OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00PM. LOCAL industrial and all-share market movers were at the forefront of the overall market’s fall today on the back of futures-related and foreign selling. The all share index fell 58,6 points to end trade on 6721,8, while the industrial index dropped 66,0 points to close on 7816,9. The financial […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 3.00PM. South Africa were in a spot of bother on the third day of the series deciding fifth Test against England at Headingley on Saturday, as the English bats tightened their grip on the match. Allan Donald started the day well, dismissing Mike Atherton for a single run, but the […]
Suzanne Wilton and Sasha Nagy Canadian fugitive Patrick Steven Ryan’s ties to extreme right-wing groups in South Africa have become part of a Calgary police investigation into his role in the violent armed robbery of an armoured car last March. Ryan, whose connections to white- supremacist groups are also part of the investigation, visited South […]
at bay Ferial Haffajee It is a peaceful Saturday afternoon at a women’s shelter in the inner city in Johannesburg. Two women sit in the lounge and chat to a friend who is ironing. There is a calm about the place – it is here that battered women find refuge from abusive relationships and forge […]
Ferial Haffajee The wife of the SABC editor who commissioned the soapie Avenues stars in the programme and had a leading role in its casting and scripting. Penny Rodel also rents office space from A&P Productions, which makes the weekly soap. She used the name Penny Smith for this programme alone. Pieter de Vos, the […]
Tensions are running high in Lesotho as an ongoing vote recount reveals evidence of election fraud, writes William Boot Long-simmering dissatisfaction over Lesotho’s May 23 elections finally reached boiling point this week, and it is clear the political temperature is not going to come down until the issue is resolved. Supporters of opposition parties marched […]
Gill Moodie The government has taken the first steps towards unravelling the mess that is its information technology (IT) – and the good news for taxpayers is that government services are likely to become cheaper and faster as a result. The master plan, unveiled recently by the Department of Public Service and Administration, kicks off […]
Robert Kirby: Loose Cannon I must confess to feeling a bit ambivalent about Dr Nkosazana Zuma’s latest anti- smoking crusade. As a three-years-on ex-puffer, my wife assures me I have all but emptied my well of self- righteous reformist zeal. I now tend to let people get on with their tobacco undisturbed by pious sermonettes […]
Bridget Hilton-Barber looks at South Africa’s achievements in women empowerment Have women in Parliament done more than add a dose of colour and culture change to the staid Parliament of old? Has life changed for the average South African woman? If laws and government policies were the sole barometer of improvements, yes. Equality is guaranteed […]
The two most senior African National Congress officials in the Free State have been shunned by their supporters on the eve of the party’s preparations to elect new provincial leadership. ANC Premier Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri and the provincial chair, Zingile Dingale, appear to be facing the chop. None of the 10 Free State ANC regional branches […]