stifling public voice Peter Dickson African National Congress legislators in the Eastern Cape have been crossing swords with one another over public hearings on the province’s embattled social welfare system. The hearings are due to take place on Monday, but the 46 venues where the hearings will take place will only be announced on Friday. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 12.30pm. THE Volkswagen plant at Uitenhage ground to a halt on Thursday as workers went on strike protesting the suspension of a group of shop stewards by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. The strike, affecting about 300 workers, took place after Numsa’s succesful application for a Labour […]

`Theme funds’ have emerged to cater to specialised investment needs, writes Fumane Diseko The performance of unit trust funds based on ethics, such as the Oasis Crescent Fund, Southern Pure Specialist Fund and the Community Growth Fund, has overturned the cynical view that limitations on these funds reduce returns. According to Colin Woodin, executive director […]

DESPITE declaring himself available for the two Tests in India in March strike bowler Allan Donald was omitted from the squad of 14 named Tuesday for the first three of this summer’s triangular limited overs series against England and Zimbabwe. David Terbrugge, who made an impressive Test debut against the West Indies last year, gets […]

jets in action in Congo Tony Blair has told the British Foreign Office that Zimbabwe must have spares for the war in Congo, write Mail & Guardian reporters The British government is set to lift an informal arms embargo on sales to Zimbabwe of spare parts for fighter jets being used in the civil war […]

The conservative policies behind the government’s broad economic framework have propelled South Africa back on to the foreign investment community’s radar screens. Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has cut government spending and brought the budget deficit to below 3% of gross domestic product, inflation has hit a 30-year low, and interest rates are on a […]

Overloading caused the plane crash near the Rand Airport near Germiston on December 6 last year. Ten people, including the pilot were killed in the disaster. Civil Aviation Authority commissioner Trevor Abrahams said in Pretoria that the aircraft’s other major problem was a loss of power in the right-hand engine.

A Durban principal had been under police investigation for paedophilia for many years, reports Paul Kirk The KwaZulu-Natal press has been peppered with advertisements celebrating the death of a former principal and scoutmaster who has emerged as one of South Africa’s worst serial paedophiles. Douglas Drysdale, who died last week, was principal of two of […]

Belinda Beresford What Is … Rhema Church? The Rhema Church, headed by Pastor Ray McCauley, is becoming one of South Africa’s most fashionable institutions. This week the church received another seal of acceptance from South Africa’s black elite when it was chosen to host the funeral of African National Congress stalwart Alfred Nzo. Last week […]

BAFANA Bafana completed their local preparations for the African Nations Cup with a 8-0 drubbing of lower division club Arcadia Shepherds. Pollen Ndlanya and Siyabonga Nomvete scored two goals each.