Theatre: David Le Page Raiders of the Lost Count is a play play, so silly that one is astonished by the fact that one is watching what appear to be adults performing it and by the extent to which they have liberated child-like imaginations. It’s tremendously exhilarating watching actors having so much fun. It’s not […]

Athletics: Julian Drew THERE has in the past been considerable criticism of the way in which South Africa’s athletes have been prepared and selected for major championships. On Thursday a bold and positive plan was announced by the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA) and Athletics South Africa (ASA) to prepare the athletics team […]

Guts and gore=20 * THE Democratic Party has been advertising itself for =20 the local elections as the party with ”the guts to =20 speak out”. The manne in the bar have been wondering =20 whether this has any connection to the DP candidate in =20 Brixton, Johannesburg, having the surname Gore.=20 But whatever idle […]

Politicians are fighting about the property clause in =20 the Bill of Rights — unnecessarily, argues Etienne =20 Mureinik =20 LAST week the draft Bill of Rights for the final =20 Constitution was debated in the Constitutional =20 Assembly. As it did when the Interim Constitution was =20 negotiated at Kempton Park, the property clause […]

Madiba’s speech to the UN could reflect well on South =20 Africa’s future, writes Peter Vale

Sam Sklair DAVID SANBORN: Pearls (Electra) PEARLS is not the usual David Sanborn fare. Sanborn virtually started the funk-fortified pop-jazz style of alto playing in the late Seventies, and became easily recognisable for his soulful, wailing sound. Most of the young, aspirant alto players go for Sanborn’s style and sound, as opposed to that of […]

HEAVY METAL: Christian Figenschou COLONEL Jonker of the occult squad better be worried — Iron Maiden, veteran heavy metal outfit and pet target of the satanist-hunting brigade, packed the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg to its capacity with black-clad, angst- ridden youth last Thursday night. The British rockers, who have released 10 studio albums since […]

South Africa’s craft industry could be a gold mine, but its potential remains untapped, reports HAZEL FRIEDMAN IN a recently released document dealing with the future of the arts in South Africa, Dr Ben Ngubane, Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, paid tribute to the positive contribution made by the crafts industry to the […]

The sad loss of Fanie de Villiers through injury has been tempered by the return of Brett Schultz to once again form a deadly bowling double with Allan Donald CRICKET: Jon Swift OVER the next nine days, we will be able to gauge the preparedness or otherwise of Hansie Cronje’s team to fulfil the expectations […]