"The fact that a still from Kentridge’s animation is to be part of the Constitutional Court art works collection should come as no surprise. Our Constitution is deeply, fundamentally racial, if by racial we mean overwhelmingly aware of race." William Kentridge’s <i>9 Drawings for Projection</i> has been chosen to launch the Constitutional Court to the public, writes Chris Roper.
The Chinese government found itself in a tricky position on Friday, debating how to respond to the shooting of a Taiwanese president it does not recognise and wants out of office. None of China’s state-run press reported the story hours after it broke.
The pan-African Parliament on Friday elected four vice-presidents representing the continent’s regions, following the election a day earlier of Tanzanian Gertrude Mongella as president of the new assembly.
Art that mobilises is unsettling, and portraying pain to promote activism is brave. The Bonolo Botshelo Fragile Life, Art Doll Project, currently on at MuseuMAfricA, attempts to do this. Artists have worked collectively to evoke the experiences of abused children, writes Erica Emdon.
"I could tell you that we came back because we love the weather here…because you’ve got a beautiful country…but the real reason, " Adam Duritz told the crowd, "is because you’ve got such lovely women." Cue screaming crowd, one for the remark, two for the arrival of the American band Counting Crows, writes Nadia Neophytou.
Born out of the post-punk era of British New Wave, New Model Army has always been a mutable band, with issues and sounds that changed between albums, tours and interviews. But their prominent politics was not the original idea behind the formation of the act. Dave Chislett lends an ear.
Tourism South Africa performed ”very well” in 2003, despite global trends, Environment Affairs and Tourism Minister Valli Moosa said on Friday. Referring to recently released statistics, Moosa said South Africa did well last year, especially when compared to global markets.
Only a small number of Mozambique’s rural areas have toilets, while even fewer have access to protected water sources, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Friday. Unicef is highlighting Mozambique’s water problems on World Water Day 2004 on Monday, which focuses on water and disaster.
South Africa’s Meerlust Rubicon 1999 has been hailed as the best new world red wine in the March edition of well regarded US wine magazine <i>Decanter</i>, according to industry website winenews.co.za.
Serious corporate contraventions have racked the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Seta (Merseta), making it the latest in a long list of sector education and training authorities (Setas) to have been hit by allegations of financial mismanagement.