape Town suburbs of Belhar and Delft, shooting and stabbing pupils, disrupting classes and trashing the premises. At one school, teachers have downed chalk in protest against the authority’s reluctance to provide […]