The Mail &Guardian is one of only three national weekly newspapers to have posted significant year-on-year circulation increases in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) certificate issued on August 2. The declining circulation figures for most urban daily and weekly newspapers reveal one thing: South Africans are reading less. Of course there are always […]
There have been unprecedented gains for workers following the recent volatile industrial action around South Africa Glenda Daniels Organised labour flexed its muscles a week ago and won some far-reaching gains, including medical treatment for HIV-positive miners, training for women, narrowing of the wage gap, meal intervals, leave benefits and a commitment to minimum wages. […]
Nawaal Deane Next week the Johannesburg Bar will decide who gets custody of its library the majority of its members who have fled the city centre to Sandton or the small group who are sticking it out downtown. It will be the final round of an epic struggle over the future of South Africa’s most […]
analysis Rembrandt Klopper Soon after Afrikaners handed power to the black majority in 1994 curious anecdotal reports emanating from black communities in the greater Durban region suggested that instead of being stigmatised by black youths as the language of the oppressor, Afrikaans had a surprisingly positive image. According to these anecdotal reports, increasing numbers of […]
Developing countries must use their resources to stimulate growth worm’s eye view Steven Friedman We must take care lest growth plans become Africa’s chief growth industry. President Thabo Mbeki is investing much in the Millennium Africa Recovery Plan (MAP) he authored with Nigerian President Olusegun Obesanjo and Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and which has been […]
Roshila Pillay and David Macfarlane If you’re not online, you’re heading for oblivion. For public and private education institutions, whether traditionally contact or distance, this is the clear message. A sampling of recent innovations shows that the formerly distinct categories of contact and distance learning are increasingly merging. And it’s a buyer’s that is, learner’s […]
LONDON CALLING Martin Spring The currency to back now could be the euro. Does that come as a surprise? For the long haul the dollar is a better bet as it reflects the superiority of the United States economy, offering higher risk-adjusted returns and greater breadth of opportunities. The US is better managed than Europe […]
Akin Ojumu The Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia has been the subject of numerous tributes after his death, but perhaps the most flattering came last year when he inspired the character of God in the short-lived animated series God, the Devil and Bob. Given tongue by a languid James Garner, God, who seemingly hails from […]
After a decade of market imitation, is it possible to be a radical intellectual? Lynne Segal comments Have you had yours yet? One astonished academic after another has sent me copies of letters asking them to consider a little school teaching on the side. It is unclear if the private company soliciting us imagines, correctly, […]
Belinda Anderson profiles Sizwe Nxasana, the gentle, well-considered boss of this soon-to-be public telecoms utility In his pinstriped suit and with his collected manner, Sizwe Nxasana could be mistaken for an ace merchant banker who has just closed a big deal. Rather, he is the head of Telkom, the parastatal that is preparing for South […]