FRIDAY, 4.30PM NAMIBIA’S president Sam Nujoma has faced widespread criticism in Windhoek for a television speech on Wednesday night which announced a ban on all public gatherings held without permission from the police. Nujoma made the announcement after several weeks of demonstrations around the country by former guerrillas who fought for Swapo during the war […]
CLASSICAL:Coenraad Visser WHILE the first season of the National Symphony Orchestra of the SABC was marked by some outstanding conductors, the second belonged to some magnificent soloists. Two of the world’s leading string players dazzled Johannesburg audiences. Cellist Torleif Thedeen, on his third visit to this country, gave a passionate account of Dvork’s masterly cello […]
Shirley Kossick LOVE INVENTS US by Amy Bloom (Picador, R118,00) THE American writer Amy Bloom’s fine collection of interconnecting short stories, Come to Me (1994), often read like a novel. Love Invents Us, her first novel, often seems like several short stories strung together around the central character, Elizabeth Taube. This impression is strengthened by […]
FRIDAY, 11.00AM GOLD Fields SA set the scene for the gold quarterly reporting season on Thursday by posting an 18,6% drop in profits for the June quarter. Although the fall was not as bad as the company had expected, continuing losses at Leeudoorn mine may lead to its closure. The group said it is reviewing […]
Hazel Friedman THE future is looking upbeat for local music as M-Net gets planning on its first pan- African satellite music channel. The as yet unnamed channel will be broadcast from the beginning of September for 24 hours a day. It joins an already substantial international bouquet which includes Carlton Network, BET on Jazz and […]
FRIDAY, 6.00PM The agreement reached on Thursday between Gauteng Democratic Party leader Peter Leon and new Johannesburg police area commissioner Isak Pretorius that all six entrances to Alexandra township will be blockaded by police and army has drawn sharp reaction from safety and security MEC Jessie Duarte. Reacting “with utter dismay and serious concern” to […]
With a Test against the awesome All Blacks next weekend there doesn’t seem to be enough time to solve the Springbok problems or enough talent to plug the gaping holes left by injuries RUGBY:Steve Morris DESPITE the assurances of as respected a voice as the great Pinetree, Colin Meads, that Springbok rugby is at a […]
Mungo Soggot and Christian Figenschou SOUTH AFRICA’S main nuclear waste dump has been leaking radioactive material for years. Metal drums filled with radioactive waste and buried at the Atomic Energy Corporation’s (AEC) Vaalputs site in the Northern Cape have leaked, while concrete blocks used to contain more dangerous waste have also failed. Documents in the […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM TRANSPORT Minister Mac Maharaj has accepted proposals on the easing of the Mulitlateral Motor Vehicle Accident fund’s growing deficit, which will likely see the fuel levy that finances the fund being increased. Special adviser to the minister Joel Joffe said on Wednesday: “Every month that passes without changing the system adds R160-million to […]
THURSDAY, 10.30AM NATIONAL Sorghum Breweries chairman and CEO Mohale Mahanyele resigned his positions on Wednesday. Following a long board meeting, Mahanyele “elected to resign” because he does not want to be seen as an “impediment” to the growth of the company. He said he will join an investment company as chairman. The company said he […]