Scotch Tagwireyi and Heather Hogan The University of the Orange Free State (UOFS) has reintroduced apartheid-style rules in its male residences, by endorsing student demands to divide them according to race. The extraordinary decision followed several incidents of violence on campus, which were attributed to racial tensions between students. The problems mostly occurred in under-graduate […]

Donna Block SHAREWORLD I remember my first year at University and my first class, Finance 101. The professor, a wizened old curmudgeon, told us that if we learned nothing else in his class, rule one about finance was that the stock market was a crap-shoot. “You place your bets and you take your chances.” He […]

THE SA Revenue Service plans to recruit about 100 additional full-timeauditors and about 30 forensic auditors in the coming months in order to deliver on its undertaking to collect R210,4billion in taxes in 2000-2001. Business Day reports that this would be 7,2% higher than this year’s achievement. It reports that SARS commissioner Pravin Gordhan said […]

Budget 2000 has something for everyone: Tax cuts for the hard-working populace, incentives for job creation, a boost for our credit rating – and fiscal discipline for state departments Belinda Beresford Trevor Manuel walked to his budget briefing with a huge smile on his face, secure in the knowledge that he was about to become […]

Jean Spear It seems trendy to criticise backpackers and their guidebooks these days. With the proliferation of mostly generic guides on the market that cater for the backpacker crowd and an established backpacker circuit, travelling is no longer reserved for the elite. But is it such a bad thing? Sure, it is amusing that guidebooks […]

TRANSNET, the key shareholder in South African Airways, said on Thursday the purchase of new planes for the carrier is on course but insists no supplier has yet been chosen for the R4,3-billion contract. Transnet denied reports that the SAA board reached a decision last week, apparently naming Boeing Co. as its preferred supplier. Europe’s […]

Belinda Beresford The introduction of a new form of tax is always a worrying prospect – the thought of paying more money to the revenue service is not appealing. And the introduction of capital gains tax (CGT) is no exception. The government introduced the tax to close a tax loophole – people have been converting […]

Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION It is distressing to observe how effectively the SABC corrupts language. Reputable broadcasting of the bad old days – certainly by radio stations – not only fulfilled its myriad other functions but was presumed to be an example of the correct use of language. The BBC was the most obvious model, or […]

Jungle and drum’n’bass fans in South Africa are getting ready to party with one of the most revered DJs on the planet Greg Bowes He’s been called ”jungle’s greatest populist and its most underrrated practitioner” by the United Kingdom’s esteemed ”serious” music magazine The Wire, while his remixes for acts as diverse as rappers the […]

pension scheme Paul Kirk The daughter of Prince Gideon Zulu, the KwaZulu-Natal minister of welfare, is a consultant to Cornerstone, the company that has been accused of selling dubious funeral policies to pensioners across the province. The revelation that Zulu’s daughter, Dr Cynthia Kabanyane, is employed by Cornerstone is the latest in a series of […]