Loose cannon Robert Kirby Herebelow a look at what is nowadays considered to be unacceptable behaviour in the office, as sent to me anonymously by someone at a well-known South African insurance company. Apparently these guidelines are extracted from some sort of behavioural manual being supplied – by heaven only knows who – to employers. […]
Deon Potgieter in Copenhagen Denmark has fewer boxers than South Africa and certainly fewer world champions, but they have a positive attitude towards the noble art, which is sorely lacking in the southern tip of Africa. In fact local boxers travelling to Copenhagen may find that they have larger appeal in the Danish capital than […]
David Sharrock in Jerusalem The Israeli government, fearful that a rush of pilgrims marking the new millennium next year will turn Christendom’s holiest shrine into a deathtrap, is putting pressure on the religious orders that control it to open a new emergency exit. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old Jerusalem is where Jesus […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.20pm. POLICE are awaiting a report from the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ncguka, before deciding whether to take action against former narcotics bureau head, Piet Meyer, for alleged fraud and racketeering. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Director Bala Naidoo said on Thursday: “We are considering acting against him (Meyer) but […]
Barry Streek The leading role of development in South Africa has to lie with the state, not with the private sector, African National Congress MP Ben Turok has written in a new book. The ANC had always assumed that a strong state apparatus would be required to establish a democratic system and that “the state […]
East Rand Proprietary Mines is in danger of becoming the first South African mine to be buried by this year’s collapse in the gold price, writes Mungo Soggot For more than a century, Johannesburg’s deepest mine has been home to two communities locked in distrust – a distrust they seem destined to share until the […]
Friday night Alex Sudheim Its a dry, flinty wind that blows across the plains and greets me like a John Wayne handshake as I step off the stagecoach and pat the prairie dust from my jeans. The bare-boned bite of the air is advance warning that this place takes no prisoners, so I square my […]
Andrew Muchineripi Jnr Soccer When your grandchild greets you in 2040AD and inquires about the origins of the African Super League, you will say it all began back in 1999 when the R1-million Vodacom Challenge was launched. The child will give a blank stare and wonder what the connection is between the annual club championship […]
THURSDAY, 6.00PM: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange bucked bad news from the currency and bond markets to gain 1,45% on Thursday, reports Sarah Bullen. Despite the gains, the market sentiment remained negative, Deutsche Morgen Grenfell head of trading Chris Wilde said. The rand was the problem, said Wilde, playing off its “back foot” since the morning, […]
The David Gleason Column Well, the great gaming fiasco has taken yet another (almost predictable) turn for the worse. Having made up its collective mind on one occasion, the previous Gauteng executive council declared to the high court that it was entirely satisfied with its decision and then, instructed to rethink, reversed course and handed […]