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/ 2 September 1994
Stefaans Brummer A HIGH-RANKING Pretoria police officer may have helped former security police captain Michael Bellingan, implicated in apartheid-era “dirty tricks” and the murder of his wife, to gain residency in New Zealand. Sources close to the international investigation into Bellingan — who emigrated to New Zealand three weeks after a May 6 inquest verdict […]
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/ 2 September 1994
MEDIA & MARKETING Clive Simpkins THE advertising colleges in this country are the incubator or nursery of the industry. But it seems that the industrial giants prefer to snatch BComm graduates straight from university and put them through their own version of paediatric marketing pedantry. The AAA, based in the PWV and Cape Town, positions […]
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/ 2 September 1994
Jacque Magliolo reports on the listing of Nthato Motlana’s New Africa Investments THE listing of New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) brought a cheer from JSE dealers. However, sentiment is already waning with speculation bandied around the corridors of the JSE that the share cannot retain the high attained at listing in weeks to come. Stockbrokers […]
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/ 2 September 1994
Students want to change the university, but there is less and less money to do so, writes Drew Forrest SOUTH AFRICA’S universities are hurtling towards a cash crunch engendered by rising costs, sharply escalating student indebtedness and falling state subsidies. For the new government, beset by the clamorous needs of other educational sectors and bent […]
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/ 2 September 1994
Behind this week’s strike by Natal hospital staffers lies a growing gulf between workers and their union, reports Farouk Chothia STRIKING hospital employees at Durban’s King Edward VIII Hospital were warned this week that they risked losing their union membership if they defied calls to return to work. National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union […]
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/ 2 September 1994
A tussle for control is holding up integration of the intelligence services, reports Chris Louw EFFORTS to integrate South Africa’s 12 officially recognised intelligence networks ran aground this week when deputy president FW de Klerk refused to relinquish executive control. De Klerk was put in charge of the intelligence services as part of the pre-election […]
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/ 2 September 1994
After years of dullness, the property market is starting to promise excitement. Reg Rumney reports on one economist’s brave forecast IF you are thinking of buying property, or of selling your house to move into a more expensive neighbourhood, don’t put off the decision. Buy now, says property economist Erwin Rode. Hold on, you may […]
Joe Cocker, Sting, Vaya Con Dios… Local bands are having a rough ride in their wake, reports Fred de Vries AS foreign stars flood into South Africa, local bands struggle harder to attract small crowds. Last weekend saw Live Jimi Presley doing two gigs at Tandoor’s in Rockey Street, Yeoville. Friends had been praising LJP […]
Old Mutual’s policyholders have profited from the surge in the stock market. Reg Rumney reports on the assurance giant’s views about the future of share investments DESPITE interest rates that are high — and might go higher — and nervousness about the effect of a possible scrapping of exchange control, giant life assurer Old Mutual […]
Paul Stober THE government has made it clear that South Africa’s overgrown development sector will have to be cut back and that only those organisations which can efficiently deliver services will survive in the new South Africa. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active in 15 key development sectors held a summit last weekend to define their role […]