Sian Stone : Style Hey, don’t send a film critic to review movies, send the fashion editor. Nicholas Cage and John Travolta were just fine in John Woo’s Face/Off. Yes, the plot is rather entertaining. But none of it is a patch on the elegant sophistication of the Donna Karan outfits. This is the movie […]

The pinch has set in but economists say the real pain for South-east Asia is yet to come, writes Seth Mydans A businessman pays for a home-remodelling job with his Mercedes. A chauffeur says imported milk powder for his two children now costs more. An estate agent spends his afternoons sipping iced tea in an […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: A DISPUTE has flared between the ministries of water and the environment over a white paper on environmental management policy, now being debated by Parliament’s environmental committee. Water Affairs Minister Kader Asmal insists that his department will remain the ”lead agent” over water resource management. Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Peter Mokaba insists that […]

Anton Marshall : In your ear Tuesday October 14 saw the launch of Cape Talk Radio, intended to be hard-hitting, topical talk radio. The line-up draws from the cream of South African print and radio, featuring a celebrated variety of media personalities like John Maytham, Martin Jordison and Lisa Chait, and others. Chait and Jordison […]

Janet Jackson has a new CD out, reports Michael Odell Since Oprah Winfrey, and after Sinad O’Connor, Sting and Michael Stipe, superstardom is more than ever about public dysfunction. We used to require our pop stars to be healthier, wealthier and wiser than us. Now we want to know what keeps them awake in their […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: IMPORTS rose 3,6% from August to September, and exports were down 4%, latest customs and excise figures reveal. The rise in imports has been attributed to oil imports which had been excluded from the August figures and lumped into the September figure; the decline in exports has been attributed to disappointing gems and […]

The award-winning Masithandane group is selling ‘Ciskei daisies’ at world trade fairs, writes Vukile Sonandzi With an eye on the environmental catwalk, the women of Grahamstown’s award-winning Masithandane Association are turning ubiquitous ”Ciskei daisies” into fashion accessories that are going down well abroad. The women have taken it upon themselves to wage a personal war […]

THURSDAY, 4.30PM VICTIMS of apartheid human rights violations and their families can look forward to the prospect of financial compensation for their pains with the release on Thursday of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s policy on reparations. If the recommendations are approved, each of an estimated 22 000 victims will receive a grant of between […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: NEW laws cracking down on insider trading may be tabled in Parliament within six months, following Tuesday’s release of the King commission report into insider trading. A preliminary draft of the report was circulated in May, although the final report contains some notable differneces. Bith reports propose a new insider trading Act embracing […]