The tussle between the IBA and Voice of Soweto could end in a bruising court battle, write Ferial Haffajee and Maria McCloy The Voice of Soweto radio station will seek an interdict to prevent the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) from hauling it off the air in ten days’ time. “The IBA has given us no […]

FRIDAY 12.00NOON: TWO men believed to be members of the hijacking gang suspected of murdering two couples in Cape Town last week were shot dead at a police roadblock on Thursday. Following the arrest of two suspects in the case, police received information that two further suspects intended fleeing the Western Cape in a bakkie […]

Sechaba ka’Nkosi Newly elected African National Congress secretary general Kgalema Mothlante had a hectic first week at the party’s Shell House headquarters, drafting its anniversary statement and preparing the ground for talks with other political organisations. His orientation included daily two-hour meetings with his predecessor Cheryl Carolus, and a session with his new boss, ANC […]

Mukoni T Ratshitanga The 35 000-strong South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers’ Union, which represents farm workers, will meet its Mozambican counterpart later this month to deal with the exploitation of alien labour in South Africa. The union’s general secretary, Dickson Motha, this week said they aim “to develop a common strategy on how […]

The Market’s new play is set in the Big Top, without words — just the sound of a violin. Janet Smith spoke to star Sue Pam- Grant When you’re a kid, you don’t notice the inevitable mud that accompanies a circus because some soft adult is lugging you through the brown slush towards the glitter […]

FRIDAY, 4.30PM: SRI Lankan spinning pair Muttiah Murilitharan and Jayanatha Silva on Friday ripped apart the Zimbabwe batting in the first Test, keeping the visitors to a paltry 140 runs. This leaves the Zimbabweans with a deficit total of 329 runs. The woes of the Zimbabweans did not end, however, and at the close of […]

“White Witchdoctor” in the hot seat Although his appointment as South Africa’s national soccer team’s full-time coach was greeted with mixed feelings by the football fraternity, Frenchman Philippe Troussier is adamant that he can do a good job. Troussier was appointed last Saturday as the man to succeed Clive Barker and lead Bafana Bafana to […]

When Evelyn Groenink set out to investigate the murder of Dulcie September, she found herself embroiled in a Kafkaesque world full of French secret service plots and fake publications In March 1990, while investigating Dulcie September’s workplace for the period just prior to her murder, I discovered something odd. The small company across the hallway […]

He’s a white Californian with an internationalist musical style. Janet Smith speaks to guitarist Ry Cooder about his Cuban recordings An old man is dressed for the superb Havana afternoon: dazzling white shoes like ice- creams peeking out from his trouser bottoms; shimmering white hat slithered low over his brows. He lifts his hand to […]