BOE manoeuvres into the international finance market with new partner NatWest. Lynda Loxton reports After keeping the market guessing about its intentions for more than a year, Board of Executors (BOE) has unveiled an innovative scheme that instantly plugs it into one of the world’s leading finance and investment groups. The tie-up with Britain’s National […]
For women to have any real power in society, they=20 need to be represented in the Budget, argues ANC MP=20 Pregs Govender=20 WHILE women have won initial victories by filling=20 positions of political power, economic power still=20 lies where it always has — with a few new black=20 faces — in the all-male white echelons […]
Small-scale mining operations find it difficult to tunnel a path into South Africa’s mainstream mining industry, reports Meshack Mabogoane Attempts by small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) to carve a significant niche in the mining and minerals sector are fraught with such minefields that “constructive intervention” by the government may be more necessary to level the […]
Peter Vale argues the Comoros coup shows the time=20 has come for the government to expunge the=20 mercenary impulse from South African national life=20 THE proverbial fly on the foreign affairs wall must=20 have raised a wry smile when news of the Comoros=20 coup came rattling over the wire. “Hello, we’ve=20 been here before,” it […]
Hazel Friedman=20 TWO-THIRDS of South Africa’s black population are=20 subject to poor health conditions. This is among=20 the startling findings of South Africa’s first=20 national household health survey.=20 A 200-page report, released by the Community Agency=20 for Social Enquiry (Case) on behalf of the Kaiser=20 Foundation this week, sketches an appalling picture=20 of continued racial […]
Marion Edmunds=20 THE National Party has a strategy to solve this=20 coming week’s fight with the ANC over local=20 government legislation. Talk of the strategy makes=20 Nats smile, but they’re not going to show their=20 hand yet.=20 Parliament meets in a special session next week to=20 debate the Local Government Transition Amendment=20 Bill, a move […]
The latest study on media inflation indicates that advertising spending in South Africa is set to exceed R4,6-billion, reports Neil Bierbaum IF advertisers think they can increase their budgets for next year in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) they will find themselves losing their share of voice, particularly if they are spending most […]
Peter Vale writes that the clash between gay people=20 and President Mugabe showed that civil society can=20 play a powerful role in Southern Africa=20 WHEN Robert Mugabe savaged the common law rights of=20 gays, he may well have initiated a geological shift=20 in the regional balance of power.=20 In the wake of his comments, South […]
This year’s national Vita Awards for theatre celebrate the past, argues MATTHEW KROUSE THE FNB Vita National Theatre Awards, like any extended family gathering, pay homage to founding fathers, and stroke their fledglings, encouraging them to follow traditional paths. The 1994/1995 award-winners are testimony to a developing consensus between fundis, audiences and practitioners. Apparently, what […]
Supporting ‘smart’ mines ignores the international=20 landmine crisis, writes David Bruce=20 IT WAS a shock for the Ceasefire Campaign to hear=20 last week that the government had decided to=20 implement a ban on “dumb” or “long-life” mines=20 while adopting a position of support for the use of=20 “smart” or “short-life” mines.=20 While all landmines are […]