Jane Rosenthal The Picador Book of African Stories edited by Stephen Gray (Picador) Unity in Flight (Botsotso) Tenderfoots (M&G Books) ‘Africa is difficult to see because it is gun-shaped and heart-shaped. It takes heart to see her. It takes some cultural and racial overcoming. Actually it takes being a true richly grounded human being to […]
Right to reply Charles Pillai In response to the article entitled “We are addressing pension problems” (June 29 to July 5), I believe that it is appropriate that I place certain matters in perspective. The writer Jack Monedi, head of communications at the Department of Social Services in North West province begins by focusing on […]
Paul Kirk A senior Technikon Natal accountancy lecturer who has been found guilty of plagiarism was charged with housebreaking and slapped with a restraining order by the terrified lecturer who blew the whistle on his fake degree. The Mail & Guardian reported in March that Ian dey van Heerden’s PhD in business management was withdrawn […]
Ngwako Modjadji National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi is probing allegations of corruption, drunkenness, incompetence and maladministration at the Ennerdale police station, south of Johannesburg. The investigation was launched this week after Ennerdale residents forwarded a complaint to Minister of Safety and Security Steve Tshwete regarding alleged corrupt practices at the police station. Police officials in […]
Elvis and John Lennon have monuments, museums and disciples, but Bob Marley’s legacy is less clear. John Aizlewood travels to Kingston to ask his friends and collaborators: what does Marley mean now, 20 years after his death? Native Jamaicans call the administrative district of St Ann, north-west of King-ston, the “Garden parish”. They have a […]
A SECOND LOOK Joachim Wehner In its latest submission, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) presents some valuable recommendations on local government finance. At the same time, however, the commission fails to present concrete figures on the recommended slicing of the fiscal cake. The lack of specificity and seemingly dwindling commitment by the commissioners are […]
Few people or institutions come out of the Bredell confrontation well. The government and its policies, the Pan Africanist Congress and the ruling African National Congress and its allies have, each in its own way, demonstrated breathtaking disregard for the plight and purposes of the hundreds of families who settled on this stretch of vacant […]
ART Chris Roper Interesting exhibition this, a mixture of disposable pop philosophy and nuggets of theoretical insight, grafted on to digital art of varying quality. Hard to tell what to make of it, sometimes. Hard to tell, at least initially, whether it’s worth the effort. There is ample evidence of some of the Warning Signs […]
MG and Rover are officially back in South Africa and will soon be selling sports cars and luxury sedans from three outlets in Durban, Cape Town and Gauteng, writes Gavin Foster. Thanks to its backers boasting enough export credits to allow the import of fully built-up MGFs and Rover 75s at competitive prices, MG Rover […]
Barry Streek A Western Cape development agency, Wesgro, has initiated a novel approach for providing would-be entrepreneurs with information on small enterprises by establishing “business corners” in local libraries. So far 24 business corners have been established in libraries in the Cape Town metropolitan area, and another seven are planned for other areas in the […]