Welcome Msomi, creator of Umabatha, in The Mark Gevisser Profile The divine justice of it all. When Welcome Msomi took his “Zulu Macbeth” to New York in 1979, he found it boycotted by the African National Congress and its supporters, who claimed that because it was “ethnic” (Zulu costumes, Zulu language, Zulu dancing), it had […]
Gary Cummiskey=20 SOUTH AFRICAN REVIEW 7: The Small Miracle edited by Steve=20 Friedman and Doreen Atkinson (Raven Press, R49,99)=20 THE Small Miracle is a compilation of essays and the sequel=20 to The Long Journey, which traced the story of Codesa I and=20 II. This wide-ranging new volume focuses on events and=20 issues from Codesa to […]
Clive Simpkins THREE very different events, one sporting, one advertising, and one political, focus attention on the eclectic nature of marketing in South Africa today. The Rugby World Cup is in full swing. The marketing lesson that emerges from this event is this: there should have been some central co-ordinating unit, looking at all intrusions […]
Clive Simpkins takes a look at the Loeries — the Comrades=20 Marathon of advertising and marketing THE advertising industry Loerie Awards have come and gone=20 and the usual hangover-impaired postmortem is in full=20 The awards, where the marketing community recognises=20 advertising excellence, have always been controversial and=20 this year was no exception. Even as the […]
A Supreme Court judgment threatens local banks’ cheque=20 clearing system. Pat Sidley reports A Supreme Court judgment against Amalgamated Banks of South=20 Africa (Absa) this week could affect the entire clearing=20 system of the country’s banks. Understandably, Absa is likely to appeal against the=20 The case revolved around the practice of South Africa’s=20 banks of […]
The listing of two new companies on the JSE this week put dealers in the mood for making money, Jacques Magliolo Investors received a double treat at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) this week as two new company listings took place, bringing to an end weeks of lacklustre market performance. The listing of ChromeCorp Holdings […]
Ann Eveleth African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders have taken off their gloves to wage an all-fronts battle between their respective power- As negotiators from both parties prepared to sit down at the table this week for what turned out to be little more than “talks before talks before talks” discussions, […]
Sam Sklair=20 LEE RITENOUR/LARRY CARLTON: Larry and Lee (GRP)=20 IF you are into contemporary jazz/fusion guitar playing,=20 you can’t do much better than this CD. It gets together two=20 of the most skilled and versatile players of this genre,=20 and it is almost impossible to decide which one is playing=20 solo at any time. Lee […]
Despite its small size, Malawi sparkels with quickly=20 accessible variety, writes Stephanie Nettell FOR a while the road south from Lilongwe, Malawi’s spacious=20 but somehow amiably suburban capital, closely follows the=20 Mozambique border. On its right are the remains of=20 pathetically blasted dwellings, on its left neat undamaged=20 huts — but they are empty and […]
CINEMA: Stanley Peskin=20 THE title of Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, which is about the real- life film-maker Edward D Wood Jr, is perhaps a play on the=20 word Hollywood (a name we see emblazoned more than once on=20 the famous Beverly Hill) as well as a reference to his own=20 Edward Scissorhands (1990) which, like […]