As part of a push for empowerment, the SACP is to seek opportunities in business, writes Ferial Haffaje THE South African Communist Party is going into business. Soon it will start one or more companies either on its own or with partners. Mum’s the word right now on where investments will be made or what […]
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes, it’s the Masanabo twins’ Ndebele art-inspired design for one of the British Airways fleet. HAZEL FRIEDMAN reports IDENTICAL twins Emmly and Martha Masanabo are hardly conventional mascots for British Airways (BA). For one thing, they aren’t British or white. And that’s a definite liability in a […]
NO ANC-IFP SOLUTION YET TALKS between the ANC and IFP in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday yielded no real agreement about special amnesty conditions in the province. Provincial Premier Ben Ngubane said: “It’s going to be a long road to find real peace, real brotherhood, but we are confident that we are going to walk that […]
FRIDAY, 12.00NOON: BRITISH LIONS manager Fran Cotton on Thursday announced the team to play the Springboks in the first Test between South Africa and England, at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday. LIONS: Neil Jenkins, Ieuan Evans, Scott Gibbs, Jeremy Guscott, Alan Tait, Gregor Townsend, Matt Dawson, Tim Rodber, Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio, Jeremy Davidson, […]
Ferial Haffajee THE three months beginning July will bring massive changes for the South African viewing public. The SABC is going commercial and many existing programmes will go off air in the next three months, changing the programming line-up significantly. Those getting the chop are programmes that do not make money; a worrying trend for […]
AS part of an ongoing process of fine- tuning to make the Mail & Guardian, the best weekly read, the newspaper has a new section this week – Inside. Inside will open up a new space for top- quality feature and analytical writing, incorporating this with existing features such as the leader page, Krisjan Lemmer, […]
Strong partnerships between business and government are needed to create a sustainable arts industry There is money to be made in the arts, but South Africa still lags behind the world in exploiting our intellectual resources, reports Anthea Garman ARTS and culture are booming businesses worldwide. They create jobs, contribute substantially to gross domestic product […]
Howard Stern, America’s most shocking jock, is coming to SA to promote his film, Private Parts. ANDREW CLEMENTS met him in his NYC studio ARRIVING at Howard Stern’s Manhattan studio, I am surprised by the identity of his previous guest. Initially, when I see her familiar rotund form disappearing into the lift, I am not […]
ANDREW WORSDALE reports on the gloom at SABC-TV as cutbacks to cultural and religious programmes loom ANDREW WORSDALE reports WITH SABC-TV’s recent announcements of cutbacks in local programming, in-house producers, independent film-makers and even commissioning editors themselves are treading warily through the corridors of power – the imminent threat of a knife in the back […]
Ann Eveleth APROPOSAL that political killers in KwaZulu-Natal receive special amnesty could be unconstitutional, say legal experts. This is a blow for the peace package currently being negotiated for the province. The provincial amnesty deal would give warlords and foot soldiers from KwaZulu- Natal special opportunities to be indemnifed against political crimes. It is the […]