Mercedes Sayagu’s Body Language I have discovered the new erogenous zone for the new millennium. I am embarrassed it took me so long. But I may be excused: I hit the party circuit only a few months ago, when my last lover dumped me. In more than one way, I was a casualty of the […]

David Le Page Besides cheque fraud, the other major reason offered by South African banks for high bank charges is an overly small market, or as they put it, “inadequate volumes to justify the infrastructure involved”. The banking industry explains its quandary as follows. As more banks have appeared in the country, the major retail […]

Health workers face a difficult choice when deciding whether to disclose patients’ HIV status to a third party Tracey Farren Nokwakwa screamed from the pain in her feet and shook convulsively, but the doctor was unable to find a cause. The hospital ran tests and admitted her for tuberculosis (TB), a pelvic infection and an […]

scope Ivor Powell Restrictions on the government’s investigations into alleged irregularities in South Africa’s R32-billion weapons deals could see senior government officials accused of nepotism and self-interest let off the hook. The latest probe in a series that have produced no visible results was mooted by Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota after the release to […]

Studies estimate that by 2015 more than 10- million South Africans will have died of Aids-related causes Howard Barrell The HIV/Aids pandemic is drastically affecting South Africa’s economic growth and future prospects and will eat into the wealth of those fortunate enough to survive it. The havoc being wrought by HIV/Aids means that in 2010, […]

Paul Kirk Car manufacturers, environmentalists and the oil giant Sasol look set to clash over a controversial petrol additive that is dangerous, destructive and a poisonous menace to people and cars. Sasol says, however, that the manganese- based additive MMT is a safe and cheap substitute for lead in petrol. The company is preparing to […]

‘illegal’ Thuli Nhlapo Ignoring the Congress of South African Trade Unions’s (Cosatu) campaign to create and sustain jobs in the textile industry, the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) promotional clothing is imported and believed to have entered the country illegally. Shereno Printers, which won a contract to print 100E000 T-shirts for IEC staffers to wear in […]

Gavin Evans Hezekiel Sepeng comes fourth: the rolling picture says it all. Disorganisation, bad timing, leaving it too late – the fate of South Africa’s sole black medal prospect on the track was set well before the losing line. And as with Sepeng so with South Africa’s entire Olympic bid. Eight years ago in Barcelona […]

members Glenda Daniels The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) resolved at its seventh national congress to take concrete steps to change the gender composition of the federation. The union movement committed itself to an aggressive drive to recruit women workers and to ensure greater women representation in its leadership structures. With most cases […]