THEATRE: Hazel Friedman Picture yourself on a boat on the river with tangerine pearls and marshmallow eyes (or something to that effect) and you’ll begin to get the gist of Oxygen by Art Attack, Lara Foot Newton’s contribution to the age of rave. Add a couple of Es to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, […]
Home Affairs wants David Foulds to go back to Britain, but the Trade and Industry Ministry believe he is an asset to the country, writes Marion Edmunds AFTER an expensive and frustrating three-year struggle with officials, a British-born entrepreneur is taking Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi to court to prevent Home Affairs from throwing him […]
Ann Eveleth probes the ANC’s threats to boycott the KwaZulu-Natal elections on May 29 Poor leadership, organisational chaos and overstretched party machinery are the real reasons behind the African National Congress’s election panic in KwaZulu-Natal. ANC sources argue that the party leadership failed to grasp the significance of conceding victory to the Inkatha Freedom Party […]
attitude Madeleine Wackernagel The rand retreated from its record lows this week, no thanks to Trevor Manuel’s insistence that the government’s position on exchange controls remains firm. The finance minister is labouring the point, said one economist. He should have made suitably reassuring noises at the onset of the crisis, and then let the markets […]
With the launch of the Sci-Fi Channel, JOHN O’REILLY ponders the irony of a station devoted to a genre that warns us so graphically of the evils of TV YOU arrive home after a hard day at the office. You flop into the sofa, press a button. Suddenly you are transformed into either a vicious […]
chance to gape? Artist Pippa Skotnes launched an exhibition about the oppression of Khoisan people — and found herself under attack for the same thing, reports Rehana Roussouw THIS century’s most representative gathering of Khoisan groups took place last Sunday — at the South African National Gallery, of all places. But the historic meeting was […]
Two years of transition: A series by leading South African authors, celebrating the second birthday of our democracy and exploring the nuances of a changing society Andre Brink AT a literary lunch the other day Tim Couzens of Tramp Royal fame came up with the perfect after-dinner opening gambit. Whenever he is invited to speak […]
A firm proposal on the Johnnic deal is yet to be made, despite a deal between Nail and the NEC. Madeleine Wackernagel and Jacquie Golding-Duffy report on the progress so far To judge by the media frenzy sparked by Cyril Ramaphosa’s entry into business, the deal between Anglo-American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) — […]
HAVE they all been struck dumb? For five days as Israel intensified its assault on Lebanon, the only sound in the UN Secretary-General’s office and the capitals of the world has been the diplomatic shuffling of awkward feet. The silence of international leaders is as unwise as Israel’s own response to Hizbullah’s provocation. This is […]
The SABC is keeping its involvement in a R20- million locally made production under wraps, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy BRITAIN’S Channel 5, which will begin transmission in the UK next year, is planning to buy one of South Africa’s biggest ever locally made television co-productions. The R20-million family action adventure series called Legend of the Hidden […]