No image available
/ 5 December 2007
I attended last week’s Trialogue Making CSI Matter conference anxious that the presentations would focus on the newly legislated Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Best Practice, how and why to comply and, if not, on the importance of corporates having a social conscience, writes Steuart Pennington.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
When the ANC was formed in 1912, it was racially exclusive and only opened up to all races as recently as 1985. Yet, this did not make the pre-1985 ANC racist. ANC founders were wholly Eurocentric, and maintained good relations with white folk. The exclusiveness simply reflected a loss of faith in the liberal agenda, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
The call by the Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel, to review BEE has fuelled similar calls from organisations such as the DA, Solidarity, IFP and the Freedom Front Plus. But what elements of BEE/affirmative action need to be reviewed? These groups argue that policies marginalise whites and the poor of previously disadvantaged groups.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
A profound sense of disempowerment among emerging farmers has come to light following FNB’s announcement of a R300million deal with United States development agency USAid. The deal will see the agency guaranteeing half the loans the bank extends to black farmers, writes Barrie Terblanche.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
Therapy is a necessary part of recovery for survivors of abuse, but many are too traumatised to talk about their experiences.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
As families disintegrate in the face of Aids and rural poverty bites deeper, a steady stream of job-seekers arrives in Johannesburg.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
Maintenance prosecutor René Botha quit her job as attorney the day she realised she was helping "the wrong people". Today Botha is one of the most important and successful torchÂbearers for neglected children, women and men in Johannesburg who do not receive the maintenance they are entitled to.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
Captain Zakhele Zwane likes to think of himself as an officer who does more than just his job. "It’s the only thing I’ve known for the past 20 years. I didn’t know anything about police work before I joined the force. As far as fighting crime was concerned, I knew I could make a difference," he says.
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
Victims of abuse need someone to talk to — ”A listening ear is the best medicine.”
No image available
/ 5 December 2007
Born last week with a heart defect, Salem al-Masri needs life-saving surgery. But like hundreds in the Gaza Strip, he and his parents have no permit from Israel to exit the enclave to a suitably equipped hospital. Palestinians suffering serious illnesses have long travelled from Gaza to nearby Israeli hospitals for treatments unavailable at facilities in the territory.