Barry Streek The former managing director of a major fishing company, Tony de Silva, and a Democratic Alliance MP, Antoinette Versfeld, have clocked up more than 7 000km since July 25 to help 16 fishing communities in the Western Cape to form companies to obtain fishing quotas. Versfeld says they have only worked with communities […]

Mail & Guardian reporter To meet Harry Mentor is a delight. He is a small man with a large and irrepressible love and passion for the only thing he knows the sea. A product of his mother’s influence, with more than 40 years of being at sea, he is rock steady in his vision for […]

An entrepeneur plans to provide much-needed infrastructure for small fishing enterprises Barry Streek Costly and time-wasting experiences with larger companies in the fishing industry have provoked Cape Town entrepreneur Sam Montsi, whose company has had a quota for six years, to open a multifaceted service to serve small and medium fishing enteprises. Montsi’s partner, Francois […]

Scientists have a keen interest in meteorites, saying they could hold information about other planets Nawaal Deane In most countries you can buy a meteorite for a few dollars on the Internet but in South Africa it is illegal to keep one of these terrestrial rocks even if you find it in your backyard. This […]

analysis Larry Elliott It will be weeks, months, even years before the full economic effects of the disaster that befell New York and Washington can be assessed. But one thing is already certain: the impact will be colossal, not just on the United States but on the rest of the world. This was a shock […]

Provided you use your head, you can save 20% on the book price of the car you want by buying at an auction Gavin Foster Buying a second-hand car can be a tricky business. Do you go to a dealer or look for a cheap private deal? What happens if you buy a lemon that’s […]

Joseph Hanlon The fallout from the murder of a corruption-busting Mozambican banker may complicate South African banking giant Absa’s bid to buy the bank the murdered man headed. Banco Austral’s interim president, Antnio Siba-Siba Macucua, was thrown down a 15-storey stairwell at the bank’s Maputo headquarters on August 11, two days before Absa was to […]

Belinda Beresford As President Thabo Mbeki waded back into the controversy surrounding HIV/Aids, the government was preparing to defend itself in court against its former allies, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). The TAC lawsuit accuses the national and provincial health departments of breaching the Constitution by failing to provide anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-positive pregnant women. […]

Drew Forrest (September 7) is on the money. The African National Congress prefers sycophantic enemies to critical friends. As a long-time apartheid opponent, I also increasingly find myself subject to hostility because I criticise the government in public. Many of those with whom the ANC prefers to deal are supporters of the old South Africa, […]

The log section comes to an end this weekend Andy Capostagno The South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) has no plans to cancel the fixture between the Springboks and the United States Eagles in Houston, Texas, on December 1. Despite Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Washington and New York, Sarfu is pressing ahead with preparations for […]