The IBA is considering hundreds of applications for temporary community radio licences. Bruce Cohen looks at the colourful entries RADIO that will entertain the historically disadvantaged. Radio that will contribute to reconstruction, reconciliation, self-esteem, pride, peace and self-sustainability. Radio that will be non- racial, non-sexist and non-derogatory. Radio that will establish and promote a living […]

Mondli waka Makhanya AFRIKANER business has its back to the wall as it tries to hang on to government contracts which have been its preserve for the past 40 years. Just a week after Volkskas — now under the Absa umbrella — lost the Gauteng government’s R10-billion account to Standard Bank, the two Afrikaans press […]

FINE ART: James Garner WITH the cultural boycott a thing of the past, the idea of cultural exchange has taken on a new currency as practitioners feverishly cast off the shackles of For many, Three Ways: An Exhibition of Contemporary British Paintings at the South African National Gallery will be their first opportunity to come […]

As Arcadia set out to tease audiences in Johannesburg, Guy Willoughby spoke to Tom Stoppard between West End rehearsals of his latest play THERE can be few more incendiary British playwrights living than Tom Stoppard — an evening in the theatre with one of his plays is a bit like a mental Guy Fawkes night. […]

Far-rightwingers are planning to hold their own poll in tandem with the local government elections. Jan Taljaard reports THE far-rightwing is planning its own separate elections to be held at the time of the local government elections in October this year. True to character, however, the different factions cannot agree on whether to participate in […]

Eight-Legged Groove Machine’s over-the-top outfits are just the beginning of the band’s appeal, writes Johnny de Goede AMONG the latest wave of bands to emerge on to the national scene, including B-World, Urban Creep and Nine, one in particular stands out as a potential voice for our time — Eight-Legged Groove Machine. These four musicians […]

Gaye Davis in Parliament FRONT-RUNNER for the post of public protector — who will stand between citizens and government corruption, maladministration and abuse of power — is Brian Currin, the former national director of Lawyers for Human Rights. Democratic Party senator James Selfe said “hundreds” of nominations had flooded in for both the post of […]

ARCHITECTURE: Hannah le Roux HAVING exhausted the supply of design commissions for gallery walls in Johannesburg, architects are putting work up within them. Last year’s exhibition of apartheid and space, (… setting apart) at the Gertrude Posel Gallery, introduced plans to the realm of the artefact and artwork; now, at the Standard Bank Gallery, in […]

Many South Africans are opting to send their children for a Christian education, but this does not mean the rod is spared at these schools, writes Gavin Evans WHEN Pastor Steve Maritz tells you that “if little Johnny needs a hiding, he’ll get one”, he wears the smile of a benign paterfamilias. This middle-aged founder […]

Jan Taljaard in Pretoria THE rightwing has stashed away arms caches containing a Buccanneer fighter aircraft, G5 and G6 cannons and several nuclear warheads, if a report this week by Britain’s Channel 4 is to be believed. Said to be behind these arms caches is the once shadowy Volkseenheidskomitee (Vekom) of general Tienie Groenewald, now […]