Peter Makarube Live in Johannesburg They said jazz is dead but we have yet to see the coffin. With the establishment of the South African Jazz Foundation comes ample proof that the hippest art form is still alive – and well. At a recent media launch, held at the Hyatt hotel, the foundation was introduced […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.00pm. FORMER Pan Africanist Congress president Clarence Makwetu has been reinstated as a member of the party and as an MP, but will resign his seat with immediate effect and retire from active politics. Makwetu was accused of sowing disunity in the PAC and his membership was suspended for three […]

Simon Caulkin It’s as regular as the changing of the seasons. Every few months, a new survey triggers the familiar debate about soaring executive pay. But managers take no notice of the haranguings of unions and ministers, and the frustrated disapproval of everyone else; they just keep pocketing the cash. It is disingenuous to blame […]

Angella Johnson VIEW FROM A BROAD There I was, happily driving my white BMW 323i series along a stretch of winding Midrand road on a balmy Tuesday afternoon. The window was down and a cool breeze blew gently on my face as, oblivious to my surroundings, I slowed at a quiet stop street. Suddenly, out […]

Mail & Guardian reporter South African executives are notoriously reticent about earnings – something that is likely to change as globalisation exposes companies to business environments demanding more transparency. However, the latest survey by FSA-Contact provided a peek at other aspects of the rarefied world of top South African business. More than 98% of CEOs […]

Hein Marais: A SECOND LOOK Eighteen months ago, questioning the virtues of the free market was tantamount to flashing a membership card of the Flat Earth Society. Today, there’s standing room only on the bandwagon of second thoughts about laissez- faire capitalism. Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel, President Nelson Mandela, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, […]

Vivek Chaudhary It is perhaps still the most memorable 90 minutes in the history of female athletics. Under a bright Seoul sky, Florence Griffith- Joyner’s dazzling running suit glistened like silver foil in the afternoon sun as her talon-like fingernails, immaculately painted red, white, blue and gold, stretched out in front of her as she […]

Alex Duval Smith The smouldering remains of Lesotho, a kingdom raped of its constitutional integrity after South Africa’s heavy-handed military intervention, lie as visible proof of the post-apartheid government’s disastrous foreign policy. Political analysts believe that it is chiefly South Africa’s failure, since elections in 1994, to invent a credible role for itself in Africa […]

Johannesburg is the place to be this weekend with a feast of entertainment on offer. Alex Dodd reports Just in case you haven’t smelt the jasmine yet, it’s worth figuring that spring is in full swing and Arts Alive is almost history. But, the good news is it’s going out with a bang. This is […]