Justin Pearce The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has not requested a meeting with President Nelson Mandela, and the organisation’s Palestinian chapter has no plans to send a delegation to South Africa. Although Mandela has said he would be willing to meet Hamas representatives if they were to visit South Africa, his representative Parks Mankahlana said […]
As the ASA is stripped of yet another duty, rows among ad agencies continue, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy Conflict concerning comparative advertising continues to brew in the ad industry. This follows the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) demand for the withdrawal of a recent BMW advertisement. The advertisement, a product of the agency Hunt Lascaris TBWA, was […]
CINEMA: Digby Ricci ALTHOUGH, like her most captivating heroine Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Austen never ridicules “what is wise or good”, there is nothing cosily consoling about this most clear- sighted of satirists. With a moral aversion rendered all the more devastating by what Rebecca West called “the lattice-work of her neat sentences”, Austen excoriates a […]
We consulted some doctors about Nelson Mandela’s health. They say it’s excellent for his age Rehana Rossouw It’s hard to regard a man who jets across a continent and back in three days, gets to bed after 1am, then chirps energetically at the media seven hours later, as a geriatric. But at 77 years and […]
wall Madeleine Wackernagel Opinion is swinging away from an increase in value-added tax (VAT) in next week’s Budget, as the cost in terms of inflation and labour relations is deemed too high. Instead, Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg is expected to go ahead with the Katz commission proposals to tax the retirement funds, despite strong opposition […]
Tough bouts in Tunisia are the last chance for South African boxers to book their places to the Atlanta Olympics BOXING: Julian Drew A rhythmic whirling sound intensifies the hypnotic concentration etched on the faces of the national boxing squad at a small hall in Maraisburg. They have just completed a warm-up run and are […]
David Le Page THIS year’s Grahamstown Festival once again looks likely to have the town bursting at the seams with debuts, premieres, installations, exhibitions and screenings. Details of the line-up released this week reveal a myriad attractive theatrical possibilities. South Africa provides the context for an adaptation of a Brechtian classic — The Good Person […]
others GOLF: Jon Swift THIS season heralds great things for Wayne Westner, the runaway winner of the FNB Tour’s Order of Merit with a staggering R709 308 in winnings on the circuit. The hugely talented Westner has ironed some of the inconsistencies out of his game and shown an admirable composure in adversity, such as […]
Journalists rally in support of Fred M’membe and Bright Mwape, jailed for criticising the Zambian government. Justin Pearce reports Newspaper editors from South Africa and Namibia are to visit Zambian president Frederick Chiluba to demand the release of the two Zambian journalists who were arrested this week. The journalists face an indefinite prison term if […]
world The construction industry is positive about a better year ahead, locally and internationally, reports Karen Harverson Despite a slowdown in the building and construction industry towards the end of last year, the industry is optimistic that activity will pick up significantly by mid-1996. “The situation is a lot better now than two years ago,” […]