Barry Streek The failure to integrate, particularly in delivery of rural development, between government and parastatals since 1994 is a major problem facing the government. This assessment comes from an article written by development consultants David Everatt and Sifiso Zulu for the latest edition of Development Update the South African National NGO Coalition’ s quarterly […]

Investing in the Environment: Individual Award Finalist: Belinda Miek Raymond Joseph Sitting in front of her PC in a tiny nook off the lounge of her home overlooking the magnificent wind-swept beaches of Scarborough, close to Cape Point, Belinda Miek puts the finishing touches to the latest edition of her environmental magazine. As her partner, […]

Activists are disappointed about the exclusions analysis Gregory Mthembu-Salter Following threats from the United States government to boycott the World Conference Against Racism later this month in Durban, the South African government helped broker a compromise at the recently concluded third preparatory meeting in Geneva on the contentious issue of the acknowledgement of slavery and […]

Q&A: Audrey Motaung Matthew Krouse Audrey Motaung is a well-recorded singer in Germany where she has lived for more than a decade. She is, however, virtually unknown in South Africa, having left in the early Seventies with Jo’Burg Hawk, by reputation the country’s first multicultural band. Last month she launched The Best of Audrey Motaung […]

Mathew Blatchford writes (August 17) that my letter of last week was politically inspired. It was not intended to be, but if dissatisfaction with rhetoric and flabby thinking is ”politically inspired” then so be it. He seems unable to accept that someone can be committed to ”socialist” values (social and economic equality, individual autonomy, comprehensive […]

I find it an extraordinary turn of history when Rhodesian farmers receive international sympathy. As someone who lived in Zimbabwe through most of the 1980s, I can say with certainty that most white commercial farmers showed little compassion for farmworkers and contested at virtually every turn the efforts to redistibute land. The genuine war veterans […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday TWO South African black empowerment companies signed an agreement on Tuesday with BP’s South African subsidiary to acquire a 25% stake in its local downstream operations, company officials said. The deal, involving the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) and Women’s Development Banking Investment Holdings (WDBIH), is in line with the government’s objective of […]

THE Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) will on Wednesday address Parliament’s finance portfolio committee, asking them to amend the Pension Funds Second Amendment Bill so that surplus assets are allocated to pensioners who were deprived of their reasonable benefits in the past. Cosatu representative Patrick Craven said on Tuesday the issue was particularly sensitive, […]

THE City of Johannesburg will sign an agreement on Friday to finalise direct foreign investment in the city. The signing would conclude the sale and purchase agreement, shareholders agreement and the City Support arrangements. The agreement will conclude the sale of a 50% stake in the city-owned Kelvin Power Station (KPS) to the consortium of […]

BIG South African food and furniture retailer Shoprite Holdings on Tuesday lifted annual headline earnings 27% and said it planned to accelerate its African expansion to counter subdued trading at home. ”For the next 18 months, we plan 15 stores for Africa, 12 for South Africa, 21 in Egypt and some 60-odd franchises in South […]