FRIDAY, 8.30AM SUN International chairman Sol Kerzner told a New Jesey gambling commission that the R2-million payment to former Transkei prime minister George Matanzima was a mistake. Kerzner said he had foolishly passed on a bank account number from the Transkei Development Corporation to a lawyer after Matanzima had made it clear that he expected […]

Maria McCloy : Macufe Festival The pretty grounds of Loch Logan provided Bloemfonteins perfect Saturday afternoon venue for McCoy Mrubatas appearance with Khaya Mahlangu and the Dillo Band. But the smell of braais getting going was not a fair indicator of the crowd, which was almost non-existent and this pattern repeated itself throughout the weekend. […]

The financial records of the Kwazulu Natal Arts and Culture Council are being investigated, reports Suzy Bell Chaos surrounds the powerful provincial funding and administrative body, the KwaZulu Natal Arts Cultural Council (KZNACC), as an internal audit and an external investigation gets wrapped up to determine whether or not the council is guilty of misuse […]

The New Movement Process is launching this weekend, but little can shake the ANCs dominance, writes Marion Edmunds As Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa prepare to launch their extra-parliamentary movement at Kempton Park this weekend, opposition parties in Parliament are involved in delicate negotiations for future co-operation. Meyer and Holomisa are seen as the catalyst […]

Cash-strapped communists are to benefit from financial and political support, write Ferial Haffajee and Sechaba kaNkosi The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will soon provide financial and political support to the South African Communist Party (SACP). A resolution taken at Cosatus sixth national congress last week puts to rest calls for an independent […]

William Feaver : Style News of construction gangs working on a Damien Hirst pop-up book has been joshing around in the art world for some time. Paper sharks leaping off the page have been rumoured. Sniffer footnotes. Paint sachets and spinning-tops. Would there be blister packs of meaningful pharmaceuticals? The specifications (334 pages, over 700 […]

A new series of short films is focusing world attention on African film. Andrew Worsdale previews, Janet Smith speaks to the South African director So Be It, the Senegalese short film that won the Silver Lion at Venice a fortnight ago, is just one part of a series of African movies creating a stir at […]

Martin Kettle in Washington An international group of doctors said this week it would try to accelerate the fight against Aids by volunteering to become human guinea pigs in a trial of a vaccine containing the HIV virus. The announcement immediately triggered extensive offers from members of the United States public to join the volunteer […]

Mungo Soggot A new mystery backer has leapt to the support of Allan Boesak and hired President Nelson Mandelas family lawyers to brief senior counsel for the alleged fraudster. Ismail Ayob, the senior partner at Ismail Ayob and Partners and longtime attorney for the Mandela family, says his firm is acting for a client from […]

Cosatus business arm aims to seize economic power for the majority, writes Sechaba kaNkosi Tumelo Motsisi passionately dismisses any notion that he is a capitalist in a socialist movement. He sees no contradiction between the Congress of South African Trade Unions confessed ideology of socialism and his role as head of the federations business arm, […]