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 […]

As mutinous Lesotho troops take to the hills in preparation for a drawn-out struggle, we re-examine the report that caused all the trouble William Boot The Southern African Development Community’s mishandling of the Langa commission of inquiry and its inability to publicly admit that the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)had fraudulently stolen the May 23 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mukoni T Ratshitanga The Vaal Triangle Technikon council this week rubbished a report on the troubled institution commissioned by Minister of Education Sibusiso Bengu and announced it will challenge the minister’s intervention in court. The fight between the technikon and the minister was triggered by the council’s decision to discipline rector Aubrey Mokadi, accused of […]

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 […]

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 […]

There’s a growing sense that in an unstable world, Libya’s `Brother Leader of the Revolution’ has some attractions, writes Ian Black Moammar Gadaffi was busy this month, embracing African leaders as they flew in for the lavish celebrations, held each year, of the coup that brought him to power in 1969. Without his customary comic-opera, […]

Peter Frost On show in Cape Town They’re celebrating. The State Theatre Ballet and Cape Town City Ballet’s (CTCB) inaugural joint venture has succeeded. In an evening characterised by energy and verve, the combined companies took on two “imported” works and one home-grown piece, each quite different from the other. Few people held out much […]

`justice’ When hit squads roamed KwaZulu-Natal during the early 1990s, the province’s Attorney General, Tim McNally, developed a reputation for being reluctant to prosecute alleged Inkatha Freedom Party assassins and their police accomplices. McNally’s seemingly ambiguous attitude to prosecution was once again in the public spotlight last week when the attorney general released a press […]