Mike Loewe For Glenn van Loggerenberg, the earnest and upbeat station manager of Rhodes Music Radio, the angry old days of confrontation are an anathema. The new language, he insists, is sweet, slick music — much like the stuff that is coming through the walls as we Underneath the baggy pants and flowing jersey lurks […]
Justin Pearce Aspirant community radio broadcasters are furious with the Independent Broadcating Authority (IBA) for apparently favouring religious evangelists and rightwingers in the granting of licences. The loudest objections come from organisations trying to set up stations aimed at black communities, who feel sidelined both by the IBA’s manner of operating, and in its choice […]
Stefaans Brummer FRESH evidence of South African arms fuelling civil wars in the killing fields of Rwanda, former Yugoslavia and Angola is threatening to eclipse the long-awaited findings the Cameron Commission is about to present to President Nelson Mandela. The report Judge Edwin Cameron, appointed last year to investigate irregular arms deals since 1990, is […]
Both the pro-life and pro-choice viewpoints were forcefully expressed as the abortion issue was discussed in parliament, writes Rehana Rossouw IT’S BEEN a brutal time for the parliamentary committee listening to public submissions on the abortion issue. Over the past two weeks pro-lifers have assaulted them with bottled foetuses and gory slide shows of abortions […]
THE National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is facing its first real trial in dousing down the fire around the new Labour Relations Bill. This is not just a test of this new institution — it is a test for the philosophy of tripartism, which depends on the three Nedlac players, (government, business and […]
The Mail & Guardian report claiming links between National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi and associates of slain mining magnate Brett Kebble are an attempt to tarnish his image by people opposed to police restructuring, the South African Police Union (Sapu) said on Saturday.
A light-hearted look at some developments on the business and financial scene * The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) dismissed a complaint against a Paul Revere ad by the Tobacco Action Committee. The committee said the horse used in the ad was subjected to passive smoking, noting the rider’s cigarette was closer than a metre to […]
Puppets will magic away the mundane conventions of teaching science in an innovative multimedia series starting on NNTV this week, writes David Le Page A MULTIMEDIA approach to primary science education developed entirely in South Africa, and already acclaimed overseas, is to be launched today with the broadcasting of the first of thirteen half-hour episodes […]
Eddie Koch SLEAZE, secrecy and corruption are targets of the toughest action taken in Britain this century to enforce ethical behaviour by MPs in the House of Prime Minister John Major’s cabinet last week accepted the broad thrust of the controversial Nolan Committee’s report, which laid down “seven principles of public life” to guard against […]
CINEMA: Justin Pearce=20 THE tombstone inscriptions used as title credits in Ed Wood=20 seemed like a touch of macabre Tim Burton inspiration. In=20 fact, the credit for the credits should go to Ed Wood=20 himself, as is demonstrated by Plan 9 from Outer Space –=20 on for a short run at the Seven Arts — […]