Zimbabwe’s Parliament is refusing to cough up funds for a new international airport following ascandalous award by the tender board, reports Iden Wetherell ZIMBABWEANS may have to wait several more years before they get the new international airport they were promised in 1980. Rebellious members of Parliament have been refusing to cough up the funds […]
Journalists once learnt the trade on the job without the dubious assistance of technology or journalism schools, writes Gabriel Garca Mrquez SOME 50 years ago, there were no schools of journalism. One learnt the trade in the newsroom, in the print shops, in the local caf and in Friday-night hangouts. The entire newspaper was a […]
In the third match of the tour, Lions captain Martin Johnson will be making his first tour appearance RUGBY:Steve Morris IT has been a while coming, but finally we will get our first live look at the player the pre-tour publicity has given Martin Johnson to be when he at last assumes the mantle of […]
FRIDAY, 5.30PM THE Congress of SA Trade Unions announced on Friday it is to stage a 24-hour national strike on Monday in protest at the lack of progress in negotiations on sections of the new Basic Conditions of Employment Act in the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac). Cosatu representative Nowethu Mpati on Friday […]
results A new trend of investment is bringing good returns which could eventually assist with the delivery of housing, electricity and jobs, reports Ferial Haffajee INVESTORS with a conscience go for a slightly different bottom line than one that measures profit alone – which means being able to use your money to pack a social […]
ZAKES MDA has won this year’s R50 000 M-Net Book Prize in the English category for his novel Ways of Dying (Oxford University Press). Karel Schoeman won in the Afrikaans category for his novel Verkenning (Human &Rousseau), and Ncedile Saule took the laurels in the Nguni category for Ukhozi Olumaphiko (Via Afrika), while Ruth Phasha […]
FINE ART: Brenda Atkinson WALKING into Roger Palmer’s exhibition Buttock and Tongue, some visitors might find themselves wondering where the art is. The strategic invisibility of Palmer’s work is a necessary part of its eloquence. Part photography, part drawing, part text, the work is not only discovered, piece by piece, but also sneaks up and […]
FRIDAY, 4.00PM FOUR people were arrested on Friday after police and Mpumalanga Parks Board investigators raided two Johannesburg houses and seized 45 endangered cycads stolen from nature reserves near the Swazi border. Seven of the stolen lebomboensis cycads were implanted with microchips, allowing investigators to track their movement from the Mananga cycad reserve to Johannesburg. […]
ANDY WARHOL once advised that you should always carry two drinks with you at cocktail parties. That way, if you run into someone icky, you can excuse yourself by saying you have to take a drink to your friend. The snack affair after the Edgars Club/Boss Models Fashion Model of the Year Award last Friday […]
MARX and Mao were not on the agenda at last week’s WEF meeting, but Deng Xiao Ping did put in an appearance, albeit obliquely. Discussing his country’s policy on privatisation, President Frederick Chiluba of Zambia quoted Deng: “I do not care whether cats are black or white, so long as they catch mice. That is […]