Mutinational corporations must also be tackled as part of the case against Zuma, writes Hennie van Vuuren.
The countries surrounding Africa’s Great Lakes are not known for their democratic credentials. So it was with some justification that eyebrows were raised on Tuesday when Paul Kagame and his Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) romped home with an unbelievable 95% landslide victory in Rwanda’s first-ever, multiparty elections.
Tony Blair’s hopes of leading Britain into the single currency before the next general election are in ruins after Labour loyalists admitted this week that Downing Street’s battle with the BBC has ”derailed” the pro-euro campaign.
With just a couple of days remaining of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Paris, South Africa’s final medal tally is assuming a far greater meaning than simply hardware brought home.
The South African Airways Super 8 Cup took off on Women’s Day and began dropping off passengers — including favourites Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates — the same day.
Making uKhahlamba (Drakensberg) out of a molehill.
Okkert Brits picked up South Africa’s second medal of the World Championships when his clearance of 5,85m was good for the men’s pole vault silver medal in Paris on Thursday.
In a key provision, the 1995 Labour Relations Act (LRA) created a two-tier hierarchy of specialist, high-status labour courts. Unfortunately, the system envisaged by the Act has been emasculated.
The sense of disappointment and frustration following the SADC summit last week matched that experienced after PW Botha’s notorious Rubicon speech. Instead of discussing the political and economic breakdown in Zimbabwe, as promised by the Tanzanian hosts, the leaders cheered Mugabe to the rafters.
Zuma’s pals in the press, Saddam’s lesser known offspring, the cow cops of India and Bristow-Bovey’s new book cover. Oom Krisjan puts that in his pipe and smokes it.