Two enterprising souls are trying to breathe new life into an old movie-house in a Windhoek township, reports Andrew Worsdale.
The dispute over payments for feel-good flick Heel Against the Head continues, reports Andrew Worsdale.
Last weekend at the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Good Hope Centre floated on a cloud of sheer contentment Karen Rutter Only the most mean-spirited, music- hating, non-mellow bastard would be able to find fault with Cape Town’s finest moment this year, the North Sea Jazz Festival. Undoubtedly a success on the kind of scale […]
Marianne Merten Parliament has been warned of an impending collapse of university and technikon education because of drastically falling student numbers. The Council on Higher Education this week told MPs there were at least 100E000 fewer students at tertiary education institutions than predicted in 1995. And, the council said, the majority of students appear out […]
As I style myself from time to time as a former “war correspondent”, the horror film hit, the Blair Witch Project, was a bit of an embarrassment to me. To be frank, I’ve never been so terrified in my life. This was not the case with the winsome film producer who volunteered to accompany me […]
Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH I have absolutely nothing against people sitting down and talking together. But if I had my way, the sort of talkfest that has just taken place in Cairo between European and African leaders would not take place. I mean, if all the fuel costs of the presidential jets, the […]
With our property prices among the world’s lowest, bricks and mortar could be a very solid investment Ian Fife ‘I been down so long it looks like up to me,” says the old blues song. That’s how property people feel too. Everyone else is getting instant gratification in shares and the money market, so real […]
The longer you wait before you buy life insurance, the more it’s likely to cost you Judy Barnes One of the most important things you will ever undertake before shuffling off this mortal coil is purchasing life assurance. It’s a process likely to be complicated as everyone you know attempts to advise. Because our date […]
Charlene Smith In 1995 (when 35 000 rapes were reported) the Human Sciences Research Council reported that South Africa had 149,5 rapes per 100E000 population, compared to 34,4 rapes per 100E000 in the United States. The danger of being raped is five times higher in South Africa than in the US. According to rape homicide […]
Barry Streek Production of maize in the former homelands last year fell to its lowest level in six years. Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza told Parliament this week that during the 1999/2000 financial year, more hectares of maize were planted than in previous years, but only 415 729 tonnes were produced, and […]