THEATRE: Mark Gevisser THERE is a wonderful moment in Valley Song when Athol Fugard, playing himself, turns on his audience and explains that he moved to the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda because ”I wanted to return to essentials, to the real world” where, away from the chimerical world of theatre, of ”actors and producers”, […]
Some South African manufacturers are going World Class, finds Anton GrUtter At least some South African companies have taken up the challenge of being internationally competitive, a Japanese authority in the field of World Class Manufacturing (WCM) has found Far from finding a devastated industry, Takeyuki Furuhashi from Chu-San-Ren, a Nagoya-based industry consultancy service, was […]
Eddie Koch A community newspaper that became the scourge of Colesberg when it published exposes of racism, corruption and third force actions in the small Karoo town during the early 1990s is alive and well — at a time when most “alternative” media projects in South Africa have shut down. The Toverberg Indaba was launched […]
Rehana Rossouw A senior member of the Cape Technikon staff has been suspended following allegations of massive fraud on the An internal investigation has been launched into allegations that senior members of staff had established private colleges where they purported that Cape Technikon accreditation had been granted for courses offered there. The head of the […]
RUGBY: Jon Swift IT is a measure of the importance of the position that=20 the flyhalf is the most exposed and often most=20 criticised of players in the game of rugby. Just how the flyhalf slots into the complex 15-part=20 puzzle which makes up a successful team is a poser which=20 faces every coach at […]
The Democratic Party has policies, leaders, energy and razzmatazz — everything except supporters. Marion Edmunds reports from last weekend’s Federal Congress A Kimberley man walked into his local Democratic Party (DP) office before the last elections and said: “I’m not going to vote for the DP, but I’m registering here because I don’t trust any […]
# Western Cape Bush Radio (89.5FM) Aimed at African and coloured people in the Cape Flats; languages are English, Afrikaans and Xhosa; on from 2 pm to 2am. Has a very strong developmental focus; 60 percent of its time is given to music and the remaining time is filled by news and talk shows. Most […]
# Not all Christians oppose abortion Graham McINTOSH’S emotional attack on Charles Villa- Vicencio (M&G July 28 to August 3) shows he has not researched his topic sufficiently. As he becomes more aware of the developing ecumenical consensus worldwide on ethical questions that challenge the traditional teaching of the church on abortion, he may regret […]
Robert Pickup, performing in Pretoria tonight, has the=20 world at his feet, writes COENRAAD VISSER WHEN Robert Pickup took the stage last month in Tempe,=20 Arizona, as this year’s winner of the young artists’=20 competition of the International Clarinet Society, he=20 was merely taking the next step along a career path=20 which saw him take […]
SOCCER: Andy Capostagno If it’s August, can the English soccer season be far=20 behind? Sad, but true, alas. And if you don’t think it’s=20 sad you obviously didn’t see Leeds United’s two=20 contributions to the United Bank Challenge. At Loftus Versfeld, Mamelodi Sundowns outplayed the=20 Yorkshire Monoliths, but only won 1-0 thanks to some=20 typically […]