What is it that "Silver Fox" Kessie Naidu told former justice minister Penuell Maduna and Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy about the "encrypted fax" detailing Jacob Zuma’s alleged bribe demand — but that neither will disclose? Affidavits detail extraordinary off-the-record negotiations between the state and French arms group Thales.
Twelve years on, the commanding heights of the economy are finally being tackled in the service of the ordinary man and woman. In electricity, the regulator has found Eskom negligence behind the power cuts that caused widespread disruption in the Western Cape; that its highly paid executives were essentially asleep at the switch.
In a paper titled <i>Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets</i>, Columbia University’s Ray Fisman and Berkeley’s Edward Miguel used parking violation data from the thousands of foreign government officials stationed at the United Nations in New York as a barometer of how corrupt their home countries are.
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<b>MOVIE MONTHLY:</b> <i>The Commitments</i> fans will enjoy <i>The Boys from County Clare</i> — no less for Andrea Corr’s acting debut. The ever-controversial director Lars von Trier stirs the pot with <i>Dogville</i>, starring Nicole Kidman, and fans of that famous lasagne-loving kitty will be pleased to hear <i>Garfield</i> is here.
The futuristic Fuse continues the classic clowning around that characterises an Andrew Buckland performance, and is bound to be a success, writes Matthew Wilhem-Solomon.
"The most exciting dance comes from the moments of fusion, of contorted bodies and sassy hips, and the theatrical characterisation, rather than the abject geometry of classical ballet." Nadine Botha contemplates the evolution of ballet as performed in <i>Windows</i>.
Hedonism is by definition an urgent philosophy. To demur, to decline, even to hesitate, is to fail. In a world in which all delights must be sampled, and all desires sated, there is no place for the passive thrill-seeker. If he lies face-down on the Ottoman in his vomitorium it must be because he has misjudged his ability to have sex with five people of various genders while eating chip-rolls and custard slices.
Most G8 countries are reneging on financial commitments to support the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, according to a report card released at the International Aids conference in Toronto, Canada. The findings, prepared by an alliance of health advocacy groups, graded 22 of the wealthiest countries on pledges made to the Global Fund for 2006 and 2007.
"Arts festivals are about discovery, about exploration … I want everyone here to have fun," said Pallo Jordan at the opening of the National Arts Festival. "Let us have a good time. Look at things. See how others see us and perhaps we’ll discover something about ourselves in an environment and in a context in which we’re enjoying ourselves." Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon was there.