Eddie Koch was a relentlessly determined reporter and the people he wrote about mattered
The Grace in Rosebank, one of Johannesburg’s oldest hotels, is soon to unveil a new conference venue. Work is under way upgrading the hotel’s function rooms, which up until now have only been able to accommodate groups of up to 30 delegates. When work is complete in September, The Grace will offer conferencing facilities for groups of up to 120.
When you are stuck knee-deep in a crocodile-infested bog — your way lit only by the twinkling of the Milky Way and the black night filled with a cacophony of croaking, singing, snoring and bonking toads — it is easy to be swamped by three paradoxical impulses: lust, loathing and learning. <i>Escape</i> explores the murky world of toads on a trip to northern KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 15 October 2004
Traditionally going on safari meant jumping on to the back of a Land Rover and checking out the wildlife in the Kruger. Now we have baby-making safaris, healing safaris, yoga safaris and … pink safaris. Fuelled by our liberal Constitution there has been a surge of queer safaris on offer in South Africa. <i>Escape</i> investigate the post-Uhuru travel market.
With the passing of the final TRC amnesty deadline, there have been many surprising revelations.
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/ 24 November 1995
MINUTES after PW Botha this week warned Nelson Mandela against waking the tiger of Afrikaner nationalism, a brown tabby cat wandered into the press conference and began rubbing itself affectionately against the legs of assembled journalists.
SINN Fein president Gerry Adams jets into South Africa next week on a high-profile visit that includes talks with President Nelson Mandela. His trip will bolster the Irish republicans in their talks with the British government over a political deal in Northern Ireland. Adams will also meet Consitutional Affairs Minister Roelf Meyer and head of […]
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/ 3 February 1995
FOUR black-and-white images of Nelson Mandela in his autobiography are at the centre of the row between Jim Bailey and a former Drum photographer.
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/ 4 February 1994
An ANC policy document makes some controversial proposals for the future of game parks under a new Government of National Unity. Eddie Koch reports.
A hunting trip converts the ANC leader to conservation.
?Twelve European governments yesterday delivered a joint démarche – one of the sternest forms of diplomatic protest – to the foreign ministry.
Startling allegations that police are actively backing Inkatha warlords in the Pietermaritzburg civil war were made at a press conference.