Mail & Guardian reporter The independence of the South African Broadcasting Corporation will be in the balance in the next few weeks as the political haggling over the appointment of a new board of directors gets under way. According to the Parliamentary Porfolio Committee on Communications,105 nominations have been received for positions on the board. […]
Baby Jake Matlala has shown once before that he can take care of Paul Weir, but on Saturday night he’ll also have to deal with a referee of dubious reputation BOXING: Gavin Evans BABY JAKE MATLALA has made a good living in recent years by beating up the best little men Britain can provide, and […]
South African journalism gets a fresh boost next week with the participation of many of the country’s most exciting authors in the Mail & Guardian’s Special Writers Series. The newspaper has harnessed top South African talent to the difficult task of capturing and interpreting the extraordinary transition we are all living through. We have asked […]
NORTH KOREA’S unsettling manoeuvres in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) recall a similar performance in another East Asian tension spot. Then it was Beijing, trying to ratchet up the pressure on President Lee Teng-hui in the Taiwanese elections. Now it is Pyongyang, seeking to destabilise President Kim Young-sam ahead of Thursday’s National Assembly elections. The Chinese […]
NGOs are playing a role that government and business cannot, so it would be foolish to allow them to die for lack of funding, argues Helmut Bertelsmann Twenty-seven years ago, when I was at university, the world was inhabited by two kinds of creatures: Afrikaners, who supported the Nats, and English, who were liberal. Each […]
Gaye Davis POLITICAL decisions on the reallocation of Reconstruction and Development Pro-gramme functions are expected to be made within the next two weeks. A task team set up by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki has already begun its work. Its members are Cabinet secretary Professor Jakes Gerwel, advisers to Mbeki Moss Ngoasheng and the Reverend Frank […]
Where’s the best place to market beer and soft drinks? How about a funeral? Jacquie Golding- Duffy reports on new marketing strategies Funerals, believe it or not, are marketing opportunities that cannot be missed. At least, that’s the view of some beverage companies. Sales representatives and some distributors claim that sympathising with family and friends […]
Minnette Vari scratches beneath the skin of identity, representation and reality in her multi-media artworks. She spoke to HAZEL FRIEDMAN THERE’S an ancient myth concerning the origins of the looking glass, that when Eve saw her reflection in the water, like Narcissus, she fell in love with it. Since then, woman’s identity has been predicated […]
TELEVISION: Andrew Worsdale CAUSE Celebre — made in 1988 for Britain’s ITV, and to be screened on SABC3 next week — – is an adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s acclaimed play of the same name. The play is, in turn, based on the true story of glamorous Alma Rattenbury, accused, along with her 18- year-old lover […]
MUSIC: Gwen Ansell ‘AUTHENTICITY,” says a Zairois buddy of mine who prefers not to be named, ”was probably one of the few decent things Mobutu ever did.” He’s referring to the Zairean dictator’s post- independence campaign to reclaim the country’s cultural heritage. Its manifestations ranged from a strict dress code (men had to wear the […]