A new airline brings more travel options to South=20 African travellers. Andre van Zyl reports=20 A new airline, Avia Airlines, has taken over the slot=20 created by Virgin Atlantic Airlines to bring an end to=20 the domination of South African Airways and British=20 Airways on the lucrative and historic Johannesburg- London route.=20 Avia’s crew will […]
Despite her ranking as one of the more prominent and most highly-regarded women in the African National Congress caucus, Brigitte Mabandla’s appointment as Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Science and Technology has come as a surprise. Mabandla, a constitutional and human rights lawyer, has no experience in either the arts or the technology world. […]
Bruce Cohen=20 A bitter battle for the knock ‘n drop newspaper market=20 in Gauteng between the Argus Company and Caxtons has=20 ended — and just begun.=20 The Appeal Court this week upheld an appeal by Caxtons- CTP against an 18-month-old Supreme Court judgment which=20 allowed Argus to publish freesheets in competition with=20 Caxtons, which was […]
The concerns of commercial farmers should be taken into account, argues Graham McIntosh ALTHOUGH some of our farmers have a racist prejudice that blacks can’t be good farmers, they represent a lunatic fringe. Commercial farmers who produce the nation’s food are hardy, realistic, resilient, cautious and adaptable. They are a precious national asset and their […]
THEATRE: Guy Willoughby=20 GRAHAM WEIR is one clever, talented, protean man of=20 theatre. In a number of shows of his own and others’=20 devising, he’s proved he can act, sing, dance and think=20 on his feet — no mean achievement in the local=20 performing arts world.=20 Brief Descriptions is his one-man, award-winning view of=20 human […]
Inge Ruigrok South African doctors are following international trends and calling for dagga to be legalised for limited medical use here — although its illegal status and cultural prejudices against its use make the local research needed to back this change extremely Cape Town neurologist and researcher, Professor Frances Ames, says up to 70 percent […]
Sue Lund has calmly negotiated the ‘landmines’ of the land issue to write a balanced five-year plan for land distribution, writes Eddie Koch TEN years ago she was an idealistic young student who wanted to change the world. Today, still looking wide- eyed and innocent, Sue Lund is doing just that. She is the author […]
Chris Louw HUSTLER shop owner Eugene Marais looked forlorn in his almost empty premises this week. Boxes with deflated “love dolls” and a scattering of erect rubber dildos were all that remained in his sex shop in Sunnyside, Pretoria, after a second police raid in six weeks. Marais’ shop featured in the Weekly Mail & […]
Some of the sharpest words about the Budget were said by ANC members in Parliament this week, writes Gaye Davis IT was the first Budget on which the ANC was able to exert its influence — but that didn’t stop ANC MPs from handing out brickbats along with bouquets in their assessment of it this […]
Jacques Magliolo reports on Pepgro’s moves to improve=20 its competitiveness both locally and internationally=20 Pepgro’s R208-million rights issue came as no surprise=20 to market analysts. The move is yet another strategic,=20 well-planned step to make the group stronger and better=20 prepared for local and international competition, says=20 Mathison & Hollidge industrial analyst John Thompson.=20 Market […]