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/ 18 February 2005
George Orwell said the future was a boot stamping on a human face, and for much of the 20th century Eritrea seems to have been that face. Michela Wrong tells the story of Eritrea in her latest book. Justin Hil reviews.
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/ 18 February 2005
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Nominated for best picture, <i>Sideways</i> is light years ahead of the preening, pumped-up competitors in this category. Peter Bradshaw explains why.
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/ 18 February 2005
In this extract from the memoirs of the late American filmmaker Lionel Rogosin, he recalls his early visits to Sophiatown to shoot <i>Come Back, Africa</i>.
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/ 18 February 2005
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> <i>Genius Loves Company</i> scooped an impressive list of Grammys last week: album of the year, best recording, best collaboration with Jones, best gospel collaboration (Gladys Knight), best pop vocals, best engineered album and best surround sound. Matthew Krouse finds out why.
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/ 18 February 2005
"Often, especially when I play it abroad, I can feel how the composer’s heart is full of tears." Russian pianist Olga Kern’s programme for her local tour is soulful and brave, writes Paul Boekkooi.
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/ 18 February 2005
Following their Grammy win in the Traditional World Music category on the weekend, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya wonders why Ladysmith Black Mambazo is more successful overseas.
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/ 18 February 2005
A major police operation in Angola against illegal diamond prospectors was a success, with tens of thousands of mostly Congolese prospectors expelled from the country, officials said. Police estimate they have cleared more than 100 000 illegal prospectors, as well as their families, from the diamond areas.
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/ 18 February 2005
Banking group Mercantile Lisbon has seen its headline loss for 2004 widen by 3,8 times over that of 2003, at R213,8-million from R56,5-million a year earlier. The group’s headline loss per share came in at 11,7 cents, up from 6,6 cents in 2003, and no dividend was declared.
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/ 18 February 2005
”Well, he’s damned if he does, and damned if he doesn’t,” says leading Kenyan lawyer Albert Mumma of the dilemma that may shortly face President Mwai Kibaki: whether to prosecute former head of state Daniel arap Moi in connection with the Goldenberg scandal. For the past two years, a commission has probed the dealings of the company at the heart of this corruption scam.
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/ 18 February 2005
Somalia’s government-in-exile has begun its return to its volatile country by sending teams to the southern part of the country, the prime minister said on Thursday. Government officials had said they would start relocating on Monday — but such promises have been made and broken before.