A Home Affairs employee went to the ends of the earth on a hunch he had about a `refugee’, reports Marion Edmunds Home Affairs official Jaco Duckitt is a man of initiative. In a bid to do his duty and uphold the law, he flew to Tanzania this year to establish the identity of man […]

Ann Eveleth DURBAN millionaire Vivian Reddy this week hit back at the Democratic Party with claims that the party’s “vicious” criticism of Health Minister Nkosazana Zuma were backed by powerful interests in the pharmaceutical industry. Lashing out at DP health spokesman Mike Ellis after he gave credence to reports linking Reddy to Sarafina II’s R10,2m […]

South Africa have lost twice to Australia and coach Clive Barker will want to rectify that, but he also has Ghana and Kenya to worry about SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi HAVING already established their reputation on South African rugby and cricket fields over the years, Australia will make their soccer debut in the Simba Four Nations […]

Mungo Soggot Now that the dust has settled on the Constitutional Court’s ruling, federalists are realising that they got less than it had at first appeared. Only a fraction of the main political parties’ complaints succeeded. Said the court: “The basic structure of the Constitution is sound and the overwhelming majority of the requirements of […]

ARIZONA DREAM Emir Kusturica’s neglected foray into Hollywood flopped worldwide, yet it has much of the comedy and fantastic imagery of his masterpiece Time of the Gypsies. In it, Johnny Depp is his usual hapless self as a spacey fisherman. He’s summoned by his uncle, Jerry Lewis, to look after a Cadillac dealership. COLD COMFORT […]

Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani arrived in Zimbabwe on an official visit this week to a complete boycott of the arrival ceremony at Harare’s international airport by Zimbabwe’s western diplomatic community. Rafsanjani was greeted by a 21-gun salute, inspected a military parade and walked, smiling, with President Robert Mugabe past a mass of women supporters of […]

Despite Cabinet assurances of a ban, there is evidence South Africa is still trading in industrial poisons. Why, asks Eddie Koch A high-powered team of parliamentarians was this week set to probe disclosures that South Africa continues to import toxic material for recycling — – even though the Cabinet has assured the public it will […]

GREG BOWES speaks to DJ Carl Cox on the eve of his South African tour THERE’S nothing like big black cox. So proclaims the teaser-flyer for one of the most eagerly awaited DJ appearances in South Africa in months. Carl Cox weighs in at 114kg and stands 1,84m, so one can understand the teaser. But […]

After a visit to the censors, Gregg Araki’s new shocker only just made it onto our screens, reports Andrew Worsdale IN January 1996 the Publications Control Board, under the Publications Act of 1974, banned a movie from South African screens for the first time in over two years. Distributors Ster-Kinekor received a paragraph from the […]