Subsidy cuts to tertiary education institutions are far more serious than they at first appear, argues ‘Brenda Gourley, vice-chancellor of the University of Natal (Durban) There has been a great deal of news coverage about the subsidy and financial-aid cuts to universities. Organisations all over the world suffer reverses of fortune and trim their sails […]

BAFANA KHUMALO spoke to Dawn Mpati, one of the new faces and voices in continuity on SABC2 in 1997 There used to be a time in this country when being on television meant celebrity. Continuity presenters would also appear in newspaper features full of inane details about their lives. That was when the television test […]

This will have to be a hurried letter. Some people can begin relaxing at this time of the year, but not the president of the republic. First of all it was the Free State, which I thought I had sorted out until Friday morning when Ivy came banging on my door, sobbing and wailing that […]

While a detailed breakdown of amnesty requests is not yet available, it seems the majority have come from those already behind bars, reports Eddie Koch Although hundreds of guerrillas, policemen and some government ministers have made a late rush to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the great majority of requests for amnesty for human rights […]

The festive season is here and it already shows. This morning I was on a Metro train from Stellenbosch to Rondebosch. As usual, in the coach which I boarded, there was a congregation of women Christians preaching the word of God. Sadly, today the ladies failed to impress me because their service was not pure. […]

The Indians are back, but can the South African team face the pressure? CRICKET: Jon Swift It is the most inescapable fact of our recent cricketing history that the sides from India have become both this country’s greatest allies and its most intractable foes. It was the men from the formerly impenetrable mists shrouding the […]

ART: Julia Teale Local artists and art cognoscenti anxiously awaited the opening of the Hanel Gallery in Cape Town about a month ago. The promise of having the risky, edgy, ex-Fig curator Robert Weinek combining his talents with the international profile and financial clout of the owners and directors of the H’nel Gallery was heady […]

Hazel Friedman Pact is in turmoil a year after it began its transformation process, say some members of the board appointed to the beleaguered arts council in November 1995. But chairman John Kani and Pact CEO Alan Joseph insist that ‘teething problems’ are a natural part of the process. The conflict centres on the imminent […]

Mungo Soggot THE South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco) has parted company with Michael Levinsohn, the head of its fledgling investment arm and the brains behind its new membership drive. The organisation’s stalwarts have been unnerved by Levinsohn’s increasing influence over the once radical organisation, which spearheaded opposition to ‘puppet’ local government under apartheid. Levinsohn […]

Stefaans Br’mmer IT has been a flat week for South African Breweries (SAB). Namibia Breweries, fresh from a victory at the Advertising Standards Authority, wants to force the South African brewing giant to disclose all ingredients it uses in brands sold in Namibia. The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that elements of the latest SAB […]