Period theme parks, a paddle steamer and a cable car are on the cards for Mpumalanga if an investment with the Dolphin Group gets the go-ahead, writes Justin Arenstein THE international tourism and manufacturing mega-production Dolphin Group, apparently a Saudi Arabia-based corporation, has pledged direct cash investments in excess of R6- billion to the Mpumalanga […]

Steve Godfrey THE professional career of Dr Paul Lusaka closely mirrored the recent political history of Southern Africa. A highly respected Zambian, he served variously as a Cabinet minister, plenipotentiary and principal foreign policy adviser to Kenneth Kaunda over three decades. There are few major events over this period with which he was not intimately […]

FINE ART: Suzy Bell HER painting is untitled, unsigned and undated. Her subject matter: social realism. Her colours: depressingly dark and dull. So what if Monet said “Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” Because masters student of Fine Art at the University of Durban-Westville, Patience Ngcobo (22), is quite honestly sick of bright […]

The Catholic Church is not taking action against those who voted pro-abortion, but Jennifer Ferguson could face expulsion for failing to toe the party line, reports Gaye Davis THE Catholic Church will not be taking action against members of the faith who, as African National Congress MPs, voted in favour of the Choice on Termination […]

Winning the Standard Bank Young Artist Award can launch a career. GLYNIS O’HARA talks to the four artists who topped their class THE importance of the 1997 Standard Bank Young Artist Award, announced this week, cannot be over-estimated for the winners. People slogging away at their canvases, writing or music in their back rooms, are […]

Space technology may be vital for the development of Africa, but, asks Koffi Kouakou, will African countries ever be more than consumers of space products? LAST week, delegates gathered at the second United Nations regional conference on space technology for sustainable development to ponder the effective use of space technology for local needs in Africa. […]

Andrew Worsdale in Amiens VETERAN South African cineaste Lionel Nqakane was awarded a Medal of Honour on Monday by the mayor of Amiens, France at the 16th International Film Festival. The award was also given to celebrated Japanese actor Ken Ogata (the star of the films of Shohei Imamura, who’s enjoying a retrospective at the […]

The National Arts Council candidates have been shortlisted to 18 people. HAZEL FRIEDMAN attended the open hearings this week THE 18 nominees for South Africa’s first National Arts Council have been announced. The list of names, which were chosen after public interviews with 33 shortlisted candidates, has already been submitted to Minister of Arts, Culture, […]

DANCE: Suzy Bell HE recently presented a paper on “Culture in South Africa” to Art International in New York, then nipped across to Scotland to choreograph a Scottish dance theatre company and then leaped across the continent to Vienna to attend a workshop with choreographers from Bulgaria to Japan. He’s Boysie Cekwana, multi-award winning choreographer […]

The threatening mood at the latest Pagad press conference held in Cape Town was captured by Rehana Rossouw THE latest onslaught on the media by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) has been condemned by Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Jay Naidoo as worse than the threats against the media at the height of […]