In the fifth part of our series on economic policy, Asghar Adelzadeh and Mathane Lethale of theNational Institute for Economic Policy consider whether government policies have positioned theeconomy towards job creation, poverty reduction and sustainable growth The Growth, Employment and Redistribution strategy’s (Gear) success is not going to be based on whether the government meets […]
Maria McCloy on Freedom Day President MandelA arrived on a donkey cart and the Premier, Manne Dipico, on a camel. The president insisted on this – after all this is an important animal in Upington, a town of 60 000 in the Northern Cape, near the Kalahari, where the national Freedom Day celebrations were held […]
An American billionaire plans to convert land the size of Israel in southern Mozambique into a mecca of tourism – but at what cost to the local people? Eddie Koch reports You can see it in the sadness of her eyes. Leah Shibambo would love to believe this strange American’s promises of how his new […]
FRIDAY, 2.00PM: The entire national leadership of the African National Congress from 1961 to 1994, barring President Nelson Mandela, is to apply to the truth commission for amnesty, party representative Ronnie Mamoepa confirmed today. The ANC’s military and political leadership structures will publicly accept responsibility for the actions of operatives in the field. The party […]
Benjamin Pogrund COLOUR, CONFUSION AND CONCESSIONS: The History of the Chinese in South Africa by Melanie Yap and Dianne Leong Man (Hong Kong University Press) THE Nationalists never quite worked out what to do with South Africa’s Chinese people. Early in the 1950s, with the start of apartheid, there were fewer than 5 000 Chinese […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: THE CABINET Wednesday approved a Bill prohibiting South Africans from rendering military services abroad without government authority. The Bill provides for a fine of up to R1-million or 10 years’ imprisonment for offenders. The new law is clearly aimed at curtailing the activities of mercenary outfit Executive Outcomes. The Foreign Military Assistance Bill […]
THURSDAY 10.30AM TELKOM’S MD and CEO Brian Clark yesterday announced his resignation with immediate effect. A Telkom statement said Clark left “to pursue other interests”. However, Telkom sources suggest his resignation had more to do with a dilution of his powers following the sale of a strategic equity stake in the parastatal to a US-Malaysian […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: The slow pace of entries for this year’s Comrades Marathon has made a sudden turnaround and organisers are now expecting a record entry for the June 16 downhill race after a last-minute rush of entries last week. From just over 1 000 entries the previous week, total entries soared to 4 410 by […]
THURSDAY 12.00NOON The trade and industry department yesterday announced the early termination of the controversial General Export Incentive Scheme due to budgetary constraints. The scheme will cease on July 11 The scheme was introduced in 1990 to offer financial incentives to local manufacturers to increase exports after years of apartheid isolation. Payouts in terms of […]
THURSDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH African tennis international Wayne Ferreira seems set on a career as a serial loser after bowing out of a major tournament once again. The third seed and world number 10 opted out of the first round of the $425 000 BMW Open yesterday with the same 6-3 6-4 score against the same […]