Chris McGreal in Kigali ZAIRE’S ragged army has claimed the first=20 victory of its long-awaited counter- offensive against Rwandan-backed rebels,=20 saying it has taken a town it has never=20 admitted to losing in the first place. Within a few days of launching its “total=20 and devastating” attack last week against=20 the guerrilla Alliance of Democratic […]

Jacquie Golding-Duffy SABC board member Allister Sparks is seeking business from the corporation for his Johannesburg-based Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ). Sparks this week confirmed that he has submitted a proposal to the SABC offering to train radio and television journalists at the IAJ’s plush Parktown offices. Sparks says there is no conflict […]

Chris McGreal reports from Kibungo prison=20 on the desperate hopes of Hutus facing the=20 firing squad for their part in the genocide=20 IF anything shakes Deogratias Bizimana’s=20 misplaced belief that he will live to see=20 his 39th birthday, it is the business with=20 his wife. Leaning against the wall of Kibungo=20 prison’s condemned cell, the […]

JEAN MICHEL FRODON speaks to Woody Allen=20 about his new film Mighty Aphrodite When you begin a new script, do you know in=20 advance how the narrative is going to work=20 out? “Yes, always. If you just have a good idea=20 but don’t develop it, you end up with a 20- page script, and you’re […]

Glynis O’Hara A RECORD number of entries – over 600 – has=20 been received for the third annual FNB=20 South African Music Awards, an increase of=20 about 40% over last year. That’s because there’s been much more=20 recording activity this year, says Penny=20 Stein, PR for the awards. “It’s also=20 because there are two new […]

The Black Editors Forum is adamant Sanef will not undermine its black interests. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports EFFORTS by the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) to unite editors, irrespective of colour, are being overwhelmed by the increasingly high profile and growing influence of the Black Editors Forum (BEF). Sanef, founded in October last year, aims […]

THE ANGELLA JOHNSON INTERVIEW PAM WHYTE has the mind of an exuberant=20 five-month-old Dobermann pinscher. Well,=20 that’s what she says. “I try to think like=20 the animal I’m helping,” explains the 55- year-old dog psychologist. “Actually, I=20 prefer the term dog communication=20 specialist,” she corrects briskly, giving=20 me a blast of the no-nonsense tone used […]

The first inquiry into the diamond industry in 25 years could see a shake-up in the market, reports Max Gebhardt THE diamond industry will come under the microscope next month as the government- appointed Commission of Inquiry kicks into gear. South African diamond giant De Beers is bound to feel the intense scrutiny of the […]

South Africa’s financial institutions come under fire for failing to bankroll technology ventures, writes Lynda Loxton SOUTH AFRICA’S financial institutions are facing increasing criticism because of their perceived timidity in funding non- traditional industries that could strengthen the country’s technological edge. Such is the frustration in some sectors that special initiatives are being planned to […]

Wall St’ In an effort to pressureUS companies into hiring more blacks, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is opening up office on Wall Street, reports Mark Tran in New York JESSE JACKSON, the civil rights leader, is taking on Wall Street and corporate United States after humbling oil group Texaco, which recently agreed to settle […]