Africa’s most pressing need is not for schemes of pan-African unity, writes Stephen Ellis It is a variety that can grow to enormous size but is not good to eat. Amateur gardeners sometimes used to grow white elephant potatoes so they could win first prize at competitions by presenting these impressive-looking but useless lumps of […]
Ray Moodley, boss of the controversial security company at the centre of the Telkom scandal, has known Bheki Langa for a long time. Their relationship, he says, dates back to the ”struggle days”. Moodley this week hit back after a Telkom probe alleged collusion between his company, Durban-based Royal Security, and Langa, the deputy chief […]
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The Encounters film festival elevates the filming of actuality to a fine art, writes Neil Sonnekus.
Once upon a purer time, Hollywood used to churn out routine biopics before breakfast. Tony Curtis as Harry Houdini, Bob Hope as Eddie Foy, José Ferrer as Sigmund Romberg … They were all deodorised tales of the famous and loved, rags to riches.
<b>Gaudà Afternoon</b> is a charming little movie filled with the quirky humour that is director Susan Seidelman’s trademark. Like the film that made her famous, <i>Desperately Seeking Susan</i>, it has to do with searching for self and others, finding the journey a learning experience.
Transsexuals, lesbians and a kidnapped child — and it’s a comedy. Shaun de Waal speaks to the makers of <i>Gaudà Afternoon</i>
NIGERIA?S bicycling transport minister, Ojo Madueke, was run off the road on Wednesday by a speeding bus that crashed into an oncoming car. Madueke, who started last week cycling to weekly cabinet ministers, told reporters at the presidency he had set out for the meeting early Wednesday when the near tragedy occurred. “There was a […]
THE Sudanese government army said on Wednesday it destroyed a Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) camp in southern Sudan’s North Bahr el-Ghazal State, the Suna news agency reported. The army troops “have completely destroyed a camp of the outlaws in north Bahr el-Ghazal and inflicted heavy losses in lives and equipment on them,” Suna quoted […]
NAMIBIA’S Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a complaint with the South African Broadcasting Monitoring and Complaints Unit after a television crew allegedly “tricked” President Sam Nujoma into an interview. Foreign affairs permanent secretary, Mocks Shivute said that Nujoma granted the Special Assignment team an interview after they said they wanted to tell his story […]