Treaties are stealthily being enacted to empower transnational companies to take financial decisions out of the democratic arena, political theorist Noam Chomsky warned in a speech to the University of Cape Town GLOBALISATION is not all that it is claimed to be. It is punted to be about the miracles of the markets – and […]
Malcolm Bradbury THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY by Edmund White (Chatto & Windus, R110) UNDER one possible gaze, we can consider Haydn’s extraordinary Farewell Symphony as a musical tragedy. Performances flower but then fade; in the last movement, the musicians leave the stage one by one, extinguishing their candles, till only a single violin is left. Under […]
The biggest art shows in the world get under way this month. BRENDA ATKINSON on William Kentridge, South Africa’s most notable player THERE are few South African artists who can claim as expansive a career curve as William Kentridge, nor as consistently impressive a body of work. It seems that 1997 will consolidate his international […]
hot air Will the airship called Nelson ever get off the ground? It’ll be surprising if it does, writes Dawn Blalock JONATHAN HAMILTON has a dream: to transport people in gas-filled airships. Others suggest he is full of hot air. The 31-year-old Sandton entrepreneur is the founder of The Hamilton Airship Company, a business he […]
The Springboks are adapting to a new coach and being without some ditched World Cup stars, while the Lions are coming to terms with a new style of play RUGBY:Steve Morris WHAT we have right now in the build-up towards next Saturday’s first Test between the Springboks and the Lions at Newlands, is two potentially […]
Appealing to JCI’s Mzi Khumalo has not helped the NUM in negotiating retrenchments with the mining house, writes Ferial Haffajee `WE expected more heart from someone like Mzi; it was a heartless decision,” says the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) deputy general secretary Gwede Mantashe of Mzi Khumalo, JCI’s new chair. JCI has decided it […]
adventure-seekers Stefaans Brmmer investigates one of the most successful and audacious projects in Umkhonto weSizwe’s armed fight against apartheid “UNDERSEAT storage for food supplies, camping equipment, tools, spares, etc,” was how a brochure touted the ample luggage capacity of the safari truck. What the brochure did not mention were the extra compartments – so secret […]
FRIDAY, 12.00AM: SPORTS Minister Steve Tswete will launch a Sports Against Crime initiative on June 26. The R8-million project will be a joint effort by the National Sports Council, the National Olympic Committee of South Africa and the Department of Sports. As part of the launch, a march against crime will proceed through Johannesburg, and […]
South African Aids patients who took part in drug trials have been dumped by the company that used them. Ruaridh Nicoll and Mungo Soggot report MORE than 150 Aids patients in South Africa were encouraged into a drug-testing programme run by the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche after Johannesburg Aids experts falsely claimed they would be […]
THERE is a local link to the Alcor Life Extension Foundation – researcher Olga Visser, who recently announced she had a treatment for Aids, has received funding from the organisation for her work in the field of cryonics. Visser and other researchers based at the University of Pretoria last year demonstrated their research at Alcor, […]