A play written during the Nazi Holocaust is finally having its premiere half a century late in Cape Town this weekend Guy Willoughby Puppetry is a neglected activity in South Africa. ”Is it for kids?” is the invariable response when a new show is mounted, but internationally it’s an art form of vast expressive possibility. […]

Drew Forrest’s article, ”A blow to opposition politics”, (November 2) is a disgraceful piece of journalism. Forrest should not have disregarded the first rule of good journalism: get both sides of the story. His piece relies almost exclusively on ”sources” close to Marthinus Van Schalkwyk. Consequently it just regurgitates Van Schalkwyk’s disingenuous take on events. […]

Mungo Soggot The doyenne of South African liberalism, Helen Suzman, this week said ”good riddance” to the New National Party after its split from the Democratic Alliance. Suzman, who opposed from the start the merger last year of the Democratic Party and the NNP to form the DA, says the brief marriage will have damaged […]

SOCCER Ntuthuko Maphumulo Bafana Bafana’s international friendlies under the guidance of coach Carlos Queiroz this year have not produced the results required from the professor. The team lost to Italy in a closely fought match, then got a drubbing from Sweden. Since Queiroz took over the hot seat Bafana have won six games, drawn five […]

THE retail price of all grades of petrol increased by four cents per litre on Wednesday. The wholesale price of diesel increased by seven cents per litre and the wholesale price of illuminating paraffin by nine cents per litre. The Minerals and Energy Department said on Tuesday that the 6,8% transport tariff increases would also […]

South Africa would not depict itself as being different from the rest of Africa to potential investors, SA Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said in Pretoria on Thursday. He said on his travels abroad potential investors often encouraged South Africa to portray itself as such — ”to show that we are special Africans”. ”We have […]

Harare | Thursday THE editor-in-chief of Zimbabwe’s only private daily newspaper, The Daily News, and the former head of the paper’s parent company, were on Thursday picked by Harare police for questioning, the editor and other sources said. The paper has been fiercely critical of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government. Geoff Nyarota and Wilf Mbanga, […]

HANNES DE WET, Pretoria | Thursday THE New National Party on Wednesday night sealed its split from the Democratic Alliance. “The NNP will now finally part ways with the Democratic Party-DA with immediate effect,” NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk told reporters after a special meeting of the NNP federal council in Pretoria. He said changes […]