FRIDAY, 10.30AM: MICHAEL CHEESMAN on Thursday increased his overall lead by 5 min 22 sec, in the second stage of the KWV Berg river marathon. Cheesman finished second and pre-race favourite Graham Bird won the second stage. Bird, who finished ninth in the first round on Wednesday, clocked in 3:08:51 to Cheeman’s 3:08:52. Donnie Malherbe […]
THERE will be a seminar at the Market Theatre on July 8, where Cathy Robinson and Michael Ward of the Australian Film Commission will talk about the current industry structure and funding conditions in the country. Producers Tristram Miall and Pauline Clague, director Margot Nash and international market development manager Sabina Finnern will share their […]
… one giant leap for Earthlings, who are exploring Mars with interactive technology, write Mail & Guardian Reporters THE first stage of the invasion of Mars reached a climax on Sunday when a robot scout rolled its six little wheels down a ramp and parked itself on Martian soil. But the events of this week […]
Were this week’s statements of remorse by Amy Biehl’s killers pure expediency – or did they bring us closer to the truth of the past? Gaye Davis was at their amnesty hearing THE meeting, when it came, was no more than a handshake in one of the corridors leading off the low-ceilinged room high in […]
Top new local band Skeem last week severed their newly formed ties with Sony Music. MARIA McCLOY and CHARL BLIGNAUT find out why WAAR WAS JY? was one of the most popular tunes of the past year. It came off Skeem’s debut album; won them a 1997 South African Music Award and established them as […]
Whether or not he allows political reform in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi’s days as ruler are numbered, reports Ken Opala from Nairobi PRESIDENT Daniel arap Moi’s 20-year unbroken hold on power in Kenya is under siege, and probably in its terminal phase, following waves of public protests to reform the Constitution. The key demand is […]
THURSDAY, 4.00PM THE United Nations will host a pan-African forum in Addis Ababa from Friday, at which senior officials from 15 African states will meet their counterparts from 18 donor countries to discuss development issues. UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will deliver the keynote address to the forum, held under the umbrella of the Organisation of […]
Mukoni T Ratshitanga THE Ministry of Education is backing a proposal that hundreds of thousands of university, college and technikon students be compelled to carry out community service. The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco), which first put forward the proposal, this week announced it will “vigorously push” the scheme, called “RDP Students’ Brigades”. The ministry […]
Maria McCloy on iMumbo Jumbo iMUMBO JUMBO is leaving festival-goers awestruck. Last year, Brett Bailey’s Zombie was one of the few innovative things happening at the festival. This year Bailey has enough of a budget to pay people, and they are on the main programme – and he says he is surprised at how popular […]
David Macfarlane TRANSGRESSING BOUNDARIES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF CULTURE IN AFRICA edited by Brenda Cooper and Andrew Steyn (University of Cape Town Press, R74,94) THIS scintillating collection of essays derives from a conference organised in 1993 by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. The “boundaries” of the title […]