ARIZONA DREAM Emir Kusturica’s neglected foray into Hollywood flopped worldwide, yet it has much of the comedy and fantastic imagery of his masterpiece Time of the Gypsies. In it, Johnny Depp is his usual hapless self as a spacey fisherman. He’s summoned by his uncle, Jerry Lewis, to look after a Cadillac dealership. COLD COMFORT […]

Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani arrived in Zimbabwe on an official visit this week to a complete boycott of the arrival ceremony at Harare’s international airport by Zimbabwe’s western diplomatic community. Rafsanjani was greeted by a 21-gun salute, inspected a military parade and walked, smiling, with President Robert Mugabe past a mass of women supporters of […]

Despite Cabinet assurances of a ban, there is evidence South Africa is still trading in industrial poisons. Why, asks Eddie Koch A high-powered team of parliamentarians was this week set to probe disclosures that South Africa continues to import toxic material for recycling — – even though the Cabinet has assured the public it will […]

GREG BOWES speaks to DJ Carl Cox on the eve of his South African tour THERE’S nothing like big black cox. So proclaims the teaser-flyer for one of the most eagerly awaited DJ appearances in South Africa in months. Carl Cox weighs in at 114kg and stands 1,84m, so one can understand the teaser. But […]

After a visit to the censors, Gregg Araki’s new shocker only just made it onto our screens, reports Andrew Worsdale IN January 1996 the Publications Control Board, under the Publications Act of 1974, banned a movie from South African screens for the first time in over two years. Distributors Ster-Kinekor received a paragraph from the […]

Mail & Guardian Reporter Former judge Rex van Schalkwyk said this week he is planning to head north to the tranquil chambers of the newly formed Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa. The move should ease the financial blow of leaving the Bench, for Justice Minister Dullah Omar’s refusal to grant him an official discharge means […]

Mungo Soggot THE rise in international oil prices triggered by the United States missile attacks on Iraq could have important ripple effects on the South African economy, analysts warned this week. Increases in key international oil prices are expected to boot up the petrol and diesel pump prices next month, which will hit inflation and […]

New car-tracking technology may lead to more fatalities, reports Angella Johnson HAVING an anti-hijack tracking device on your vehicle may help get it returned but it could also get you killed. A Johannesburg businessman discovered this paradox after he was kidnapped and left for dead along the roadside. Ian Mirk, managing director of Panasonic Business […]

The battle for District Six in the Land Claims Court promises to be as bitter as the fight against the forced removals from the area, writes Rehana Rossouw THEY’LL be on opposing sides in the Land Claims Court (LCC) in October, but Basil Davidson and Anwar Nagia agree on a fundamental issue: the Restitution of […]