IN most countries, political parties tussle to become the government. In this country, members of all the major political parties are elbowing each other aside in the rush for the opposition benches. The National Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party, despite both being members of the government, also want to lead the opposition. The Democratic […]
Humphrey Tyler THERE has been a mad scramble by local artists to get a booking at the Hilton Drama Festival next month and many have been disappointed, but the final programme is a hugely promising combination of serious (but not solemn) drama with a leavening of full-on fun on the burgeoning Fringe, not to mention […]
The SABC may be getting a new boss but the wrangle over Afrikaans on TV1 continues — while radio has quietly solved the problem, reports Mark Gevisser SABC board chairman Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri is set to announce today the appointment of Zwelakhe Sisulu as the corporation’s group chief executive. The board is also considering a radical […]
A sock-filled bra, a swaying walk and a drag queen’s all woman for the night. Mark Gevisser reports RAQUEL, pouty and golden, masks her jitters with a toss of her beauty-queen mane, and smiles coyly as she enters the grubby little storeroom on the far side of Club Stepping Out’s kitchen. “What motivated you to […]
Paul Stober All 12 of South Africa’s officially recognised intelligence networks will be incorporated into the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), under three Bills regulating the new intelligence service. Intelligence sources this week indicated the police’s Crime Intelligence Service (CIS), the Military Intelligence departments of South Africa and the former independent states, the ANC’s Department of […]
Chris Louw THE National Party is struggling to establish itself in the opposition role it seeks, judging by this week’s performance in parliament. Party leader and Deputy President FW de Klerk came back from his overseas holiday this week tanned, relaxed and — according to his lieutenants — “fighting-fit”. He was also determined to establish […]
The JSE is set to make its contribution to the RDP by introducing a new Main Board market, writes Jacques Magliolo Finally, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is to show that it has the courage to launch itself into a world of black business and empowerment. For the JSE this was a previously unthinkable notion, but […]
Bulelwa Payi THE Grahamstown police may be seen as “guardian angels” by black school students soon, if an “adoption” programme succeeds. The local police have come up with an innovative idea to win the trust of black students — they are encouraging them to “adopt-a-cop”. The project should be launched later this month. Police spokesman […]
RUGBY: Barney Spender WIN or lose on Saturday, this sixth tour of New Zealand by the Springboks will probably be judged a failure by the vast majority of South Africans. After all, the test series was lost, the Springbok head fell to Otago in rainy Dunedin and there was the ignominy of having prop Johan […]
Unions and black business are being wooed by casino king Sol Kerzner with an offer of free shares in a gambling venture, reports Jenny Cargill TRADE union federation Cosatu is part of a consortium negotiating with gambling magnate Sol Kerzner to bid for the lion’s share of gambling rights in the new South Africa. And […]