I, WILLIAM MASHOTANA (MK name Sizwe Ndela), left South Africa on August 13 1976 for political reasons. I stayed a month in Botswana before I left for Tanzania. I arrived in Tanzania in September and that is where I met Timothy Seremane (MK name Kenneth Mahamba) … He was my deputy commander (commissar) in the […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM: JOHN MASHEGO , Ashley Roestoff and Michael Scholtz currently share the lead at the Trust Bank Gauteng Classic golf tournament at Randpark golf course in Roodepoort. They lead after scoring 68 in the first round. TRUSTBANK GAUTENG CLASSIC 68 – J Mashego , A Roestoff , M Schultz 69 – D Fichardt, C […]
ON Wednesday night the Mail & Guardian received a faxed letter from a firm of lawyers in Pretoria representing the arms manufacturer, Denel, which can only be described as impertinent. The letter demanded a “written undertaking” by 10am last Thursday that we would not publish the name of a country with which Denel is negotiating […]
MARIA McCLOY reports on an ongoing dispute between sportswear manufacturer Nike and the popular cartoon Doonesbury THE impact of cartoons seems to be stronger than most thought, judging by the reaction of sportswear billion-dollar giant Nike to Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoon strip that runs in newpapers round the world, including the Mail & Guardian. The […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM: MICHAU WARRIORS’ case against the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee was on Wednesday night dismissed after an arbitration hearing in Johannesburg. Warriors’ lodged an appeal against the PSL, after the League committee ruled in favour of AmaZulu earlier this month, awarding them two points from their drawn match against Umtata Bush Bucks. Premier […]
THEATRE: Suzy Bell IT’S more likely the word according to Ngema and the gospel, than the word according to Steve Biko, in Mbongeni Ngema’s latest three-hour musical Maria-Maria!.The writer, director and composer claims is South Africa’s first and only full gospel musical. He also says it’s the best musical he’s ever written. Well the disciples […]
BRENDA ATKINSON reviews three important exhibitions, by Jo Ractliffe, Terry Kurgan and Abrie Fourie, currently on show in Gauteng IN one of her poems, Margaret Atwood writes, “the true story lies among the other stories”. Two solo shows at the Goodman Gallery meet between the lines of this statement, their deceptive softness couching the truth, […]
FRIDAY, 3.00PM THE Organisation of African Unity has fired former Zimbabwean president Canaan Banana, who is facing a series of sex-crimes charges, from his job as special peace envoy to Liberia, the Zimbabwean Financial Gazette reported on Friday. The magazine quoted OAU secretary general Salim Ahmed Salim as saying “there is no more role for […]
FINE ART: Hazel Friedman The good folk of Bellville are in such a froth over a controversial art exhibition recently on display in the suburb’s public library that they have caused it to close prematurely. The show gave rise to cries of blasphemy and pornography because it featured – among other “obscenities” – penises and […]
Wonder Hlongwa POLICE investigating the execution-style murder of five African National Congress members in a KwaZulu-Natal township this week face the grim reality that their early leads point to complicity by their own officers. The five victims, including two newly- elected ANC officials, were shot dead on Tuesday night in Isimozomeni, a township near Richmond […]