Your headline “White males face the chop” (March 6 to 12), and key elements of the accompanying article, give a completely misleading impression of our employment equity policy. I use this opportunity to re-emphasise a point that was almost lost in the presentation of the article: “No one at the University of Cape Town (UCT) […]
Andrew Muchineripi: Soccer No sooner had caretaker coach Jomo Sono ditched the Bafana Bafana old guard than successor Philippe Troussier wants to bring them back for the World Cup in France during June. Labelled the “tried and trusted” by former coach Clive Barker and rejected as the “tired and detested” by large sections of the […]
Obituary Taffy and David Adler Ray Harmel (n,e Adler), veteran anti-apartheid activist and a member of the South African Communist Party, the Garment Workers Union and the African National Congress died in London on March 11 at the age of 91. Known for her tenacious, unswerving and principled support for worker and human rights, she […]
Andy Capostagno: Rugby We’ve had two weeks of the Super 12 now and we’ve learnt a few things. We’ve learnt that the Wellington Hurricanes are the best team in the tournament, and the Western Stormers are about the worst. We’ve learnt that rumours of a resurgence of the game in Australia are unfounded, and that […]
Njongonkulu Ndungane: UBUNTU A cardinal value to be cherished by all is the sanctity of life. This entails creating conditions that enable people to enjoy a fully human life. As God’s stewards we are responsible for harnessing the resources of the earth to enhance humanity’s well-being. It is in this light that we must engage […]
Mungo Soggot The corruption crisis in South Africa’s state oil industry claimed its most important casualty so far when Minister of Minerals and Energy Penuell Maduna sacked his special adviser on energy this week. Maduna’s decision to axe his trusted aide Thulane Gcabashe, an African National Congress stalwart, has sent shock waves through the Department […]
Krisjan Lemmer Great excitement in the Dorsbult Bar when word circulated that the California multi-millionaire, Deepak Chopra, was in town. Deepak, as everyone knows, is guru to California and all its hangers-on, including Hillary Clinton, Michael Jackson, George Harrison, Liz Taylor and Demi Moore – the latter of whom announced, after consulting him, that she […]
Nicole Turner As the government battles to stem the brain-drain of professionals from rural areas to urban centres, South Africa’s youngest and fastest-growing university is improving the skills of thousands of rural teachers from disadvantaged backgrounds every year. Vista University’s Distance Education Campus (Vudec) in Pretoria enrolled 10 079 students last year, all of them […]
FRIDAY, 1.00PM HEADLINE share earnings for Liberty Life rose 20% in 1997 to R12,15, helped by a new, internationally standardised accounting system. The dividend rose 33% to 425c, including a 40th birthday 40c share bonus. Earnings attributable to Liberty Life shareholders rose to R1,18-billion, new business rose 32,6% to R3,08-billion, and total assets increased from […]
A small ‘sacred city’ in the Karoo is South Africa’s window on to the universe, writes Ruben Mowskowski One gets to the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) at Sutherland by driving up the N1 from Cape Town until the ground becomes dry and flinty and the bushes sparse and then, after about three hours, you […]