Larry Elliott The International Monetary Fund (IMF)is confused. That’s a surprise in itself, because the IMF thrives on certainty, with firm views about everything, even if most of them are wrong. Stuck away in its half-yearly document, the world economic outlook, the IMF has a section called “Macro-economic stability and the forces of globalisation: lessons […]
A fence too flimsy to surround a northern suburbs home and one policeman to patrol more than 50km. This is the border between South Africa and Mozambique. Paul Kirk reports Nearly every morning Sergeant Chris van der Heever jumps into his 4×4 bakkie and drives alongside the 0,9m high fence that separates South Africa from […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby World Cup As opening games go, South Africa’s match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday looms as a considerably easier task than the corresponding fixture against Australia in Cape Town in 1995. But that is where the simplicity ends. Kitch Christie’s team was expected to lose against a demonstrably more talented Wallaby […]
John Matshikiza WITH THE LID OFF Whose town is this Johannesburg, anyway? The city centre swarms with an aggressive cacophony of black bodies that is unrecognisable if your mental picture is still stuck on the metropolis that was thrown up into the highveld sky by the heirs of Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Beit. Jo’burg has […]
Peter Dickson The Eastern Cape government has posted this week as the final deadline for new applications and applications for the reinstatement of welfare grants. The announcement was made despite an “indefinite” extension in May and the inability of district surgeons to cope with the number of applicants to be re- examined. The short notice […]
On the eve of the Pride Parade, Charl Blignaut attended the country’s premiere black drag pageant You’d never tell from the outside that Monyaka by Nite is the sort of nightclub given to displaying a galaxy of star- shaped refracting mirrors across the ceiling above its dance floor. >From outside, you’d never even tell it’s […]
Millions of rands have been poured into an experimental abalone ranching project at Port Nolloth on the west coast.
More than one million people work in craft-related industries, but the government has yet to come up with financial support for this important sector.
skills Marianne Merten Cape Town is often described as the rape capital of the world and it is here that Albanian women – who deal with survivors of horrendous mass rapes – came to share and learn. Discussion of rape is still very much a taboo in Kosovo and Albania, says executive director of Albania’s […]
the tournament Australia They played very well in beating New Zealand in their last game and the return of John Eales and Stephen Larkham will strengthen them considerably. They have a fantastic defence and the World Cup is always won by the best defence. Not knowing how South Africa will perform, I’d tip Australia as […]