A new chain of bookshops is due to start up soon, with its first stores in the Gauteng area. Shaun de Waal A NEW bookshop chain is to open in South Africa, run by three former employees of Exclusive Books. To be called Facts & Fiction, it is just getting off the ground, with the […]
M-Net corporate affairs manager Cawe Mahlati, tells Aspasia Karras how she hopes to see M-Net become the frontrunner of global broadcasting in Africa Articulate and determined, Cawe Mahlati is a force to be reckoned with in private broadcasting. Not only does she have a vision of what broadcasting can become in the future, but she […]
TELEVISION: Justin Pearce ‘WE’LL be okay as long as we stay in the light,” insists FBI Agent Dana Scully — a trifle optimistically, perhaps, as she cowers beneath the guttering lightbulb connected to a generator that’s about to run out of petrol in the middle of the night in an impenetrable forest inhabited by swarming […]
The violent Hillbrow vibe inspired South Africa’s first industrial CD, conceived and executed by Paul Riekert. He spoke to FRED DE VRIES TO reach Paul Riekert’s home, you used to have to shake off the skinny prostitutes who positioned themselves in front of his Berea flat. Riekert also advised one to avoid Soper Road, “because […]
As South Africa scraps the death penalty, the ANC alliance is fighting to save the life of an American journalist on death row, writes Bruce Cohen The African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions have joined in the fight to halt the execution of an American […]
THE hospitality industry has been shrieking ”foul” after the much vaunted influx of Rugby World Cup (RWC) international tourists to South Africa failed to materialise. Arguments vary, but the 50 000 figure originally bandied about appears to have shrunk by half or even more. The Federated Hotel, Liquor and Catering Association of South Africa (Fedhasa) […]
THE South African National Defence Force’s claim that its refusal to employ people who test HIV positive is ”non-discriminatory” beggars belief. Not only does it violate the Constitutional principle that no South African may be discriminated against on the grounds of disability, but it also flouts the Guidelines on Aids and Employment issued by the […]
10th birthday: Ten Years of Front Pages.
Former <i>Weekly Mail</i> co-editor Irwin Manoim recalls the youthful enthusiasm and naiveté which got the newspaper off the ground.
GOLF: Jon Swift A HUGE test awaits reigning US Open champion Ernie Els at Shinnecock Hills next week when the South African has to shake off all the momentous events of the past 12 months … and start all over again. In many ways this will be a welcome factor for Els. For, as all […]