Estimated expenditure for the Office of the President,=20 which includes President Nelson Mandela’s salary,=20 amounts to R16,3-million, an increase of R272000 from=20 last year, according to the 1995/96 Budget. Expenditure for the office of Deputy President Thabo=20 Mbeki is estimated at R8,8-million, a decrease of R1,2=20 million. Expenditure for the office of Second Deputy=20 President […]
Ann Eveleth A KEY witness in an African National Congress (ANC) court application against the controversial kwaZulu/Natal House of Traditional Leaders was brutally gunned down just weeks after deposing to an affidavit in support of the case, the ANC said this week. ANC organiser Celani Radebe was shot dead in the Ntabamhlope district of Estcourt […]
Jacques Magliolo WHILE local stores-listed companies fight for market=20 share on South African soil, there is a universal trend=20 for retailers to become world players. The Americans,=20 Asians and Europeans have suddenly realised the=20 advantages of the global village and they intend to=20 make the most of its conveniences. Everyone has heard of easy access […]
With a dose of South African wit and a whipping by the=20 British team, the local brand of rugby league kicked=20 off last week RUGBY LEAGUE: Luke Alfred THE recent test between the Rhinos (the South African=20 amateur Rugby League side) and their amateur=20 counterparts from Britain was the ideal laboratory to=20 test the following […]
Gaye Davis PARLIAMENT’S creche — vaunted as a symbol of the new government’s commitment to gender equality — has closed because of staffing problems, forcing MPs and other parents to make other arrangements for the care of their children. Parliamentary under-secretary Robbie Karreman said it was hoped the creche, which closed two weeks ago and […]
Pat Sidley SOUTH AFRICANS will not be able to see the full effects=20 of the first budget of the government of national unity=20 until the nine provinces present their budgets to their=20 provincial legislatures within the next few weeks. The budget presented in parliament this week reflected=20 the amounts allocated for various national government=20 departments […]
The scrapping of non-resident shareholders’ tax is a=20 strong move to attract foreign investment, reports=20 Jacques Magliolo The scrapping of non-resident shareholders’ tax (NRST)=20 and remaining import surcharges has elicited a positive=20 response from the market during this week’s Budget=20 Experts perceived it as one of the most positive=20 Budgets in decades as it aimed […]
Gaye Davis FREEDOM Front member Tom Langley’s nomination as South Africa’s ambassador to Portugal has sparked frantic behind-the-scenes lobbying in a bid to stop his Sources told the Weekly Mail & Guardian there was deep concern in Portugal over the move to post Langley, a former National Party and Conservative Party MP, to the country. […]
Jan Taljaard As high courts go, the new Pretoria Supreme Court has had little time to steep itself in history. No smells of previous life-or-death dramas cling to the machine- tooled benches. The lighting is almost overbearingly efficient and clinical, the texture of the wood panelling, if not exactly cheap, symbolises transient society rather than […]
Yo, Babe! Bafana Khumalo welcomes Queen Elizabeth with some helpful advice for her visit to South Africa. He will be following the royal entourage throughout their I sure hope you had a cool trip and and you were chillin’ in your set of water wheels. I am certain that you are going to have a […]