Paul Lester CD OFTHEWEEK Perhaps even more than Fatboy Slim and the Chemical Brothers, Artful Dodger are the most successful dance act in the United Kingdom today. Southampton thirtysomethings Mark Hill and Pete Devereux sold upwards of 1,5-million copies of their first three singles, Re-Rewind, Movin’ Too Fast and Woman Trouble, over the last 12 […]

Doug Pollitt in Toronto Gold mining is a miserable place to do business these days. Sure, a soft local currency cushions things a little, but it nonetheless remains that production is declining, reserves are depleting and future prospects are dimming. Imagine looking up as you, a gold miner, take the cage down for the start […]

Thebe Mabanga MUSIC Guitar prodigy Selaelo Selota will be well advised to savour the adulation that comes with the status of being in vogue on the music scene a fact that was confirmed with a South African Music Award (Sama) for best newcomer recently.? For lurking ominously in the background is Ernest John Smith, who […]

Bruce Whitfield Stockbrokers and analysts have been lured away by a United States subsidiary of the world’s biggest banking group, which looks poised to set up shop in South Africa. At least 20 stockbroking staff and analysts are leaving ING Barings South Africa to join US-based Citigroup subsidiary Salomon Smith Barney, which is due to […]

Alec Hogg Boardroom talk The detailed performances of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) during the first quarter of this year show there is still very good money to be made on shares provided you pick the right stocks. And judging from the experience of the first three months, finding companies involved in “corporate action” produces […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The head of Sanco Investment Holdings (SIH), the investment arm of the South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco), has accused the president of Sanco of conspiring with a former employee to destroy the company. Moses Mayekiso, the managing director of SIH, and Sanco president Mlungisi Hlongwane are both contesting the presidency […]

Martin Gillingham road running South Africa might be without a royal household but this weekend one of the republic’s subjects could well find himself crowned monarch of his own kingdom in a ceremony performed right in front of Buckingham Palace. There may be nothing blue about the stuff that flows through Hendrick Ramaala’s veins but […]

About 60-million youths worldwide are struggling to find employment Glenda Daniels Youth unemployment has soared to more than 50% in South Africa and is expected to rise to between 60% and 70% in the next few years. It is one of the biggest social crises the country has faced. To address it the government, business […]

With annual wage talks deadlocked, workers are steadily losing faith and confidence in local government, reports Glenda Daniels Poised on the brink of a massive strike, municipal workers are expressing bitter disillusionment with the African National Congress, saying they have been betrayed. Representatives of more than 200?000 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union […]

Mboniso Sigonyela Metro Cash & Carry’s newly appointed investor relations director, George Cocolas, has his work cut out as the market softens its stance on the share. This follows a deal that will almost double the group’s revenue from its Australian operations. Things have not gone well for the group recently. The share went on […]