FRIDAY, 1.00PM LAURENT KABILA, self-proclaimed president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), has named his first government, but has left certain key ministries vacant, and leaving out for the time being the popular former prime minister Etienne Tshisekedi. Kabila opted for an American-style administration, abolishing the post of prime minister for which […]
‘REMOVE RHODES REMAINS’ A ZIMBABWEAN activist group called “Restoration of Revered African Sites” has called for the removal of Cecil John Rhodes’ grave, which it calls “an insult to the intelligence of the Zimbabwean people”. “It is a well-known fact that the Matopos is the holiest of shrines in the country and, by requesting that […]
FRIDAY, 1.00PM THE Moldenhauer commission report into the issue of fraudulent drivers’ licences in Mpumalanga calls on provincial premier Mathews Phosa to fire safety and security MEC Steve Mabona and traffic director Henry Brazer if he hopes to end corruption in law enforcement agencies. The report also suggests that safety and security department head Stanley […]
FRIDAY, 12.00NOON: SA INTERNATIONAL Gerry Baker beat Constance Steyn 25-23 at the Wanderers yesterday, making it through to the semifinals to be played this weekend. Baker said after the game it was a close shave. “Some of those shots he played should have had his name engraved on the trophy. Yes, it was getting to […]
The new-look SABC TV News has come in for a lot of flak. Joe Thloloe answers some of the criticisms SOME institutions in this country are thrashing about in the throes of transformation away from the public glare. Others, like the SABC and its Television News, are scrutinised and everybody throws in comment and advice. […]
A police-watchdog body is worried by the high number of deaths in detention and police custody. Tangeni Amupadhi reports. THE number of people dying at the hands of the police is increasing, according to the new police watchdog, the Independent Complaints Directorate. And even while reporting this, the directorate describes its difficulties in getting details […]
Phillip Brooks in Cannes ON its 50th birthday, Cannes kept up its twin-faced reputation – an explosive mixture of intense vulgarity and creativity. Not as disorganised as Venice nor as authoritarian as Berlin, Cannes remains the world’s top film festival. So it was a landmark for South African cinema when, for the first time, there […]
Charlotte Bauer in the 15-minute interview. By CHARL BLIGNAUT FORMER Mail & Guardian arts editor, now assistant to the editor at the Sunday Times, Charlotte Bauer, has been awarded the Nieman Fellowship. Along with her family, she gets to study at Harvard University in Massachusetts, United States, for a year. When she heard the news […]
Madeleine Wackernagel in Harare AMID all the rhetoric of new visions and a brighter future, one message came through loud and clear at this year’s Southern Africa Economic Summit, hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF): if the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are serious about attracting foreign investment, the only choice is openness […]
There is one person left on earth who still speaks an ancient Bushman language. Eddie Koch spoke to her TO meet Elsie Vaalbooi, her black frock draped over a frame bent into the shape of a question mark by 96 forbidding years in the sands of the Kalahari Desert, is to come face-to-face with what […]