Grant Shimmin Don’t go wasting that money you were going to put down on the Cats or the Sharks to win the Super 12 this year. The Hurricanes are going to step in and extend the Kiwi domination of the tournament in the closing weeks. At least that’s the opinion of one Doug Golightly. If […]
up Marianne Merten Under pressure from civil society, the Department of Labour is speeding up the investigation into how best to include domestic and seasonal workers in the proposed revised unemployment benefits. Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana could announce the probe as soon as mid-May with regulations to follow within 12 months of the Unemployment […]
Stefaans Brmmer An undeclared intelligence unit based at Luthuli House, the African National Congress national headquarters in Johannesburg, played a key role unearthing the “plot” against President Thabo Mbeki. The unit, which appears to report directly to Mbeki in his capacity as ANC president, was deployed as early as 1998 to investigate former Mpumulanga premier […]
Mail & Guardian reporter The cops had not found the spent cartridges of the bullets supposedly fired on former African National Congress youth leader James Nkambule on Tuesday night. The shots were apparently fired at his house in Barberton, Mpumalanga, while Nkambule sat watching videos with a friend. Nkambule complained that the police had not […]
Dr Trudy Thomas has lambasted the ANC-led government for being in the forefront of creating ‘Worse Services for All’ Pule waga Mabe The former MEC of health in the Eastern Cape, who resigned from the provincial legislature last week, has blamed the ruling party’s monetary policies for the collapse of health and social services in […]
David Macfarlane and Glenda Daniels A massive drive to address the endemic poverty, chronic unemployment, dire skills shortage and shockingly poor education levels in South Africa received an urgent kickstart from the education and labour ministries last week. The government has taken almost seven years to come up with its integrated human resources development strategy. […]
Tim Wood American Notes AngloGold CEO Bobby Godsell made pointed remarks about the industry schism caused by gold hedging this week: “There are theological hedgers and theological anti-hedgers. We find ourselves in the middle. We are simply using it as a business instrument, which has served our shareholders pretty well.” At risk of oversimplification, hedging […]
Matthew Krouse theatre Moments of tedium caused by a slightly overladen script barely detract from the wholesale intrigue of The Great Outdoors. In his most recent play, first performed at the National Arts Festival last year, Neil McCarthy treats the day-to-day issues of white South Africa with playful disdain. Like the people it depicts, The […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION Blessed are the meek and mild for they shall inherit the presidential television interview. Thabo Mbeki must have been well pleased e.tv sent along a pair of such vapid bojos with a set of such predictable questions. San Reddy and Debora Patta were a sort of clown duo doing a routine as […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A senior member of the Zulu royal family and KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Welfare, Prince Gideon Zulu, has been accused of using a truck belonging to a centre for the handicapped for his personal business. Employees at the Osizweni Handicraft Centre in Newcastle claim Zulu has been ordering his provincial staff to […]