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/ 26 September 1997

Actors get a better TV deal

Ferial Haffajee After five years of talking, the SABC and the Performing Arts Workers Equity (Pawe) have signed a landmark agreement. For the first time, South Africas artists and those who work in the sector, will have a detailed performance contract which guarantees better and safer working conditions as well as a slice of the […]

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/ 26 September 1997

In the shadow of the dragon

Nelson Mandela has raised hopes for a negotiated end to the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. In the interim, the political battle continues. Peter Cronau and Matthew Brown report The Indonesian government is using its embassies worldwide in a campaign of surveillance and intimidation against East Timorese activists and their supporters, claims Nobel Peace Prize […]

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/ 26 September 1997

Writing on the wall for water hogs

Whether or not Mother Nature inflicts El Nio on South Africa this year, new legislation aims to distribute water fairly, reports Ann Eveleth Water affairs minister Kader Asmals move to regulate farmers water rights this week is just the tip of the iceberg on an innovative plan to turn South Africas water priorities upside down. […]

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/ 26 September 1997

Engineer has deep-storage solution to shortages

Ellen Bartlett South Africa has long operated under the assumption that it is running out of water. The year 2020 is the oft-projected point at which the country will no longer have enough water to meet its needs. In looking towards a future of high demand and dwindling supply, water resources planners have considered such […]

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/ 26 September 1997

Mallet nod to Japie Mulder

FRIDAY, 8.00AM: NEW Springbok coach Nick Mallet, appointed on Thursday, hinted that unlike his predecessor, he won’t sideline a world-class star like Japie Mulder. “Japie does not have to play a match to prove anything,” said Mallet, who said he is simply watching to make sure Mulder has recovered from injury. Mallet, a former Springbok […]

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/ 26 September 1997

Up the lazy Pongola

Bridget Hilton-Barber : Unspoilt places The views at Itala Game Reserve in KwaZulu- Natal are so gorgeous they should be prescribed by optometrists. From the highveld plateau in the east to the Ngubu Basin in the west, the land falls steeply and spectacularly a drop of almost 1 000m. The drive from the nearest village […]

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/ 26 September 1997

EDITORIAL : A banker for deprived nations

If James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, means half of what he says then the worlds poor may have found a new friend. At a time when industrialised nations are unashamedly widening the gap between rich and poor in their dash for economic growth, Wolfensohn is urging the opposite. In his speech to the […]

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/ 26 September 1997

Pat cashes in his chips with a tantrum

FRIDAY, 12.30PM: FORMER Wimbledon champion Pat Cash is out of the MTN Championships Tennis tournament after losing 2-6 7-8 (8/6) 10-8 to Tim Wilkison in the quaterfinals at Sandton Gardens on Thursday night. Cash, who replaced defending champion Yannick Noah in the 12-man field, destroyed a courtside television microphone after one of many dodgy line […]

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/ 26 September 1997

Africa must pay for its wildlife

Conservationist Richard Leakey pulled no punches in a recent debate in Gauteng, writes Fiona Macleod There is a story about a randy young male ostrich who spots three female ostriches on the horizon and sets off after them. They are not at all interested in his advances and they run away, with the young male […]