Andrew Worsdale and Janet Smith Realised on an amazingly tight budget of less than R11 000 per minute, Natural Rhythm came cheap. Yet it could also inadvertently be the first trickle in a stream of new local soaps on public service TV. Waspish, high-class, politically pungent, carcinoma-induced soap opera, it introduces us to white women […]

Adam Haupt On stage in Cape Town The Buwa Theatre Company is currently hosting the FNB Vita/ City of Cape Town/ Ikhwezi Community Theatre Festival at the Baxter Theatre until February 7. This festival is singular because community theatre seldom finds its way into mainstream theatre spaces such as the Baxter. Apart from the fact […]

Alex Brummer and Larry Elliott Radical changes in the operations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are to be proposed by finance ministers at a meeting in London later this month in response to the Asian crisis. The plans for adjusting the role of the IMF and the World Bank, to put […]

Veteran Mail & Guardian journalist Fiona Macleod has been promoted to assistant editor from the beginning of February. She will also be responsible for heading the paper’s revitalised environmental coverage. The position of chief sub-editor which she has vacated has been filled by Tracy Spencer. This week we launch a new section for the benefit […]

Afrikaner patriarchy gave men a ‘God-given’ right to abuse children as well as women and black people. Glynis O’Hara speaks to Diana Russell about her book on the subject You’re four years old, lying in bed dreaming about Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, when suddenly you’re awakened by the hot breath and fumblings of your father. Or […]

Nicole Turner For a generation of children opening their first savings accounts, the smell and feel of money will probably be obsolete by the time they take out their first housing loan. The term ”flipping a coin” will be a quaint reference to an era when people actually carried paper and metal currency in their […]

WEDNESDAY, 6.00PM: NEW vehicle sales in January were sharply down on the same month last year, according to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa). Total vehicle sales amounted to 25204 against last January’s 28182. The sales of passenger cars declined to 17496 to last year’s 19835. However, the export market has […]

THURSDAY, 12.15PM: AUSTRALIA have extended their lead in the Wisden World Championship rankings following their 1-0 series win over South Africa. Two points are awarded for winning a series and one point for drawing. Standings: Played, Points, Points difference. Australia 14 23 +9 South Africa 13 17 +4 West Indies 13 17 +4 India 14 […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African star wicketkeeper Dave Richardson announced his retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday. Richardson, a veteran who played in all but one of South Africa’s 43 Test matches since readmission to world sport, said that he would have liked to see the England tour through, but that a recurring arthritic hip condition […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African skipper Hansie Cronje believes that Aussie centurion Mark Waugh should have been given out after knocking over his stumps on the final day of the third Test on Tuesday. A bitterly disappointed Cronje said at a press conference on Tuesday evening: “Mate, if somebody gets hit on the head, and he’s […]