Eddie Koch A SPECIAL police unit this week arrested Colonel Louis Botha — the man who masterminded covert security police backing for Inkatha in the 1980s — and charged him with several political murders carried out at the Sources close to the Independent Task Unit (ITU), a team of detectives who operate out of Safety […]
Justin Pearce Those who’ve been worried about a return to PW Botha- era broadcasting can sleep peacefully once more. The government’s request for airtime on SABC radio and television is unlikely to get past the SABC board when it comes up for discussion next Wednesday. Although the matter has not yet been formally presented to […]
THE National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is facing its first real trial in dousing down the fire around the new Labour Relations Bill. This is not just a test of this new institution — it is a test for the philosophy of tripartism, which depends on the three Nedlac players, (government, business and […]
The Mail & Guardian report claiming links between National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi and associates of slain mining magnate Brett Kebble are an attempt to tarnish his image by people opposed to police restructuring, the South African Police Union (Sapu) said on Saturday.
Aspasia Karras Mike Gcabo has landed a coup: the North West Builders=20 Federation (NWBF), of which he is president, has just=20 embarked on one of the biggest construction contracts ever=20 awarded to black builders. A R60-million joint venture between Mawite (a consortium of=20 nine builders from the NWBF) and LTA Building will rebuild=20 the Mabopane […]
DESPITE his funky dreadlocks and good looks, Gito Baloi is a marketing person’s nightmare. The bass player whose four-string wizzardry can be heard on all the Tananas albums is far too polite and humble for an aspiring pop star who has just released a stunning solo album, which his record company wants to push overseas. […]
Crime has taken over from politics as our country’s major source of instability, the largest brake on development, the most common reason for emigration and the greatest fear of investors. A solution requires a combination of cash, public support and involvement, and — most important of all — imagination. One of the oddities of the […]
CINEMA: Digby Ricci THAT acerbically brilliant novelist and essayist, Brigid Brophy, once titled an essay on Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women: “A Masterpiece, and Dreadful”. The “dreadful” aspects, inevitably, provoke the most enjoyable and unabashed tears: Marmee’s long- suffering, instructive “storytelling” (“So they agreed to stop complaining, to enjoy the blessings already possessed”), Beth’s affectionate […]
Ivo Correia South Africa will kick off World Environment Week by=20 hosting the United Nations Environment Program’s Global 500=20 awards on June 5. President Nelson Mandela will host the award ceremony which =20 will be attended by environmentalists from around the=20 world. The awards are intended to reward exceptional work=20 on behalf of our planet, […]
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Coenraad Visser A STRING of world-class performances — what a rare treat for Gauteng classical music With the National Symphony Orchestra, Swedish cellist Torlief Thedeen confirmed that he is one of the most exciting and proficient cellists on world stages today. His compelling and passionate performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 1 was […]