No image available
/ 15 October 2004
The recent attack by African National Congress secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe on black economic empowerment (BEE) should be seen as a call for established empowerment players to create opportunities for fledgling BEE firms. So says Prince Booi, CEO of empowerment rating agency Empowerlogic, who described such assistance as "succession planning".
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
The mustiness of masonry corroding in the sea air seeps from the Durban High Court building where Schabir Shaik is on trial. A stately, though ageing structure, it symbolises both permanence and decay. This trial is in part about the kind of South Africa we are constructing — one of decay or of rights-based permanence.
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
Former United States president Bill Clinton, forced to sit out the US presidential campaign after heart bypass surgery, is expected to record a number of radio adverts from his home. With only two weeks of campaigning left, the scramble is on to capture selected audiences with a final blitz of TV advertising.
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
So far, so good, for Stuart Baxter and Bafana Bafana, who ended the first round of 2006 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers on a high note. The 1-0 win against Uganda was significant in that they finally managed to win an away game – the first team in Group 2 to do so.
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
The best Currie Cup competition of the new millennium has reached the semifinal stage. It’s worth stressing the quality of the rugby, since next year SA Rugby has committed to return to a 14-team structure from the current eight. That will mean many more one-sided contests than has been the case this year, but probably little change in the make-up of the semifinalists.
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
Part of the strategy of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), when it proclaimed that while there was a prima facie case of corruption against Deputy President Jacob Zuma it would not charge him, was that he would be tried in the court of public opinion. But why is it that ‘vrot’ politicians always get off in the court of public opinion?
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
Minni Minawi does not look like a warlord. The former primary school teacher is a softly spoken Sudanese, in a grey pinstripe suit. Yet 34-year-old Minawi is the military leader of the Sudan Liberation Army, one of two rebel factions locked in battle with the Sudanese government in Darfur. ”This [Darfur] is worse than Rwanda. This is not only killing, but starving, displacing, disease and poverty.”
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
In 1994 the World Bank concluded that South Africa’s industrial development had historically been capital-intensive because of cheap finance. The bank argued that raising interest rates above the rate of inflation and reducing government intervention would prompt firms to use more labour relative to capital, creating employment while fighting inflation. And it appears that SA’s industrial policy is still mired in the past.
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
Discussions about improving the level of education in Kenya often focus on the challenge of achieving universal primary education — or ensuring that girls are not discriminated against when it comes to schooling. But, as crucial as the focus on children’s education is, it appears to be marginalising another group of people that is also in urgent need of educational assistance: Kenya’s illiterate adults.
No image available
/ 15 October 2004
The Didier Drogba legend grows. Born in a war zone, emigrated aged five, started life as a full-back, gave up football aged 15, turned out for teams you can’t even find on a map, struggled to score for them. Now, barely two years later, he’s Chelsea’s record-breaking £24-million striker, loved in London, coveted in Côte d’Ivoire.