Robert Kirby : Loose Cannon Squinting down from my ivory tower of white privilege, I am wont to say just how encouraged I am to be called a snobbish elitist, hardly distinguishable from a khaki-clad Neanderthal. What’s more, called all these names by someone who knows exactly what he’s talking about. And no, this column […]
Alan Henry : Formula One Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard crushed the opposition for the second time in a month as their McLaren-Mercedes cars sauntered to an unchallenged one-two in the Brazilian Grand Prix last Sunday. McLaren’s domination of this second round of the championship, without the benefit of their controversial secondary braking system, was […]
Tracy Murinik : On show in Cape Town A note on the door advises that ”It is about truth and reconciliation”, while simultaneously warning against sensitive visual material and reminding one to respect the fact that one is entering a home. Hush … Hush, ”a love story”, begins on the stairwell that leads up to […]
Charl Blignaut : On stage in Johannesburg Considering the dismal state of our major urban arts councils – the Pact board is to be re-transformed, while in Cape Town and Durban cutbacks have left administrators with virtually no artists to administer – it is nothing short of a coup that the North West Arts Council […]
Toni Morrison is America’s most famous black writer. Her latest novel, Paradise, is being hailed as her best yet. Katharine Viner spoke to her There are 3 000 people in the Midland Theatre, Kansas City, and the place is packed to the gods. They are here for Toni Morrison, black America’s most famous novelist, and […]
Janet Smith speaks to the first South African writer/director to have a short film accepted for screening by Ster-Kinekor Gavin Hood was an accidental hero when he took on his first (and only) pin-up role in The Game, the South African rugby soap which was slightly ahead of its time when it was screened in […]
Adam Haupt : On stage in Cape Town Graham Weir’s Tales from the Dark Side takes us into the sort of twilight zone world which odd people such as Ray Bradbury depict. Many devoted television addicts will recall Bradbury’s series, which often told very twisted tales. But Tales from the Dark Side is very far […]
FRIDAY, 6.00PM: SUSPECTED foreign buying drove up the all share and financial indices of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to record highs in heavy trade on Thursday. As usual, the gold index flagged, dragged by the weaker gold price. At the close, the all gold index had dropped 19,9 points to 823,1. The industrial index rose […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: DETERMINED to have Springbok flyhalf Henry Honiball on the Coastal Sharks’ Super-12 team for their match with the New South Wales Waratahs, Sharks coach Ian Macintosh has held back from naming his reserves. Speaking from Sydney, Macintosh explained why he is hedging his bets — Honiball’s shoulders and neck are still hurting, but […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: THE Independent Broadcasting Authority is coming under fire for irregular actions in awarding the first free-to-air television licence to Midi TV. Losing consortiums and commentators in the broadcasting industry are alleging that the IBA bent the rules of the registration process to allow Midi to alter its business plan after registration. “The IBA […]