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DREW FORREST, Johannesburg | Friday TWO Markinor surveys point to a steady downward trend in voter approval of the government and its leaders, with waning support on economic policy, HIV/Aids and governance issues such as corruption. The latest survey shows that only 42% of subjects drawn from metropolitan areas “trust” President Thabo Mbeki as a […]
NAWAAL DEANE, Johannesburg | Friday NEARLY a quarter of South African voters would stay away from the polls if they were dissatisfied with the performance of their preferred party. That is one of the findings in a study conducted into voter behaviour released this week by the Independent Electoral Commission. Another is that 46% of […]
How did one of Europe’s most controversial movie directors become one of its hottest actors? Mathieu Kassovitz tells all to Stuart Jeffries.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film <i>Amélie</i> has been a huge hit in its native France, and has replicated that success around the world, writes Shaun de Waal.
In a first for the state oil sector, South Africa is buying R1-billion worth of crude oil from Iraq to replenish strategic stocks. But some industry sources question the deal, saying it "smells" of another oil scandal. Iraq has been under international embargo since the 1990 Gulf War.
Ngwako Modjadji Residents of Bolobedu, near Tzaneen in Limpopo province, have lodged a complaint with the provincial government after the municipality failed to change the name of their village from Strangers’ Rest to Bolobedu South. The area is a tourist attraction for its cycads. The villagers say the road sign at the entrance to the […]
Donwald Pressly The government has cocked a snook at opposition demands for the cancellation of the second tranche of the arms deal, which will see the delivery of a further dozen British Aerospace Hawk trainers at a cost of R3-billion. The third tranche, which needs a final nod in two years’ time, will see 19 […]
Belinda Beresford Tim Modise and SABC-Safm have been cleared by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of charges of “sedition” and supporting lawlessness for a radio show on the subject of HIV/Aids. The allegations had been made by Anita Allen, one of South Africa’s leading Aids dissidents, on behalf of her husband’s firm, David Allen Associates. She […]
Sarah Duguid Samuel Johnson said that the world was full of writers who didn’t care if they were studied they just wanted to be read. But in South Africa dwindling numbers of school libraries and budget cuts for public libraries means that the nation’s access to books is becoming severely limited. Public libraries cannot offer […]