A tendency for films to celebrate the evil of violence brings censorship closer, argues Reg Rumney AS a writer I feel bound to oppose censorship because I will contest anything that tries to limit artistic expression. As an ordinary person I increasingly favour censorship, particularly of violence. This was distilled for me by Natural Born […]

The formation of a House of Traditional Leaders in kwaZulu/Natal has created conflict between the ANC and IFP, writes Farouk Chothia BEHIND the ANC’s opposition to a House of Traditional Leaders in kwaZulu/Natal lies realpolitik: it wants to prevent its newly-acquired asset, Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini, from being exposed as a monarch without a crown, […]

THE code of corporate practice and conduct set out by the King report applies to all listed companies, large public entities, banks, financial and insurance companies, large unlisted companies, and large unlisted quasi-state entities such as control boards and co-ops. Key recommendations of the code are that each company subscribing to the code should: * […]

FINE ART: Ivor Powell THE season is upon us when art galleries put on their festive end-of-year theme exhibitions. Such shows traditionally strive to be “fun” on the one hand — and emporia of upmarket Christmas gifts on the other. Somewhere they usually include in their conception a vague message of goodwill. The Thompson Gallery […]

Farouk Chothia THREATS that disgruntled Umkhonto weSizwe cadres will disrupt the ANC’s national conference in Bloemfontein later this month were made this week by Patrick Hlongwane of the Returned Exiles Committee. Speaking from Ulundi, Hlongwane said he had suggested to MK deserters from the Wallmannstal army base that they visit the conference to present their […]

Their adrenalin flows, they move in fast cars and are envied by other policemen. But, reports Mduduzi ka Harvey, flying squad cops are ill-rewarded for their hazardous work IT is 7pm in a small office at the Brixton police station. Two men in their twenties carry out a final inspection of their instruments of war; […]

After his successful comeback at Sun City last week Brian Mitchell is aiming for a title fight BOXING: Drew Forrest UNLOVABLY arrogant he may be, but Brian Mitchell showed he had lost little of his two-fisted magic after a three-year layoff at the Sun City Superbowl last Saturday. Beefier, harder-hitting but marginally slower than when […]

The release this week of Natural Born Killers raises the question of whether violent films encourage violence in real life and should be censored. They don’t and they shouldn’t, argues Shaun de Waal (also see film review below) OLIVER STONE’S film about a pair of casual serial murderers, Natural Born Killers, opens in South Africa […]

Media and Marketing Clive Simpkins MARKET-SHARE greed versus service standards calls for scrutiny in the cellular telephone industry. I was advised by an overseas cellular guru that on the launch of cellular services, the existing telephone network operator is usually in a better technical position for the first year or so. It is then typically […]

CINEMA: Stanley Peskin OLIVER STONE’S Natural Born Killers portrays a Darwinian vision of modern society as an inferno in which only the most brutal survive. America is perceived as a war zone, not unlike Vietnam territory, that encourages guerrilla warfare and mass slaughter. In a florid and tendentious treatment of the career of two serial […]