Shadley Nash THE Labour Party of South Africa will hold a special congress on Saturday where it is likely the party will dissolve, ending 30 turbulent years. For one of the party leaders, Peter Hendrickse, son of LP leader Reverend Alan Hendrickse, the dissolution of the party will be met with mixed feelings. “It will […]

Humphrey Tyler EVERYBODY interested in drama, arts and music is being asked to help raise funds to restore the 1820 Settlers National Foundation Monument building in Grahamstown in time for the Standard Bank National Arts Festival next July. The building was almost gutted by fire last month. The luxurious 920-seat Monument Theatre, heart of the […]

Pat Sidley I OWN no property, says PWV premier Tokyo Sexwale. What he doesn’t say is that his wife has bought three flats in a large Johannesburg block. Sexwale recently told a newspaper which raised questions about his new Houghton home: “This house is 60 years old and it’s not even mine. I am renting […]

Richard Calland PRESSURE is growing within the Department of Foreign Affairs for the government to abandon its pro-Cuba policy. Specialist policy advisers at the department have advised that South Africa’s policy against the United States blockade of Cuba is likely to damage relations with the US and that a shift is “necessary” to avoid antagonising […]

The bond and capital markets still doubt the government’s ability to control its spending. Jacques Magliolo reports TRADERS in the bond or capital market remain pessimistic about the ability of the government to control inflation. This is the meaning of the continuing high interest rate of long-term bonds, the IOUs whose interest rate reflects expectations […]

Mondli waka Makhanya THE ANC’s Western Cape region has elected a new leadership that is younger, less controversial and more black — as opposed to coloured — than the outgoing executive led by Dr Allan Boesak. It has emerged seemingly united, lashing out at the press for speculation about division in its ranks. The new […]

Mangosuthu Buthelezi may soon be ousted as `traditional prime minister’, reports Farouk Chothia KING Goodwill Zwelethini has told the ANC-aligned senior prince Mcwayizeni Israel Zulu that he sees him as his rightful “senior adviser” — a major step towards stripping Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of this post. At a “successful” meeting this week, Zwelethini indicated to […]

Chris Louw THE Inkatha Freedom Party’s power base in kwaZulu/Natal is under serious threat following the disclosure of government plans to extend property rights to tribal land. In reply to a question in the senate this week, Land Affairs Minister Derek Hanekom revealed that plans are afoot to grant freehold title — including in the […]

CINEMA: Fabius Burger HAPPILY, Naked Gun 331/3 : The Final Insult is not the last in the series in which deadpan detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) gets into one scrape after another. Reviewers should see at least one Naked Gun movie a year; they deconstruct other genres and show “serious” films to be really rather […]

SOCCER: Clinton Asary WITH both last year’s finalists — eventual winners Witbank Aces and runners-up Kaizer Chiefs — knocked out in the first round, and with five second division sides still in the tournament, this year’s Bob Save Superbowl is still wide open. Down to the last 16, the action kicks off tonight when Wits […]