A substantial damages claim against the Thor company in South African will be heard in a British court, writes Eddie Koch ENGLISH lawyer Richard Meeran arrived in South Africa this week to prepare a multi-million-rand lawsuit in the British courts against Thor Chemicals for damages suffered by 20 workers, exposed to high levels of mercury […]

Anton Grutter ‘Best practice” is aimed at involving workers in problem-solving on the shopfloor. And judging by the reaction to the first workshops organised by the Manufacturing Roundtable at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, the concept is popular with workers and management alike. Many studies have shown that team-based problem-solving can […]

The latest person tipped as editor of the Sunday Independent is the Star’s political editor Kaizer Nyatsumba. Nyatsumba is one of many names being bandied about to fill the shoes of Shaun Johnson, who has been appointed editor of the Argus in Cape Town. Johnson replaces the Argus’s longtime editor, Andrew Drysdale, in a couple […]

While the government considers more equitable ways of aiding the film industry, Justin Pearce reports that a single producer scooped more than half the subsidy money in recent years Films, including Oh Schucks, it’s Schuster and There’s a Zulu on my Stoep, earned more than R20-million in government subsidies for film production giant, Toron, over […]

Jacquie Golding-Duffy There was a 3% drop in adult viewers of television during the week following the SABC’s relaunch, although there was a percentage hike at two of the new-look channels. The week prior to the launch, 80% of adults in all language groups watched SABC and M-Net, while the week after the launch, 77% […]

THE starting point of staging a live music event is deceptively simple. But simply having an idea is not enough for enthusiasts or opportunists. Festivals need funds, and financial input from the public and private sectors is a feature of festivals internationally. In the event that a sponsor is sought, it is necessary to ensure […]

Students criticise Education Minister Sibusiso Bengu for ignoring their grievances, but the budget simply cannot be stretched to wipe out student arrears totalling R100-milion. Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports THE most powerful university student group in the country is not impressed with Education Minister Sibusiso Bengu’s refusal to negotiate on the R100-million accumulated student debt. Stephanie Alais, […]

David Brink of Absa has taken exception to Martin Welz’s description of him as ”Sanlam’s former money man brought in to clean up the mess left behind by Absa’s founding chief executive, Piet Badenhorst.” (M&G, January 26 to February 1 1996) ”The facts are,” Brink said, ”before joining the board of Absa, I worked as […]

March 1: New South Wales v Transvaal, Sydney; Wellington v Auckland, Athletic Park March 2: Natal v Western Province, King’s Park March 3: Waikato v Canterbury, Hamilton; Otago v Queensland Carisbrook March 5: Australian Capital Territory v Transvaal, Canberra March 9: Western Province v New South Wales, Newlands; Otago v Transvaal, Carisbrook; Australian Capital Territory […]

Stefaans Brummer THE media are under renewed attack in some African countries, if a recent spate of arrests and bannings, and an apparent assassination attempt are anything to go by. The Post of Zambia, long a thorn in the side of President Frederick Chiluba, this week came under the strongest censure from government yet, when […]