Check out Rhode, Cohen, Tracy Rose, Kay Hassan’s and other visually superb, conceptually deep, socially engaging, psychologically disturbing and potentially life-changing video art at Museum Africa during your Playtime, urges Brenton Maart.
Playtime’s line-up is challenging, exciting and new, writes Robert Colman.
Johannesburg’s new autumn festival has at its heart a district in the throes of change, writes Matthew Krouse.
OLIVIER KNOX, Washington | Wednesday US PRESIDENT George Bush welcomed Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to the White House on Tuesday with a pledge that he will seek to bind the two “war on terrorism” allies in a free trade deal. “Today, I’ve informed His Majesty that our government will work to enact a free trade […]
Monrovia | Thursday FEAR of rebel attack has sent some 7 000 people in northern Liberian scattering for cover in already-crowded shelters near the city of Gbarnga, an official said on Wednesday. Programme Officer of the Liberia Refugee Agency (LRRRC), James Youquoi, said sounds of shooting around the St. Paul River, which separates the northern […]
Nairobi | Thursday RESEARCHERS in Kenya Thursday announced the launch of clinical tests of a trial vaccine for malaria, one of Africa’s most deadly diseases. “The trial, launched this month in adult volunteers in western Kenya, ultimately will test whether the vaccine can help children fight the infection before it causes illness,” said a statement […]
Pretoria | Wednesday RWANDAN-backed Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebels have warned that government troops now allied with former rebels backed by Uganda were reinforcing front lines, and pleaded for a resumption of talks on the future of the huge central African country. “It’s time for us to sit down and sort out our problems,” […]
Abuja | Thursday THE Nigerian government warned on Wednesday it will prosecute foreign journalists who publish “malicious falsehood” about the country following a report in US news magazine Time linking the government with corruption. Last week’s issue of Time reported that Information Minister Jerry Gana called a meeting with foreign journalists in the capital, Abuja, […]
Lagos | Wednesday A DELEGATION of the west African regional grouping Ecowas is scheduled to meet in Washington with representatives of the European Union, Bretton Woods institutions and African Development Bank (ADB) on cooperation, a statement said on Tuesday. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) said in the statement sent from Abuja that […]
Donwald Pressly Foreigners have found ways of robbing the state of millions of rands in social welfare grants to which they are not entitled, including old age pensions meant for the poor. This emerges from Auditor General Shauket Fakie’s general report on government spending up to March 31 2001, presented to the public accounts committee. […]