ONE of the more remarkable sidelights of the Pick ‘n Pay dispute has been the comment by the Democratic Party’s Douglas Gibson that as a developing country, South Africa “cannot afford militant unions much longer”. The National Party has also weighed in with calls for government intervention, saying that “unambiguous choices will have to be […]
The North Sea Jazz Festival is one of the biggest in Europe. Morabo Morojele was there IF your idea of the best way to enjoy a jazz festival is to decamp in a grassy spot with a good view of the stage, then the North Sea Jazz Festival might come as something of a disappointment. […]
POLICE handling of the Pick ‘n Pay strike was true to classic South African police policy, “If in doubt, panic,” said a British academic specialist in criminal justice and member of the South African Police Services international training team. Mike Brogden also said the style of crowd dispersal used at Pick ‘n Pay stores indicated […]
Lesley Cowling ‘TRANSPARENCY” has never been a legal term, but judges and legal practitioners are learning to follow this precept closely in constructing the new constitutional court. The Judicial Services Commission, charged with presenting a list of 10 constitutional court nominees to President Nelson Mandela, said this week it would hold public interviews before selecting […]
Hazel Friedman AT last! After much deliberation and volatile exchanges, selections for the South African curated exhibitions of the 1995 Africus Biennale have finally been made from 45 proposals and a scaled-down budget of R40 000. Sadly the selections have occurred against a backdrop of squabbling within the art community. If informed sources are to […]
Gary Player is one of the greatest golfers of all time. This week he sets yet another record: 40 consecutive British Open tournaments GOLF: Paul Martin IN 1955, a teenager called Gary Player turned up for his first British Open without booking a hotel room. The only one available at the coastal town of St […]
CRICKET: Jon Swift IT is of course supposition, for no one in the United Cricket Board would be so arrogant as to make this claim, but South Africa are starting to wield an increasing influence on world cricket affairs. It shows in a number of aspects, some of them spelt out by UCB managing director […]
Moveable Feast Humphrey Tyler IT makes you weep to see so many people turned away — solicitously, even tenderly, but firmly — from Cabrito’s Bistro in Botha’s Hill, Natal, especially at lunchtime on Sundays, because the little kitchen in the back cannot cope yet with too many guests. Some of the would-be diners settle down […]
Company failures continue at a high rate. Reg Rumney reports TIGHT monetary policy still seems to be taking its toll among companies, although individuals seem to be sorting out their finances. In the first five months of this calendar year the total number of company failures is 15 percent higher than the first five months […]
Weekly Mail Reporter THE Weekly Mail & Guardian is testing the limits of the new government’s policy of transparency by demanding access to police and Military Intelligence files. This could lead to the first important test of the public’s right to state information as guaranteed under the new constitution. The WM&G has asked the ministers […]