Ex-Drum photographer Jrgen Schadeberghas won the battle for ownership of his photographs, reports Hazel Friedman Legendary photographer Jrgen Schadeberg has finally won his David versus Goliath battle against publisher Jim Bailey. The long, bitter war waged by the ex-Drum photographer against the former owner of the pioneering African magazine in the Fifties and Sixties, centred […]
Greg Bowes: Music He’s widely regarded as the father of house music, the four-to-the-floor style that currently eclipses all others on the world’s dancefloors. He’s remixed or worked with some of pop music’s biggest guns. His deejaying skills are legendary. He is Frankie Knuckles, and he’s on his way to South Africa next month to […]
Janet Smith The way you see the world had better be elegant, fast, utterly modern and definitely sexy if you want to survive youthtopia into the next millennium. Even if there’s a cause, it may no longer be conducted in Jesus sandals and roll-on deodorant. The way Cape Town’s Nobleman Motsa is seeing the world […]
Ellen Bartlett More than 100 000 years ago, probably on a rainy day, a human walked in wet sand near what is now Langebaan Lagoon. The footprints he, or more likely she, left behind were covered in more sand, in succeeding layers blown in on the sea winds, and then preserved as the dunes slowly […]
Mukoni T Ratshitanga The University of Zululand has failed to send audited statements for millions of rands given to it by the Kagiso Trust for student loans and bursaries. Last week, the Mail & Guardian published a statement by the university’s rector, Charles Dlamini, saying Kagiso’s claim that it had not received statements was “false […]
Soccer: A draw against Congo, and one point, is all South Africa need to book their place at the World Cup finals, writes Andrew Muchineripi There is no higher peak in African football than qualifying for the World Cup finals and South Africa can realise that dream this Saturday provided they avoid defeat against Congo […]
Mozambique’s north South African farmers are moving into northern Mozambique, raising hopes, concerns and some belly laughs among inhabitants. Mercedes Sayagues reports Rural folk in Niassa province have never been so entertained. First came the missionaries. Braving mud and dust, gaping potholes and flimsy bridges, dozens are preaching the Dutch Reformed Church gospel across northern […]
Dear Walter, Sorry I have been out of touch for so long, but I have been frantically busy resolving man-kind’s problems. As you know, the miracles we performed in bringing peace to South Africa have given us a reputation as the world’s foremost political mediators. As a result, whenever a tiff breaks out between ruler […]
Khareen Pech The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) approved the sale of arms worth more than R60-million to President Pascal Lissouba’s army last year, months before the outbreak of hostilities that have torn Congo (Brazzaville) asunder. Official sources claim the deal involved only non-lethal equipment. But French sources in Paris say South African-origin weapons, […]
Brenda Atkinson: Johannesburg Biennale update Okwui Enwezor, artistic director of this year’s Johannesburg Biennale, has spoken out against media coverage of the arts in South Africa, as well as corporate “stinginess” regarding local arts funding. Despite the fact that resistance to apartheid produced a flourishing creative community, and some extraordinary work across the artistic field, […]