Gustav Thiel=20 A FIGHT for control over Western Province=20 cricket has degenerated into accusations of=20 drunkenness and racism, with a senior=20 cricket official and judicial officer=20 telling sports commentator Martin Locke to=20 ”fuck off back to Rhodesia”. Percy Sonn, vice-president of the Western=20 Province Cricket Association, was censured=20 two weeks ago by his executive for […]

JULIE BARKER speaks to performer Godfrey Johnson about his work GODFREY JOHNSON, composer, writer, and cabaret artist, is both brilliant and e ccentric. During his varied career he has accompanied Irit Noble in her show B arstool Named Desire, as well as Bambi Kellerman, the neo-Nazi cabaret artist created by Pieter-Dirk Uys. Viewed by some […]

FINE ART: Dennis Mair THE crammed space of the Hnel Gallery somewhat resembles the inside of Lorena Bobbitt’s handbag at present, as images of penises teem the walls amid a diverse selection of coffins, cabinets and intricates. Steven Cohen’s Camp Concentration opened on Sunday February 2, to a performance piece by the artist dressed in […]

Victoria Brittain KOIGI WA WAMWERE, Kenya’s best-known opposition politician, predicts he will die in a stabbing or car crash when he returns to the country to face yet another trial, for an alleged theft of arms from a police station in November 1993. He has served a year of a four-year jail sentence, was temporarily […]

Greg Bowes BRENDA FASSIE: Now Is The Time (CCP) THE controversial and incontrovertible Ms Brenda Fassie returns clad as the= ar chetypal “girlie” raver. But don’t let that put you off because this album,= wh ile ironically not as dance-oriented as her last (the Arthur-produced Umunt= u =20 Uyathintsha), is still an accomplished outing. While […]

TENNIS:Jon Swift IT is well, with the weekend’s Davis Cup World Group tie at Durban’s Westr= idg e Park in view, to keep an eye on the quintessential cornerstone of the Rus= sia n psyche – hardship is not a new phenomenon, it is to be both expected and = end ured. The Russians go […]

Matter of life and death: Days after abortion is legalised, an M&G reporter tries to get one and we ask health workers how they feel about performing the procedure Maria McCloy ‘HEY sister! Can you help these ladies find out about abortion?” shouted a nurse at Johannesburg General Hospital. This was after I had been […]

Smoke a mountain-fresh rush HOW does menthol get into menthol cigarettes? – Charlene, Benoni THOSE of you who have suffered head colds or sore throats will be familiar with the mountain-fresh rush of menthol that brings instant relief. In fact, the menthol that is used by the food and pharmaceutical industry is the same as […]

MARIA McCLOY talks to Skeem, a bright new South African group who are mixin= g s tyles and doing their own musical thing SKEEM broke on to the local music scene in September last year with the rel= eas e of their song Waar Was Jy? In terms of both lyrics and style they were […]

Despite Minister Sydney Mufamadi’s best intentions, police lawyers persisted in fighting another losing battle in court, with taxpayers footing the bill. Mungo Soggot reports RESIDENTS of a Cape Town squatter camp awaiting damages after police torched their homes in 1991 may finally see their money, following a last-minute decision by the police to drop their […]