What has happened to Penny Siopis, painter of lush excess? Hazel Friedman asked her whether she has `gone conceptual’ REACTIONS to Penny Siopis’ current exhibition range from slight discomfort to outright dismay. Maybe it’s got something to do with the cloying smell of mothballs and cheap perfume wafting from her sarcophagus-like installations; the neatly arranged […]

Moveable Feast Marino Corazza DURING our courting years one of the simple treats my wife and I would indulge in when we had a little spare cash was to have dinner at La Lampara in Norwood. La Lampara is a fishing boat lamp used at night to attract the fish. The eaterie had similar beckoning […]

Armscor and the Ministry of Defence are at loggerheads over a consignment of weapons allegedly destined for civil war-torn Yemen. Eddie Koch and Paul Stober investigate ARMSCOR and Defence Minister Joe Modise are caught in a growing storm over allegations that South Africa sent a large consignment of AK-47 assault rifles to Yemen in contravention […]

Arts Alive visitor Salif Keita had to shrug off his noble ancestry to pursue his first love: music. He spoke to Bafana Khumalo AFTER reading reams of interviews and profiles of Salif Keita in the American press, one could be forgiven for expecting him to be a 10-foot warrior god. In most of what has […]

AREAS ACT Drew Forrest AN inner-city housing specialist has warned that the tough official line on illegal immigrants is hampering the regeneration of South Africa’s urban slums. Carien Engelbrecht, Planact’s housing co-ordinator and former legal adviser to the South African National Civics Organisation, sees a parallel in the effects of the Group Areas Act on […]

Toyota South Africa’s founder was an unlikely motor mogul. Reg Rumney reviews a new book about the company he founded THE real truth behind the management philosophy that spurred the Japanese economic miracle is “the last fart of the ferret”, according to the man who started it all. This fascinating fact is disclosed in a […]

THE Storyland Carnival — part of the Arts Alive festivities — offers a golden opportunity to keep the children busy and entertained for a day. A host of thrilling events will take place, from an appearance by the popular Capetonian rap group Prophets of da City to participation in a crafts workshop — plus a […]

The White Paper on the government’s reconstruction and development programme could be a black day for fringe benefits. Reg Rumney reports THE White Paper released this week on the ANC’s grand plan to right the economic wrongs created by apartheid could spell bad news for the few perks employees have left. The White Paper released […]

Annie Mapoma MILLIONS of South Africans have taken the chance of winning big money for the cost of two or three rands since organised lotteries began two years ago, generating more than R80-million for welfare trusts and even bigger profits for the lottery companies themselves. The popularity of the lotteries has led to the launching […]

Undaunted by the crackdown on the truckers’ blockade, Turning Wheel is gearing up for more action. By Sibusiso Nxumalo IN an exclusive interview, the leader of the Turning Wheel International Workers’ Movement has shed the first light on the mysterious organisation behind the Mooi River Plaza truckers’ blockade. Richard Madime is a member of the […]