Glenda Daniels and Jaspreet Kindra The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is to put the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) back on the table at its 10-a-side “tripartite alliance” meeting with the African National Congress, now set for November. The RDP has been a flashpoint between Cosatu and the government, with the unions […]

South Africa would be unwise to underestimate the Indian tourists Peter Robinson Even before South Africa started to trample their way around Zimbabwe, there was a generally held view that Zimbabwe constituted a warm-up for Sourav Ganguly’s Indians who, in turn, were designed to act as sparring partners ahead of the real business against Australia. […]

Pick ‘n Pay proves a point by coming late to the Internet party David Shapshak There are many advantages to coming late to the Internet party, as late-comers to the Internet boom were fond of pointing out. This line of argument was popular at the height of the dotcom mania often to boost shareholder confidence […]

Marianne Merten Cape Town Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane will assemble the city’s political leaders in a bid to halt a pattern of political intolerance in black areas that has resulted in a spate of deaths, injuries, intimidation and harassment. The United Democratic Movement maintains the killing of its councillor Mziwomntu Tutuka two weeks ago was […]

Stefaans Brmmer in London The fear of full-scale war in Afghanistan is threatening to unravel the fragile threads of democracy and stability in the Central Asian former Soviet republics to the north. Central Asia is dotted with small republics boasting the “-stan” suffix Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Kirghizistan home to a bewildering array of ethnic […]

Linda Martindale Using a computer is daunting enough for beginners, especially if you are forced to do it in a language that is not your own. But last week South African firm Translate.org.za released the entire computing experience in Xhosa, covering the full desktop, Web browser, word processor, spreadsheet and e-mail application. The programmes have […]

Telkom plans to provide South Africa with direct telecommunication links to the rest of Africa in the near future Jubie Matlou Apartheid South Africa’s isolation was not confined to political, economic and cultural areas alone, but also extended to telecommunications links with the rest of the world. Before 1994 direct telecommunications links between South Africa […]

Story and photographs by Fanie Jason The trigger for this photo essay was a news story. In December 2000 I covered a story about a family of three in Khayelitsha a young mother, father and their three-year-old daughter who died of Aids-related illnesses within 24 hours. At that stage, I was becoming aware of the […]

Two professionals working in corporate social investments are clear about what it takes to make it effective. Jackie Mondi spoke to them You have to have the CEO or company chairperson committed to Corporate Social Investments (CSI) for it to be effective, say Lulu Letlape of Telkom Foundation and Mercia Maserumule of Murray & Roberts. […]

Mail & Guardian reporter After the success of its 2000 academic bridging programme, Gensec Bank has extended the programme and is now investing a further R817500 in upgrading the skills of promising formerly disadvantaged students. A year ago 20 young people who matriculated in 1999 were given the opportunity to improve their matric results to […]