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Newcastle SRC elections

Newcastle SRC elections By Shane Bentley NEWCASTLE — The progressive "Activate" ticket breathed some life into elections for the Newcastle University Students Representative Council, held April 18-21. Activate won four out of five

SBS soccer feast

SBS soccer feast SBS television is to broadcast a "feast of soccer" during May in a warm-up for the network's exclusive broadcast of the 1994 World Cup finals in the US during June and July. There will be live international matches and soccer

Gay/lesbian group backed ANC

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW), one of the South Africa's two main gay and lesbian rights groups, endorsed the African National Congress in the elections. GLOW activist Simon

Radio highlights

American Music and Popular Culture — Jazz, Part III — Bop, Cool, Third-stream, Eclectic. Since the second world war, jazz has had a rich and active history of stylistic change. Bebop redefined the art, reacting to the "excesses" of the previous

Landscapes of capital

Reshaping Australia: Urban problems and policies By Frank Stilwell. Pluto Press. $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Paul Walker Science fiction has long theorised the never-ending city. Clifford Simak's The City and the Stars and the Ridley Scott cult

Greenhouse: from bad to worse

By Tom Kelly Australia is among the industrialised countries that are increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, in violation of international agreement to reduce them. The Climate Change Convention, negotiated at the United Nations Earth

Rally against racism

Rally against racism ADELAIDE — Another rally against racism is to be held on Saturday, May 7, at 11:30 at Barker Gardens (cnr Prospect Rd and Alpha Rd), Prospect. The rally will build on the success of last month's rally of nearly 1000

Massive turnout overwhelms officials

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Inexperience, lack of preparation and ineptitude on the part of the Independent Electoral Commission contributed to confusion during the first two days of the election. However, the overriding cause of problems was

Aid budget 'to be reduced'

Aid budget 'to be reduced' WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette has warned the federal government against reducing the level of overseas aid in the May 10 budget. "No doubt the government will talk about an 'increase in real dollar terms',

Chronology

Chronology January 1912. ANC founded 1914. Afrikaner National Party formed July 1921. Communist Party of South Africa formed 1943. The word apartheid appears for the first time 1948. National Party elected to whites-only

Earth Day in the Philippines

Earth Day in the Philippines By Rachel Evans and Ray Fulcher MANILA — Earth Day was organised by the Philippines Environmental Action Network (PEAN) around the theme of "Defend and Reclaim the Commons". Other organisations aiding the

Jesse Jackson: 'Don't traumatise those on top'

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The Reverend Jesse Jackson, whose two presidential campaigns in the 1980s brought together a wide range of oppressed minorities, workers and the disadvantaged into a Rainbow Coalition, is in South Africa to observe