Ivor Powell Advance warning that two professional South African hitmen were inside Zambia and plotting with elements in President Frederick Chiluba’s Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government to eliminate opposition leader Kenneth Kaunda may have been the factor that saved the former president’s life. According to Kaunda’s son, Major Wezi Kaunda, it was because he […]
Friday night Benjamin Adam and Marthali Brand Two hedonists arrive in Edenvale to dance the night away at that notorious old classic, The Doors. The Red Bull for the evening has already been consumed, and as they head for the dance floor with their usual enthusiasm, Kurt (rest his soul) croons the opening bars of […]
Twenty years after a young MKcadre was hanged, his family is still suffering the effects. Peter Makarube tells Solomon Mahlangu’s story
CD of the week Greg Bowes Craig Armstrong arranged the strings on Massive Attack classics like Weather Storm and Sly, and almost everything about The Space Between Us, his orchestral debut for the Bristolian superstars’ label Melankolik, is breathtaking. Firstly, there’s the sleeve, which folds out to about half a metre in length and which […]
SIX of the nine remaining untrained Tuli young elephants were moved on Thursday to a North-West game park, SABC radio news reports. The transfer of the animals to Sandhurst Safaris follows signature of an agreement between their owner Riccardo Ghiazza and the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The transfer […]
SOUTH Africa’s first black cricket international Mkhaya Ntini will have to wait two weeks before hearing his fate on a charge of rape. As the trial closed on Thursday, it was decided that judgment will be delivered on April 23. State advocate Nicky Turner called on the court to convict Ntini, saying the complainant was […]
While the majority of the work on Mark Hipper’s Bad is beautiful, thought- provoking and intensely moving, a few pieces are of an uneven quality. This is not something a reviewer would normally highlight – there is so much here that is excellent, it would be stupid and churlish to risk discouraging anyone from a […]
David Shapshak She started off her career as homage to a topless dancer, but days later she was on the FBI’s most wanted list. Less than a week after that she’s the world’s fastest replicating, most well-known virus. Her name is Melissa and she could well be the enemy of the future. Last week police […]
Gospel functions as a musical chicken soup for the soul, writes Gail Smith, who recently touched higher ground to the sounds of Joyous Celebration A new brand of funky gospel has encroached on dance floors so stealthily that non- believers find themselves steeped in the groove before they even realise that they’re dancing to a […]
A FIRE in the Drakenstein mountains in the Western Cape hit the Franschhoek valley on Wednesday, destroying workers’ cottages and forcing their evacuation. The air force said three helicopters from 22 Squadron are assisting nature conservation authorities for a second day. The fire, which has been burning for over two weeks now, forced the closure […]