A DOCUMENT that dissects weaknesses crippling the African National Congress’s potential to overturn National Party dominance in the Western Cape and spells out a new strategic path for the party has given a fresh twist to the race for ANC leadership in the region. The 16-page document, ANC: A Home for Everyone — A Political […]

A CONFIDENTIAL briefing document sent to African National Congress organisers warns that sacked deputy minister Bantu Holomisa intends mobilising support against the decision to expel him and suggests urgent action to “neutralise” his campaign. And it emerged this week that senior ANC members tried to warn President Nelson Mandela that his decision to axe the […]

Jodi Sherlock The South African magazine market has become increasingly competitive in the past two years and aggressive marketing has become essential in order to ensure that readership levels are maintained. As part of a magazine marketing plan, the subscription drive may prove to be a vital element. Not much is known about how subscription […]

TELEVISION: Jacquie Golding-Duffy SOME people regard Rescue 911, the American show that follows police, paramedics and/or firemen on emergency calls as a “gripping show” where ordinary people are recorded in moments of absolute terror. The show, say some, offers descriptions of unbelievably scary moments, of stories thatdefy belief and keep viewers glued to their seats; […]

Arts appointee Okwui Enwezor shares his vision with HAZEL FRIEDMAN The Yoruba term “esu ulegba” means trickster. It refers to people who slip through the net of definition, avoid closure of any kind and serve as commentators on the vanities of those who take themselves far too seriously. The trickster is not unlike the wise […]

South Africa has reached the last lap of its Constitution-making process, but the court’s judgment of the text means setbacks for the ANC and frustration for Inkatha. Marion Edmunds The rejection of the Constitution’s chapter on local government by the Constitutional Court has provoked consternation among African National Congress negotiators — because it interferes with […]

With the International Film Festival opening this Friday, ANDREW WORSDALE takes a look at the past, present and future of SA film festivals THE International Film Festival which opens this week is the baby of Len Davis, the man who started the Johannesburg Film Festival back in 1977. It played at the beautiful Monte Carlo […]

Marion Edmunds Fears that the country will lose the essential skills of its scientists, engineers and technicians is driving a government investigation into the brain-drain from the public sector. And while the science and technology division of the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Department has already launched a formal investigation into its skills losses, other […]

Bronwen Jones BANKERS and broadcasters were this week introduced to a little Xhosa mythology by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, at the multiple launch in Johannesburg of 40 new books. He was not reading from one of the stories just published, but was using the example of the terrible Impundulo bird to explain the destructiveness of […]

Last week’s Body Politic conference in Johannesburg radically altered the image of the crusty old academy, writes JAMES SEY THE Department of Psychology at Wits University and Unisa recently co-hosted an intriguing two day event at the atmospheric old Wits Medical School building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Dubbed The Body Politic, it is the second annual […]