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/ 17 October 2003
Georgi Donevski has fought the memory of being forcibly marched out of Greece for longer than he cares to remember. He was wrenched from his parents, taken from his village in the dark and forced to trek across the mountains. It was March 30 1948, the height of Greece’s brutal civil war, and he was a boy of 12.
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/ 17 October 2003
If freedom of speech is the beating heart of democracy, then the political cartoonist operates like a pacemaker. Unlike long-winded political articles that require patience and literacy, a cartoon can cut to the heart of an issue, encapsulate a debate, display a viewpoint and shame our leaders in the most immediate manner, writes Andy Davis.
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/ 17 October 2003
The vagaries of change have been profitable for a youthful breed of entrepreneurial art dealers, tastemakers whose influence has shaped who and what is being collected in the post-apartheid era. A new breed of savvy tastemakers are making their mark on the art scene, writes Sean O’Toole.
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/ 17 October 2003
<b>NOT QUITE THE MOVIES OF THE WEEK:</b> As with many mainstream movies stealing a bit of style from the independents (but no substance), <i>View from the Top</i> is going as quirky, with a light, slightly absurdist tone, and a look to match. Luckily, opening at the same time as <i>View from the Top</i> is <i>Secretary</i>, which acts as something of a corrective to its fake quirkiness.
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/ 17 October 2003
‘A friend started calling me Vinny da Vinci when I was still young. Before I started DJing he named me after another artist," Vincent Motshegoa says about the history of his stage name. House music in South Africa is like a religion and Vinny da Vinci is its patron saint, writes Dikatso Mametse.
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/ 17 October 2003
Philips is launching a new phone for all aspiring DJs — and an exciting competition — with a massive daytime dance party in Gauteng, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 17 October 2003
The distorted reflections of JM Coetzee generated since he won the Nobel Prize say more about the media than about him, argues Shaun de Waal.
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/ 17 October 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was roaring ahead in noon trade on Friday, with a weaker rand giving heavyweight dual-listed and resources stocks a boost. Buying at the top end of the market filtered through to the rest and
advancers outnumbered decliners on the all share index by about nine to one.
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/ 17 October 2003
<b>CD of the week:</b>
Various:<i>Africanism II</i> (House Afrika/CCP)
<i>Africanism</i> is the umbrella label for a series of throbbing dance records that are actually made in the Europe and the United States. A second CD that brings the best of these together has just arrived on the continent that inspired its euphoric rhythms. Greg Bowes reviews.
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/ 17 October 2003
Ingrid Gavshon and John Matshikiza, adjudicators of the second 3 Continents Film Festival, which ended recently in Johannesburg and Cape Town, jointly awarded the first prize to two remarkable films, <i>Ochre and Water</i> and <i>Chavez</i>. This what they had to say…