SA President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday described an uproar over a multi-million-dollar package for a US executive who headed South African Airways for 22 months as an ”unseemly squabble” and called for it to end. But Mbeki did not take any stand in the row that has divided his cabinet over whether it was fitting […]
Johannesburg | Saturday SHARES in South African iron and steel group Iscor Ltd shed more than four percent of their value on Monday as investors took fright over its delayed unbundling. Iscor’s shares touched a session low of R27.70 before pulling back by 0930 GMT to be 3.15% or 95 cents weaker at R29.25, underperforming […]
There was a hint of mayhem in the air at Sun City last weekend when Bollywood staged its second International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, an outreach campaign tailor-made for film-goers of the Indian diaspora. These are an attempt by the Indian film industry to broaden its appeal, not only to Indian communities far afield but also to "Western" film-goers looking for a different cinema going experience.
It’s not often you get animated movies with as much appeal for adults as they have for children. It must be a difficult tightrope to walk, especially given Hollywood’s extremely restricted, even distorted, sense of what children want or need.
The producing/directing team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory has been mocked for being exponents of "the Laura Ashley school of film-making", which is apt in some ways but also rather unfair. They have a meticulous eye for period detail and a beautifully understated way with a story, though there is the danger of blandless in that very reticence.
Thebe Mabanga in your ear Radio has a long way to go before it can lead the South African media in news coverage and analysis. Although newspapers rely somewhat on radio to give publicity to stories covered on a specific day, radio still depends on print media to amplify a story it might have broken. […]
It’s been a time of guts baring for Afrikaans theatre, but though Breyten Breytenbach has failed, Pieter Fourie has triumphed Guy Willoughby Behold the guilt-tinged, rudderless state of the Afrikaner psyche at the beginning of the 21st century. This month it has come under scrutiny in two oddly undramatic new plays by venerable Afrikaans playwrights. […]
whipping boy This year’s Durban July could be substantially affected by a high court ruling long before the gates swing open at Greyville on July 7. Top trainer Mike de Kock has threatened to seek relief from the court, contending that the David Ferraris-trained Celtic Grove has been set to carry too light a weight […]
Tim Wood american notes AMail & Guardian letter-page critic believes that electricity deregulation caused California’s energy crisis and is an example of why it should be avoided when it comes to Eskom. It’s a poor deduction that relies on less than half the facts. California is in a mess because of the confluence of dozens […]
CHRIS MCGREAL, Johannesburg | Friday HENRIETTA Mqokomiso knew what was coming. Alexandra township council served the demolition order a week ago and branded her house with three yellow crosses. On Monday, while the domestic worker was working, an official banged on the door and told her children that a crew would be around the next […]