Mark Tran in New York TED TURNER, the CNN mogul turned Number Two at Time Warner, is bringing his skinflint approach to a company notorious for lavishing perks – from corporate jets to holiday hideaways – on its Hollywood stars. Time Warner’s habit of coddling its artists was assiduously cultivated by Steve Ross, the company’s […]

Stefaans Brmmer THAT former bastion of Afrikaner nationalist education, the University of the Free State, declared 1996 “MK year”. But the change of heart is not quite as radical as the name – usually short for the African National Congress army, Umkhonto weSizwe -suggests. The university fathers (for it remains a university where most top […]

Oliver Hill, on South Africa’s most wanted list, faces possible extradition from Britain, reports Mungo Soggot A LANDMARK extradition case in London will decide next week whether one of South Africa’s most wanted fugitives will be returned home to face fraud charges of more than R100-million. Oliver Hill has eluded the South African Reserve Bank […]

Bill When Eddie Mhlanga said he was a born-again Christian, a gynaecologist and pro-choice, it caused a walkout at a parliamentary hearing. Gaye Davis reports ONE of the most forceful advocates for the Termination of Pregnancy Bill during three days of public hearings in Parliament this week was Dr Eddie Mhlanga, director of maternal health […]

The complacency of the Japanese TV industry has been shattered by the arrival of American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, writes John Watts in Tokyo IN the aftermath of Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of a big stake in a Japanese terrestrial television station, the country’s media establishment is trying to come to terms with the presence of […]

Jacquie Golding-Duffy A GROUND-BREAKING unity meeting is to be held this weekend in Cape Town between the Black Editors’ Forum and the Conference of Editors. A culmination of many months of discussion between the two bodies, the meeting is aimed at establishing a single body for editors, senior journalists and other media players in both […]

Automakers Mungo Soggot AUTOMAKERS, the embattled manufacturer of Nissan and Fiat Uno cars, confirmed this week that a delegation from Nissan Japan had been in South Africa amid speculation that the Japanese were eyeing a substantial stake in the local company. Industry sources said the Japanese company was seriously considering an acquisition, adding that if […]

Derek Brown watches the only Arab soccer team playing in Israel’s premier division BY the side of a sprawling refuse tip, at the end of a twisting dirt track, stands the pride and joy of Tayibeh. A stadium they call it, but they jest. The real joke is that this patch of weeds, with a […]

Lesley Cowling LAST week saw the unusual (though gentlemanly) spectacle of South Africa’s science councils justifying their work and its relevance to the country in open hearings. The hearings are unlikely to have a significant effect on the councils’ budgets for the 1997/1998 financial year, but the process marks the beginning of a new role […]