CINEMA: Andrew Worsdale Patrice Leconte’s Yvonne’s Perfume arrives in this country over two years after its international release. But don’t miss it: in many ways it’s his most lyrical work to date. Leconte’s Monsieur Hire caused a ripple at the art house in 1989, with its subtle dissection of a murder tale and economical narrative. […]
An MD allegedly interfering with editorial content, reporters fearing for their jobs? What, or who, is going down at the Sowetan? Jacquie Golding-Duffy speaks to both sides While New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) is gearing up to bid for newspapers in the Times Media Limited stable, some of the consortium’s board members are facing accusations […]
Business says South Africa can ill-afford a national strike while investor sentiment is still fragile. Madeleine Wackernagel and Jacquie Golding-Duffy report As Cosatu members prepare to picket today (Friday), in advance of the first 24-hour national strike called this year, new evidence shows a significant increase in labour unrest in the first quarter. And this […]
to more violence’ Ann Eveleth KwaZulu-Natal human rights groups delivered a stiff blow this week to the African National Congress’s bid to stall local government elections in the province, warning a postponement would escalate tensions. In a submission tabled to the task group investigating the feasibility of the May 29 poll date, the Human Rights […]
Gaye Davis THE Human Rights Committee has asked the Constitutional Court to allow members of the public to appear before it to give their views on the final Constitution, on grounds that much of what has emerged has come out of closed political party negotiations. The Constitutional Court has set aside the month of June […]
Arthur Goldstuck Give it to me straight: how many people really are on the Internet? How many people will get my marketing message and buy my product? That remains the single most vexing question about the potential of the Internet, at least when you get past the hype about pornography and security. If you still […]
arena? Jacquie Golding-Duffy Chairperson of the National Association of Model Agencies, Gaenor Becker says standard modelling rates range from anything between R200 an hour for a photographic shoot to R500 for every media in which that photograph is used. The money paid to Ricardo Adonis for his time was well below market-related prices, she said. […]
peace A new optimism has arisen out of arrests in politically related crimes on the South Coast, reports Ann Eveleth The work of the police Special Investigation Team probing political violence on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast has brought relative peace to a region once soaked by the blood of internecine strife. Hailed as a “breakthrough” […]
To make some of this week’s main news stories come alive, visit the following dedicated sites on the World Wide Web. http://www.uoknor.edu/okdaily/bombing.html is the home of The Oklahoma Daily’s web news service on the April 19 1995 bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. http://www.envirolink.org/earthday/ is the official home page of […]
co-operate with truth body Mungo Soggot JOHN Lloyd, the former activist who gave evidence which led to the hanging of the 1964 station bomber John Harris and which prompted the British Labour Party to scupper his political career, has apologised “unreservedly” and agreed to co-operate with the truth commission. Fellow Armed Resistance Movement (ARM) member […]