Armed gangs of ‘Zulus’ and ‘Khoikhois’ roam the streets fighting for the control of Brazzaville, reports Dalal Magan GANGS of armed youths roam the rutted streets. Some as young as 12, who can barely handle their automatic rifles, engage in sporadic fighting for the control of Brazzaville. As the battle rages, travellers who have managed […]
Ruaridh Nicoll in Mutjiku, Western Caprivi, Namibia THE Kxoe, an 8 000-strong section of Southern Africa’s Bushman community, are being squeezed out of their lands in Namibia’s Caprivi Strip by the regal aspirations of a neighbouring tribal leader. Erwin Mbambo, chief of the Mbukushu people, has given land belonging to the Kxoe to the Namibian […]
FRIDAY, 11.30AM MEDIA group Nasionale Pers on Thursday announced it had finalised a R110-million deal for the sale of its City Press Sunday newspaper to City Press Media, a newly formed company 40% owned by three black investment groups. Naspers chairman Ton Vosloo said City Press “has the potential to become the first newspaper in […]
FRIDAY, 3.00PM FORMER Zimbabwean president Canaan Banana is to be charged with at least nine counts of homosexual rape, the daily Herald newspaper reported on Friday. The newspaper was quoting acting police chief Philip Mhike, who said the charges arose out of information volunteered by complainants during police investigations into allegations by Banana’s former aide-de-camp […]
New charges of conflict of interest point to further irregularities in the province’s Housing Department, increasing the pressure for a full-scale commission of inquiry, write Justin Arenstein and Mungo Soggot FRESH revelations surrounding the Mpumalanga housing scandal emerged this week, increasing the likelihood that the government’s current probe will be widened into a full-blown commission […]
Ferial Haffajee and Maria McCloy on Radio Metro NO announcements were made, but it’s not like people didn’t notice that one of Radio Metro’s stalwart DJs, and the presenter of Bush Telegraph, Lawrence Dube, wasn’t there anymore. Dube was hauled off air in May when the radio consortium of which he was a shareholder won […]
Matthew Krouse JUST THE TICKET! by Percy Tucker (Jonathan Ball, R94,95) IT has been a year of commemoration in theatre publishing, with retrospection and introspection from diverse quarters. Perhaps part of what triggered this small spate of nostalgia were the deaths of two industry giants – Barney Simon and Leonard Schach. Simon’s story, along with […]
FRIDAY, 1.00PM: THE South African PGA Tour has been given a R100-million boost for the next five years, by newest sponsors Vodacom. This will result in an increase of 33% in prize money in the winter season of the tour. Tour commissioner Arnold Mentz said: “I want to get away from this idea of development […]
A billion-rand Wild Coast tourism development project must benefit the local communities while being eco-friendly, reports Craig Bishop JUST 30km of coastline separate Port Edward from Mkambati, but as holiday destinations they are oceans apart. Port Edward is linked to Durban by 200km of flat coastal road allowing easy access for hundreds of thousands of […]
Marion Edmunds ROELF MEYER is to test support for his new movement in the Western Cape next week, hoping to win over the hotly contested coloured community. Meyer’s Athlone-based organiser, former Labour Party member Ken Lategan, said this week: “There has been unprecedented interest in the last two weeks. People are looking for something new, […]