Stan Katz There has been much criticism, debate and misinformation surrounding the sale of six SABC radio stations and the role of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the process. This is a pity because the environment which will ultimately be created, will in all likelihood, be much healthier for broadcasters. The IBA is faced with […]
There is always a suspicion, when one offers a fond farewell to a man who is a rival, that tributes are born more of relief at seeing the back of him than respect for his achievements. It is therefore a measure of our admiration for Ken Owen that we express the hope his formal retirement […]
Stefaans BrUmmer JAY Naidoo is embroiled in his first major controversy as post, telecommunications and broadcasting minister after he made “secret” eleventh-hour changes to the Telecommunications Bill accepted by Cabinet last week. Stakeholders accuse him of reneging on consensus painstakingly built over more than a year by his predecessor, Pallo Jordan. The version of the […]
A check-up on just who TML journalists have been calling from their phones at work caused an outrage, reports Stefaans BrUmmer TIMES Media Limited — owner of the Sunday Times, Business Day and other titles — this week apologised to reporters after being accused of tactics “reminiscent of the former security branch” in compromising confidential […]
Justin Pearce While emigration may mean booming business for some, there is no clear evidence of a flood of people leaving the country in the past few months. A phone around the diplomatic missions of the destinations popular with South African emigrants – — Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — showed that […]
TRANSPORT Minister Mac Maharaj is not having an easy time trying to become the Cabinet’s Robin Hood. First he came under fire for suggesting the idea of taxing petrol to hit the rich, leaving diesel as the people’s fuel. And then the Law Society this week lambasted his proposed shake-up of the state’s accident insurance […]
TWO pulsating European Championship semi-finals both ended in exactly the same way on Wednesday night when the sudden-death penalty shoot-out sealed the fate of England and France. In the first match favourites France had the most chances against a Czech Republic team determined not to concede a goal. France’s Youri Djorkaeff came closest to scoring […]
SADC members meet on Friday to approve a regional security initiative, but their action has been criticised by human rights organisations. Iden Wetherell reports A SUMMIT of Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state meeting on Friday in Gaborone to launch a regional security partnership has provoked protests over the omission of earlier proposals […]
ANC trade expert Rob Davies sees the EU moving away from aid and trade packages towards reciprocal deals with African-Caribbean-Pacific countries. Lynda Loxton reports Developing countries are becoming increasingly concerned about an apparent bid by the European Union to link negotiations on a free trade agreement with South Africa to the future of the Lome […]
Justin Pearce Right-wing hunger striker Willem Ratte ended his hunger strike on Thursday, being granted R1 000 bail pending a supreme court appeal against his five-year sentence. Earlier Ratte had said he was opposed to bail since he rejected the judicial system that sentenced him, but would abide by the decision of “the volk”. His […]