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 […]
Andrew Worsdale Two movies open this week that show and show-up middle-class values. They savage the bourgeoisie as comfortable claptrap who, ironically enough, will be the ones who go to the art movie houses (where both films are being released) to see themselves being represented and slagged off. The first is The Happy War, a […]
Roger Pratt This weekend Soul Trading, a new Johannesburg-based outfit trading in rare and exotic goods, will be holding the first in a series of weekend bazaars showcasing select ranges of handicrafts from around the world. This first show covers an eclectic range, from Moroccan lanterns to tooled Tuareg leather, Balinese wood, rattan and basketware […]
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 […]
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 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 11.00AM. STATE herald Fred Brownell said on Thursday that former South African Rugby Football Union boss Louis Luyt cannot claim the Springbok emblem to be his own. Luyt earlier charged that the emblem belongs to him, saying: “It was designed by me, it belongs to me.” Brownell said that a […]
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 […]