THEATRE: Lesley Marx ‘IF you want to film a definition of irony,” Brian Astbury tells me, ”do it here.” The point is well taken. He has been directing David Mowat’s The Guise for Capab Drama. The Guise was the last play to be banned at The Space theatre nearly two decades ago. The Space itself […]
LORRAINE SITHOLE, a mother of three, looked up at the sky and sighed, mumbling, ”I’m sure God will help us”. She does not know how long her corrugated iron shack will remain on the dusty Pretoria hillside. In January Sithole – who is ”not sure” how old she is – and 2 800 other families […]
Coetzee was the first security policeman to publicly confess and recant for his crimes.
SUTTNER IN SWEDEN RAYMOND SUTTNER, chairman of parliament’s foriegn affairs committee and a vociferious proponent of an “ethical” foreign policy, has been appointed ambassador to Sweden. Sheila Sisulu, director of World Wide Africa Investment Holdings, has been appointed consul general to New York. ZIM BANS LANDMINES ZIMBABWE announced a ban on the sale and use […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM ALTHOUGH a country’s airspace is sovereign, organisations are looking into ways to improve air safety over Africa, according to Transport Minister Mac Maharaj. Under consideration is a meeting convened by SAA of all airlines flying north-south routes over Africa, in which each airline would “adopt” a country whose procedures were suspect, “taking responsiblity […]
THURSDAY, 4.00PM: TWO pupils have lodged assault charges after being injured in racial clashes at Elandspoort High School in Pretoria West (see below). Police are investigating attacks on a white boy, Chris Janse van Rensburg, and a black girl, Gina Mokabe — Van Rensburg’s nose was broken and Mokabe’s ear was torn after she was […]
THURSDAY, 10.30AM: The older hands have been left out of the Gauteng Lions team to face the Natal Sharks in the Super 12 match on Saturday night. After a trail of injuries claimed the Springboks on the team, young players have been put in the side to face Natal. “We decided it would be better […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM MINING HOUSE Gold Fields SA announced last night that it is in talks with black empowerment group New Africa Investment Limited, backed by Rembrandt, to buy 34% control of the company, split equally between them. The complex deal, which also involves the related company Driefontein Consolidated, is expected to take several months. Goldfields […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM THE European Investment Bank yesterday gave South Africa a soft loan of R2 billion to finance infrastructure: and the European Union announced that it will provide another R2 billion in grants over the next three years to development projects. The Investment Bank money will be released in parcels over three years to finance […]
THURSDAY, 12.00NOON: WESTERN Province triumphed in the Nite Series rugby final against Boland, when they won 36-25 at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday night. Province led 19-10 at half time, and then kept the lead despite a concerted effort by Boland in the second half. Province had five tries from Pieter Rossouw, Robbie Fleck, […]