TV programmes are being rescheduled in an attempt to win back advertisers and viewers, reportGillian Farquhar and Jacquie Golding-Duffy IN an effort to increase advertising revenue and attract viewers, the SABC’s three TV channels are rescheduling prime- time programmes, dropping most magazine productions and introducing “more entertainment-driven” television like game shows and foreign sitcoms. The […]
Jean-Claude Buhrer in Bern reports on Swiss banks’ efforts to keep a distance from Mobutu and rumours of his hoarded millions AFTER getting its fingers burnt by the Ferdinand Marcos affair and, even more, by the present controversy about what happened to assets deposited in Swiss banks by the victims of Nazism, the Bern government […]
Tangeni Amupadhi took a trip to Zion City Moria – along with three million worshippers of Africa’s biggest church THE masses who gathered at Zion City Moria, 40km from Pietersburg, last weekend, did not only pray and listen to the sermon of their leader, Bishop Barnabas Lekganyane. They also bought souvenirs and food, including Zion […]
taxes James Meek in Moscow CONFUSION and chaos reigned across 11 time zones last week as hordes of Russians fought bureaucratic obstacles in a final attempt to throw off their reputation as a nation of tax-dodgers and settle their accounts with the revenue. In a country where people commonly accuse the government of stealing their […]
KAROO ARTSFESTIVAL: Gustav Thiel AN overweight twentysomething turned around and asked whether I would mind if he “killed the fucking kaffir with the beer can”. This was moments before cans were thrown at Miriam Makeba during the now infamous concert at the Klein Karoo Arts Festival. Ton Vosloo, managing director of Nasionale Pers, the main […]
Jacquie Golding-Duffy KAGISO Educational Television (KET) is a new production company that promises to make an impact on educational viewing this year through innovative ventures. Headed by dynamic duo Leora Rajak and Coco Cachalia, the production company has clinched a deal to produce a 13-part television series called Educator Express for the SABC and the […]
Jim Day ADMINISTRATIVE problems and computer glitches have delayed the results of Census ’96 by six months, and pushed costs beyond its R365-million budget. Preliminary results from the population survey were first expected in January – then February, then March. Now, officials say it is too early even to tell when results may be ready, […]
DROR EYAL found himself between racists and radicals at this year’s controversial Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees `KAFFIRS wil alles oorneem; kyk hoe lank speel hulle!” [Blacks want to take over everything; look how long they play!] screams a man to my right. Short brown hair, clean shaven, T-shirt, shorts, Metlife Kaktus op die Vlaktes stick-on […]
The most senior members of the ANC’s former liberation army, Umkhonto weSizwe, are mobilising against racism in the SANDF, reports Rehana Rossouw DEPUTY Defence Minister Ronnie Kasrils has acknowledged there is racism in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and has extended his sympathies to lower- ranking soldiers who are victims of discrimination. The […]
Phillip van Niekerk visited the refugee camps of Khartoum, capital of Sudan, and found ethnic rifts to rival the old South Africa THERE is a jarring familiarity to the way the Sudanese refer to “them” – the tall, dark strangers now found in abundance in their northern cities. Any discussion with an Arab about independence […]