Nobody could have anticipated Sharpeville a second look Humphrey Tyler So the Sharpeville massacre need not have happened. According to the Mail & Guardian (August 3) Philip Frankel, a Wits University academic, claims in his book, An Ordinary Atrocity, that it could have been avoided if, for example, there had been “proper crowd control” and […]
Stefaans Brmmer and Mungo Soggot Did two well-connected black empowerment firms fraudulently conspire to mislead MTN in a bid for shares? This counts among the dirtier claims that may surface when both companies go to court in an internecine battle over the cellphone company shares, said to be worth more than R200-million. The offices of […]
Tara Turkington The African National Congress-controlled municipality in the Northern Cape town of De Aar failed to pay an overdue account to a law firm run by a Democratic Alliance leader in the province so the town was brought to a near standstill. The Emthanjeni municipality’s moveable assets from the traffic police’s car to the […]
Harrison Ndlovu In a bid to control public urinating in their neighbourhood, Hillbrow residents are imposing spot fines ranging between R10 and R50 for offenders Central Hillbrow, with its high liquor consumption and many dark alleyways, is worst affected and residents have taken it upon themselves to control the health hazard. On a wall on […]
A farm worker claims he was beaten by vigilantes on an executive’s hunting farm Fiona Macleod Police are investigating an alleged sjambok beating carried out by vigilante group Mapogo-A-Mathamaga on a Northern Province hunting farm owned by one of Bill Gates’s right-hand men at Microsoft. A former employee at the farm of senior Microsoft executive […]
Willem Heath’s former unit is to prioritise serious corruption investigations and dump small cases Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Special Investigative Unit (SIU), the state’s premier investigation authority, is to shut down a string of long-standing probes into alleged fraudulent activities involving government officials and private individuals as part of a plan to overhaul its […]
Glenda Daniels Gender activists from across the spectrum of political parties, NGOs, educationists and trade unionists slammed the government at a gender summit this week for withdrawing funds from a parliamentary committee on women while spending billions on defence. The four-day summit, entitled Realising Gender Equality: Justice, Peace and Poverty Eradication, organised on the eve […]
BOXING Deon Potgieter History could be made in October if the proposed clash between Cassius “The Hitman” Baloyi and Phillip “The Timebomb” Ndou goes ahead. It would be the first time two current South African world champions face off against each other and that with neither title at stake. Baloyi, undefeated after 25 fights with […]
The company’s chief financial officer says the downturn was a necessary evil to shake out unsound businesses Belinda Anderson The management of Idion Technologies is more confident than ever about the strength of the business. But, on release of its half-year numbers, the market knocked another 20% off the share price taking it down to […]
Q&A musa manzini Thebe Mabanga Musa Manzini, a graduate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) school of music, is one the latest, noticeable arrivals on the jazz scene. With class and elegance he effortlessly alternates between the electric guitar and the double bass. His self-produced, self-titled debut, New Reflections (BMG), earned him a South […]