Mary Metcalfe, Gauteng MEC of agriculture, conservation, environment and land affairs, tells the story of a golden butterfly that solved an inherently irreconcilable tension between the environment and development.
In 2000 the Johannesburg council defied massive resistance to any form of privatisation and corporatised some of its entities as part of the much-maligned Igoli 2002 plan.
Say what you like about the World Summit, there is a global sense of fatigue at such mega-events. Saliem Fakir reflects on the highlights and lowlights.
It will soon be possible to buy your imported cheeses and pick up your Prozac in a one-stop operation – depending on where you shop.
The problem with South Africa’s economic statistics is much broader than indicated by the Statistics SA fiasco, which involved overstated inflation figures.
To celebrate 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, members of the Mountain Club of South Africa set out to measure our highest peak.
Dean van der Merwe describes what they discovered.
One of the successes of the Johannesburg Summit was to persuade South Africans that they have achieved something to be proud of. But what will we do with the post-summit window of opportunity? Chris van der Merwe reports.
When Amos Masondo took over the then Johannesburg Metropolitan Council in 2000, the city was burning. Municipal workers blockaded roads with trucks, spilled rubbish and took council officials hostage as uncertainty brewed about the direction the city was taking.
If you are one of those people who will only touch a fish if it is deep fried with a sprig of parsley on top, you would not be interested in KwaZulu-Natal’s sardine run, which has just begun.
Nearly 10 years after the political settlement that brought a commitment from the new government to gender equality – the ”non-racial, non-sexist Republic of South Africa” as promised in the Constitution – remains deeply patriarchal.