No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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…
No image available
/ 17 October 2003
Eight months after his arrest on 14 February by National Intelligence Agency officers, journalist Bamporiki Chamira was still being detained at a prison in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a national media watchdog reported on Wednesday.
No image available
/ 17 October 2003
The Tobacco Institute of South Africa (Tisa) says it is "highly surprised" that the Tobacco Bill will be published on Friday without even the least form of consultation. "Although we have not studied the bill, it appears from the Health Department’s statement that it does not only contain a few minor changes," said Tisa CEO Francois van der Merwe.
No image available
/ 17 October 2003
Battles in the African National Congress are typically fought underground. They smoulder along the seams of the party, occasionally showing above the surface in seemingly isolated outbursts from the party’s more incendiary factions, like the ANC Youth League or Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
No image available
/ 17 October 2003
A group of uniquely informal churches that marry African traditions with Christian beliefs is experiencing phenomenal growth among black South Africans and is rapidly becoming the new mainline denomination. ”Some of us worship under trees, others in garages or sitting rooms or schools or flats. Our aim is to bring the people together. That is what made the African people survive oppression,” said Bishop Mshengu Tshabalala.
No image available
/ 17 October 2003
Silicon breast implants taken off the US market 11 years ago should be made available to all women who want them, a panel has decided, despite evidence that they could pose serious health risks. An independent advisory panel voted by nine to six to recommend an ending of the restrictions on the implants.