OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 8.30pm THE July 1988 car bomb explosion at Ellis Park sports stadium, in which two people died and 35 were injured, was not intended to kill anybody, but to send a message to whites that they, too, were vulnerable, a former Umkhonto weSizwe cadre applying for amnesty told the Truth […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00pm. SANLAM’S chief economist Jac Laubscher said on Monday he concurs with Reserve Bank governor Chris Stals’s assessment that the rand appears to be levelling off, and he would not be surprised to see it dip below the R6 to the dollar mark. Speaking before the National Council of Provinces’ […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cheltenham | Sunday 1.00PM. SOUTH Africa’s final warm-up fixture against Essex failed to get off the ground on Sunday, when a combination of heavy overnight rain and a malfunction in the drainage system resulted in a waterlogged outfield. Play is expected to resume at 3pm. The local fire brigade was called in to […]
Marthali Brand went to the opening of Graceland, the garish new casino in Mpumalanga Why is it that all roads to South African casinos lead through squatter camps? On my way to the opening of the first fully functional casino in the new South Africa, all I could think of as our luxury coach travelled […]
Looking at Ralph Steadman’s caustic caricatures you’d be forgiven for thinking that he is one of the world’s angriest men But, deep down, he tells Sally Vincent, that’s all because he’s only really angry with one thing: himself. Something terrible has happened. The air is full of inaudible squeaks of post-holocaust bats’ ghosts. I had […]
Donna Block : Share World Not too long ago, Latin America’s stock markets were like the Brazilian carnival dancers: sexy with a whole lot of shaking going on. From 1986 to 1996 no emerging markets were hotter than the Latinos. But the region once described as the emerging-market poster child has grown warts and facial […]
Brenda Atkinson If you’ve been waiting to exhale ever since the grade-school camerawork of Avenues swung its way across SABC 3; if you’re still wondering why paying your TV licence seems the wrong thing to do; if you’re considering ditching your M-Net subscription, don’t panic yet. e-tv, the hot and politically sound channel that snatched […]
Denise Rack Louw Musicians of the Rainbow Nation will be strumming their stuff in Portugal on August 3 for South Africa’s national day at Lisbon Expo `98 – the last world exposition of the 20th century. The expo, which runs until September 30, is expected to attract 16 million visitors from around the world. About […]
Geoffrey V Davis The death of Matsemela Manaka last Saturday deprives the South African theatre community of one of its foremost practitioners at a tragically early age. His many friends and collaborators overseas will join in mourning the loss of an artist whose remarkable career was distinguished by a delight in experimentation and innovation fuelled […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 11.00AM. THE 1998 Castle Premiership soccer season starts on Friday night, and the first weekend will see some interesting match-ups. The weekend schedule is: Friday: Cape Town Spurs vs Mamelodi Sundowns in Cape Town. Saturday: Moroka Swallows vs Seven Stars at the George Gogh Stadium in Johannesburg. Manning Rangers vs […]