Delving into the past
They wanted to throw the man off the balcony but another man intervened.
This week, we look at the Advertiser’s March 10, 2006, edition.
• Drunken policemen on the wrong side of the law
Two police officers were arrested on claims of attempted murder and assault on Sunday.
The policemen, who stay in Springs and work at Germiston Area SAPS, were off duty on Sunday when they drove a state vehicle under the influence of liquor, says Springs SAPS spokesperson Insp George Raphulu.
At around 22:30, the policemen went to a flat in Chaterland Avenue, Selcourt, where they got into a physical fight, added Raphulu.
“They wanted to throw the man off the balcony but another man intervened. The policemen then allegedly assaulted the man who intervened,” said the inspector.
The police reservist constable (30) and inspector (35) were arrested and a case of attempted murder and assault was opened.
According to Gauteng SAPS spokesperson Supt Andy Pieke, the case against the policemen has been withdrawn.
However, the Springs Magistrate’s Court says the matter is with the director of public prosecutions pending a decision on whether the policemen will be prosecuted or not.
Raphulu says the two policemen were released on a warning.
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• Guys and Dolls
Veritas Senior School will be presenting its 2006 major production at the beginning of April.
The choice for this year is the classic American musical Guys and Dolls, which has had repeated successes all over the world since its first production on Broadway in the late 1940s.
The musical, with music by Frank Loesser, is an adaptation of stories and characters from the pen of Damon Runyon, whose tales of the guys and dolls of New York have become a well-loved part of literature.
Runyon writes affectionately of the people of the city he knew so well, the gamblers and shady characters, the mission band striving to save their souls and the nightclub dancers, all of whom inhabit Broadway, Times Square and other well-known parts of Manhattan.
The show contains witty dialogue, catchy tunes and a highly improbable but absorbing and amusing plot.
The cast consists entirely of Veritas learners and is headed by Luyolo Magangane who last played the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
He plays the part of Sky Materson, the highest bidder of them all.
Others in leading roles include Sheena Vengethasamy, Viagiso Masekela, Valerie Pandi and Sibusiso Sibeko as Big Jule from Chicago.
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• Oscar Glory
It was another historical moment for South Africa when Tsotsi bagged an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The 78th Academy Awards 2005 took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Directed by Gavin Hood, the film has an all South African cast.
The star, Presley Chweneyagae who plays Tsotsi, is supported by Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe, Kenneth Nkosi, Zola and Rapulana Seiphemo.
Media Company Sasani’s chairperson James Whitehouse said that the film’s success will not only help to entrench government confidence in the film industry but also go a long way towards encouraging investors.
The film, which was one of 26 feature films to be granted R35-million production funding by the Department of Arts and Culture through the National Film and Video Foundation, has paved a promising path for future up-and-coming local productions.
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