Johannesburg | Saturday SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki accused the country’s main trade union federation on Friday of joining hands with rightists and using workers as cannon fodder. His comments in the Internet publication “ANC Today” follow a sharp attack by the cabinet on Thursday on plans by the Congress of South African Trade Unions […]
RESPECTED anti-racism cleric, Doctor Beyers Naude, may have one of Johannesburg’s prominent streets the DF Malan Drive – named after him, the city’s executive Mayor Amos Masondo hinted on Wednesday. Naude is to be given the freedom of Johannesburg as an honour to the ailing veteran activist’s role in dedicating his adult life fighting against […]
WAMBUI CHEGE, Johannesburg | Saturday A FRAIL Nelson Mandela addressed a South African charity meeting by video conference on Friday after doctors told him to rest due to his ongoing treatment for prostate cancer. The former South African president was to attend the annual meeting of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, but doctors told him […]
EVIDENCE WA KA NGOBENI, Johannesburg | Friday MINISTER of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota this week backtracked on his decision to appoint Seth Phalatse as the new chairperson of the Armscor, the state arms procurement company, and withdrew the appointment. His turnabout followed the Mail & Guardian report last week revealing how Phalatse had admitted to taking […]
Tim Burton’s new hit version of Planet of the Apes is a massive spectacle that keeps the eye enthralled without, however, much engaging the mind or the heart, writes Shaun de Waal.
Hollywood auteur Tim Burton is as famous for his brave flops as his hits. But his latest, <i>Planet of the Apes</i>, is already breaking box-office records, writes Michael Sragow.
Q&A: Kevin brand Paul Edmunds Widely regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost artists, Kevin Brand is holding his second exhibition in three months. Balm of Banal, at the Bell-Roberts Contemporary in Cape Town in July, was a series of bronzes made from casts of everyday objects. Something Old, Something New is a collection of […]
M&G reporter The Green Trust is a partnership between the World Wide Fund for Nature-South Africa and Nedbank. Funded pri-marily through contributions made by Nedbank Green banking clients, the trust has raised more than R37-million for conservation projects. These are some of the projects currently funded by The Green Trust. Trees for Africa The Green […]
Celtic Grove, the imposing son of Fort Wood, scooped the coveted Horse of the Year title and also lifted the Champion Classic Three-Year-Old Colt laurel at the Equus Awards this week both titles richly deserved after an outstanding campaign. One success that must have gone a long way towards Celtic Grove’s achievement was the South […]
Mega Music August 3119h00-22h00NYJB, Robbie Jansen (SA), Diane Schuur (US) (R100 a ticket) September 119h00-22h30NYJB, Sipho Gumede (SA), Roy Ayers (US) (R100 a ticket) September 219h00-21h30Ezra Ngcukana (SA), Diane Schuur (US) (R100 a ticket) Main Theatre August 3120h00-22h30Pops Mohamed (SA), Keiko Matsui (Japan) (R100 a ticket) September 120h00-22h30Hugh Masekela (SA), Keiko Matsui (Japan) (R100 a […]