Ferial Haffajee The SABC board chair, Professor Paulus Zulu, may have acted unilaterally in sacking deputy chief executive Govin Reddy. Some board members sought a negotiated parting of the ways instead of the immediate termination of employment which Zulu penned in his July letter to Reddy. His action has exposed the SABC to a very […]
You may be surprised to learn that Africa’s stock exchanges have outperformed most other emerging markets in the year to date in dollar terms – and that’s despite war in the Congo, bombs in Kenya and Tanzania and the general perception of the continent as a haven for corruption and chaos. You may be further […]
Andrew Worsdale The first movie I ever saw was Swiss Family Robinson at the Greenway cinema in Greenside and I vividly remember sleeping most of the way through it, waking up for an instant to see a giant python slithering down a tree, and then I burst into tears. Thirty-something years later I feel like […]
Leander Kahney Amid reports that computer-literate kids are learning to type before they learn to write, software publisher Knowledge Adventure plans to release new multimedia software for nine- month-old babies at the end of October. Jump Ahead Baby is at the forefront of a growing market for ”lapware” – software aimed at children under three […]
Chiara Carter Image may not be all, but the brew of perceptions and policy that translates into voter support looks decidedly murky for the African National Congress and the National Party in the Western Cape. A MarkData survey released by Professor Lawrence Schlemmer indicates the haemorrhage of support for the NP countrywide has not stopped […]
Miles Keylock Live in Cape Town Since the demise of Mannenberg’s and the ongoing sabbatical of Klaus’s Jazz Club, Cape Town city centre has not had a regular venue devoted to the popularisation of jazz and the showcasing of quality South African jazz talent. Club Salsa’s decision to host Virtual Jazz Reality during August was […]
Tracy Murinik On show in Cape Town Joyous myths that are conventionally touted around the institutional roles of family; of the experiences of motherhood, fatherhood and childhood, most often attempt to preclude those questions or observations which might challenge them. Framed within sentimentality and much religious moralising, the complex range of experiences that people endure […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.00pm. DALY’S Insurance sailed superbly on the fifth day of the Lipton Challenge Cup in Algoa Bay on Thursday, scoring their first victory and the overall lead going into the final day on Friday. In their eagerness to get off to a good start on Thursday the entire fleet was […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Thursday 2.30pm. BLACK CLOUDS are gathering over the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Thursday as Wednesday’s 6,2% fall has accelerated, with 8,55% wiped off the market by 2.00pm. With the contagion of what is being termed the ‘Russian flu’ hitting global emerging markets, the price of local stock is falling with […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kigali | Thursday 9.00PM. FIGHTING continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday after rebel forces determined to topple President Laurent Kabila infiltrated the city. The allied forces backing Kabila appear to have maintained a hold on the city one day after fierce artillery battles broke out in the eastern […]