Hazel Friedman AT first glance, Ricky Burnett’s exhibition at his Newtown Galleries looks like a classic case of ”if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em”. Here’s the party-pooper, the proverbial brat who refused to join the circus procession, suddenly getting in on the act. Not only does his exhibition coincide with Africus ’95; it also […]
Winnie Mandela gets a fresh chance as heavy-handed police actions give her the advantage, writes Gaye BLUNDERS on the part of police and justice department officials in the raid on deputy minister Winnie Mandela’s Soweto home have tossed her a political lifeline and forced the ANC and the government to back off from taking swift […]
THEATRE: Robert Greig ONLY recently has Beach Boys’ music been seen as anything more than pap — happy, bouncy, high-school rock with sand between the toes. Their slightly chastened last two collections are musically sophisticated, if uncomfortably self-regarding. They still have those characteristic, abrupt shifts of tempo and tone which are also found in the […]
SOCCER: Clinton Asary LOG leaders Kaizer Chiefs face an uphill battle on Saturday when they host Cape Town side Hellenic at the Rand Stadium. Chiefs will looking for revenge after their surprise defeat against Wits in the BP Top 8 final last week. Hellenic crushed Wits 3-0 in a league game on Tuesday night. The […]
Gaye Davis in Cape Town DR ROB Davies spent a couple of hours in his Sea Point surgery on Monday evening, hearing complaints and dispensing advice. But those who packed the small room weren’t there with physical ailments, and Davies is not a medical doctor. The ANC MP was making one of his regular appearances […]
Mapula Sibanda A ONE-MAN strike by a University of the North (Turf- loop) academic has plunged the university’s optometry faculty into a crisis. Deputy dean Sipho Ndlela, who has worked in the department for 21 years, was suspended in the middle of January after refusing to mark 1994 third and final year examination papers. His […]
They may be provincial teams but the Super 10 matches will be vital as a pointer to the strength of the international teams for the World Cup RUGBY: Jon Swift THERE is more than just Super 10 points riding on the outcome of the opening games in this matching of the top rugby sides in […]
Stop treating racists with kid gloves, Cosmas Desmond urges the government. The continuing crime of racism makes even a visit to your favourite bar a depressing experiencePRESIDENT Nelson Mandela has been hailed, acclaimed, canonised and even deified by the press for the firm stand he took in his address at the opening of parliament on […]
Clive Simpkins Talk about tweaking the tiger’s, or is it the pussycat’s, tail? There were howls of protest from the advertising industry at my comments in the February 17 column Selling with a nudge and a wink, on phallic or sexist advertising, defending their use of it in order to “stand out in a crowd”. […]
As a ship filled with nuclear waste heads for South African waters, environmental groups are concerned by the government’s lack of action, writes Inge Ruigrok DOES silence mean permission? A ship conveying 14 tons of the most concentrated nuclear waste ever transported, including a deadly cargo of bomb-grade plutonium, is likely to sail through South […]