Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION The new local sitcom, Going Down Gorgeous, will stand to the eternal credit of the SABC. At long last that beleaguered corporation has produced a television programme which not only shows a uniquely South African comedic and satiric genius surmounting the very pinnacle of his powers, but which is, in itself, another […]
Durban will once more play host to a wide range of literary luminaries when the fourth annual Poetry Africa Festival, hosted by the University of Natal’s Centre for the Creative Arts, begins on Monday May 8 at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. It runs until Saturday May 13. There are also additional events outside the theatre […]
Internal union disputes caused the problems at VW’s Uitenhage branch in January Glenda Daniels One of the largest unions in South Africa says it has learned some serious lessons from the strike at the Uitenhage Volkswagen (VW) plant in January – and wants to ensure it can never happen again. National Union of Metalworkers of […]
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Friday 12.35pm STERLING McPherson, manager of Francois Botha and the man responsible for landing his charge’s July 15 date with Lennox Lewis, believes Botha stands a good chance of winning the bout and earning a rematch with Mike Tyson. ”If Botha wins we’re going straight to Tyson for a rematch,” said […]
THE US agriculture department has eased restrictions on imports of South African beef and lamb, but not if they include meat from neighbouring countries such as Botswana and Namibia. The Business Day reports the US now considers SA free of both rinderpest – the last diagnosed case was in 1903 – and, excluding Kruger National […]
EMELIA SITHOLE, Harare | Friday 2.00pm. ZIMBABWE’s besieged white farmers said on Friday a peace deal struck with war veterans to end the occupation of farms is meaningless because they have stepped up their invasions and intimidation is on the increase. Commercial Farmers’ Union deputy director Jerry Grant said he is concerned that Chenjerai Hunzvi, […]
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Sleepy Hollow is another unsettling excursion into the dark side of Tim Burton. He talks to Mark Salisbury about Hammer horrors, Christopher Lee and a childhood love of cemeteries.
Titanic launched Kate Winslet onto the Hollywood A-list. She responded by making a series of imaginative, off-beat films – the latest of which is Holy Smoke. Now she’s married, pregnant and couldn’t give a stuff about fame, food and fat, she told Nicci Gerrard.
KENYAN Rotterdam marathon champion Kennedy Cheruiyot and Boston marathon women’s winner Catherine Ndereba have been left out of the country’s Sydney Olympics marathon team announced by the Kenya Amateur Athletic Association (KAAA) in Nairobi on Wednesday night. Cheruiyot and Ndereba were expected to earn automatic places in the squad by virtue of winning at Rotterdam […]