Thebe Mabanga music Thebe Mabanga The illuminated, garish dcor of the Horror Caf will witness a peculiar vibe when four musicians and a hip-hop DJ take to its stage in the Politburo sessions this Friday. “We are not trying to create a band,” says S’Bu Nxumalo of the Nuff Said Kollective (Nsako), organisers of the […]
Industrialist Natie Kirsh has lost millions on a fraudulent second-hand insurance policy operation. Now he’s gunning for his business partner, writes Belinda Anderson Nathan (Natie) Kirsh is suing his long-time confidant and business partner, Charles Stride, for millions. This follows the mother of all bust-ups after a business venture involving the sale of second-hand endowment […]
Adrienne Carlisle and Nawaal Deane Hoosein Mohamed, a senior partner in a prominent Cape Town law firm, was arrested by the Scorpions on Wednesday for milking the Road Accident Fund (RAF) of large portions of the pay-outs meant for indigent victims. His law firm, H Mohamed and Associates, first hit headlines in 1999 when the […]
Glenda Daniels Two Northern Province rural communities are up in arms against mining giant Amplats and the Royal Bafokeng Administration. The Ga-Pila are embroiled in a fight with Amplats over impending forced removals while the Bafokeng are engaged in mass action against the royal administration of King Leruo Molotlegi over retrenchments. The Ga-Pila community has […]
Support for small enterprises is a central feature of the government’s strategy to promote economic development, but it is expensive Barry Streek The South African economic sector has lost more than R68-million in the past four years as a result of the failure of 117 246 small business enterprises receiving government assistance. Minister of Trade […]
Mail & Guardian reporter International media organisation Reporters Sans Frontires (Reporters Without Borders) has written to Swaziland’s King Mswati III to protest against a decree which gives the king censorship powers. ”The last absolute monarchy on the entire continent is also one of the most repressive countries concerning censorship. The king has now total freedom […]
Alec Hogg The collapse of Regal Bank was confirmed on Wednesday morning when Deloitte & Touche’s Tim Store became the new man in charge at the group’s plush Sandton offices. Store, a banking specialist who has had the job four times before, has been appointed by the minister of finance as the bank’s curator. Regal’s […]
THE editor of one of South Africa’s largest rural newspapers, Lowvelder, has resigned amidst allegations of racism and public drunkenness. Eben Burger was suspended and charged with gross misconduct after a black staff member at the Nelspruit-based newspaper allegedly overheard him making racist comments at the Lowveld Airshow last month. An internal disciplinary committee heard […]
LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi offered on Wednesday to help end a regional conflict in West Africa which has forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee their homes, Liberian authorities said. Liberia, under United Nations sanctions for fuelling civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone, is fighting an insurgency on its northern border for which it […]
ACTIVISTS from the press watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Thursday occupied the Tunisian national tourist office in Paris to protest the arrest of journalist and rights activist Sihem Bensedrine. Robert Menard, the non-governmental group’s president, said he intended to remain in the office until she was released and promised that he would be joined by […]