THEATRE: Guy Willoughby Put together by its six creators for a frankly polemical purpose, Manje (“Now”) protests the harsh and sordid conditions that women in South African prisons have had to endure. If that sounds a rather daunting drawcard for an outing to the Civic Theatre, rest assured that this montage of mime, song, dialogue […]

In his first interview since the royal shake-up, Prince Mcwayizeni Zulu talks to Ann Eveleth THERE was an emotive ritual outside King Goodwill Zwelithini’s palace gates last Tuesday to mark his rapprochement with Senior Prince Mcwayizeni Zulu. “In accordance with tradition, we each stood outside the palace gates and a man poured fire ash into […]

Media & Marketing By Clive Simkins KEEPING a finger right on the pulse of market change is vital. Here are two more of Ogilvy & Mather’s seven recently researched trends, unique to South Africa, that fly with joyous abandon in the face of Faith Popcorn’s American “future”: Informalism: The sheer inability of economic growth, as […]

Well-known figures have been blamed for the waste of millions of rands by the National Co-ordinating Committee for the Return of Exiles, says a confidential report. Wiseman Khuzwayo reports A CONFIDENTIAL report on the disbanded National Co- ordinating Committee for the Return of Exiles (NCCR) charges that the organisation was dogged by fraud and corruption […]

Vampires loom large at the South African International Film Festival. Stanley Peskin explores their appeal THE vampiric desire expressed in the phrase ”kiss me with those red lips” has exerted a potent hold over audiences for almost a century. Whether there are any traces of vampirism to be found in the history of Vlad Tepes […]

Weekly Mail Reporter THE office of PWV premier Tokyo Sexwale has reacted angrily to the Weekly Mail & Guardian’s story last week stating that the premier’s wife owned several flats in Johannesburg through a close corporation. Sexwale’s representative, Ronnie Mamoepa, charged that the article was ”full of innuendos and contains factual inaccuracies”. He denied Sexwale […]

MASSES … The new government faces a real problem in the number of illegal immigrants and refugees in the country. Clearly, an unbridled flow across our borders is a potential source of conflict in a country with massive unemployment and resources to meet the needs of reconstruction and development already stretched beyond their limit. However, […]

Chris Louw STRICTER government control of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is foreseen in the reconstruction and development programme (RDP) white paper, published this week. Support of the NGOs will in future shift towards community and mass organisations. A form of accreditation for NGOs to monitor their accountability is in the pipeline. They will also be expected […]

Weekly Mail Reporter POLICE in Cape Town are investigating charges of assault against MP Tony Yengeni, after a man suspected to be implicated in the murder of Yengeni’s bodyguard was allegedly beaten before being handed over to the police. Chumi Siyeka was one of five people picked up on June 1 in connection with the […]