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Unravelling the raving
Last week Julius Malema had attendees at a gala dinner choking on their crème brûlée when he proposed a radical new plan to further the revolution.
A steel at the price
Government is watching closely the standoff between Kumba and ArcelorMittal and its effect on steel prices, Lynley Donnelly reports.
From the Asian Tigers to Kerala
Predictions that the African National Congress (ANC) would shift its policies leftwards were confirmed by the outcomes of the commissions at the ANC policy conference on strategy…
Botswana’s small step for fashion
Tumi Makgetla speaks to fashion designer Mpho Kuaho from Botswana who has dressed models for the Durban July horse race.
A thaw in the virtual wage freeze
In 2001/02 state employees received below-inflation pay hikes. But, in the past four years, hikes have been above inflation, though the nominal increase fell from 8,5% in 2003 to…
The true measure of a latté
The flush <i>Mail & Guardian</i> reader might not mind spending almost R40 in Angola on his or her favourite weekly newspaper, but he or she would get better value in Malawi,…
‘Our demands are simple and straightforward’
Public servants expressed their determination to continue their indefinite strike this week, closing down schools across the country and interrupting hospital and other…
Eliminating indiscriminate poisoning
A vulture swooping down on a piece of meat cannot know that the juicy morsel might be its last meal. But, when farmers put poisoned meat around their farms to protect their herds…
SA books go online
Publishing group hopes to digitise about a quarter of a million local titles, writes Tumi Makgetla
Gear blamed for public service vacancies
About 42 000 nurses’ jobs are going begging in South Africa — and the trade unions blame government’s macro-economic strategy, Gear, for the critical staff shortage. Among the…
Strike: the three big hurdles still to be negotiated
Talks in the public service will continue in the shadow of the strike on the basis of a working document adopted by the bargaining council on Wednesday. Earlier this week, a…
The riddle of the middle
Defining the middle strata in one of the most unequal countries in the world is a tricky but unavoidable challenge that Businessmap Foundation researchers Khehla Shubane and…
Shaik at dead end, court told
The National Prosecuting Authority has defended its decision to separate Schabir Shaik’s trial from that of his co-conspirators, the former deputy president Jacob Zuma and French…
Was Pearl suspect rendered?
The unfolding story of Pakistani national Saud Memon, who was released from more than four years of detention, two of which he spent in Guantanamo shortly before his death this…
Shaping rough diamonds
Tumi Makgetla speaks to publisher Solomon Solani Ngobeni about scouting for new African voices.