Tim Wood American notes Iwas bitterly disappointed to learn that M-Web intends delisting. It’s not that it was a surprise since Moneyweb first reported on the delisting rumours, but to see it announced was a shock. M-Web was the point stock for Internet plays and it has given up with hardly a shot being fired. […]
Martin Spring london calling It jumped out of the tables of investment performance I was reviewing as I flew to Hong Kong on Sunday a fund that has not only delivered a return of 439% over the past three years with below-average risk for its sector, but that has even managed to increase in value […]
Thebe Mabanga in your ear Eleven years of being a cultured, avid and habitual listener of radio may not be enough to claim to be a guru, but it certainly helps to distinguish good radio from the bad and unbearable. So, to reflect on a period during which the medium has been a consuming and […]
Barry Streek The South African Revenue Service (Sars) and the Department of Social Development face an administrative nightmare as they work with NGOs to speed up service delivery to the poor. A survey conducted by Socila Surveys shows there are more than 101?000 NGOs in the country a figure that could pose challenges to the […]
Seyed Abdollah Hoseini Right of Reply The front page picture of last week’s Mail and Guardian was a distorted, sensational depiction of Ashura, a sacred period on the Muslim calendar, and created negative perceptions about the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Hussein (AS), and his martyrdom. It likely also had the effect of […]
Fluctuations in the rand and interest charges make a mockery of the original R30-billion price Stefaans Brmmer and Mungo Soggot The cost of South Africa’s increasingly controversial arms package has risen to more than R50-billion from an original R30-billion, according to parliamentarians monitoring the deal. The chair of the standing committee on public accounts, Gavin […]
What better way for the group to get things back on track than acquiring Billiton, suggest London analysts Ken Gooding in London Some London analysts are telling clients that Anglo American is likely to disturb the friendly merger between Billiton and BHP by aggressively topping the Australian group’s terms. They are suggesting that Anglo cannot […]
Ebrahim Harvey left field Our Constitution is better than that of the previous regime, which embodied brutal racism in all facets of life. But the proposed anti-terrorism laws to curb rising urban terror in Cape Town, which provide for the reintroduction of detention without trial, has prompted debate on whether it will tarnish our democratic […]
Bodybuilding legend Reg Park has just been honoured by an Arnold Schwarzenegger Lifetime Achievement Award in the sport Roshila Pillay Reg Park is a lot of things. He’s from Yorkshire, lives in South Africa but, curiously, has an American accent. He is also a bodybuilding demigod, three-time Mr Universe winner, businessman and the man who […]
Khadija Magardie Somewhere in an airport storage facility in South Africa a shiny container waits. Inside are six tons of medical supplies, cartons of milk powder and baby formula. Their destination: Iraq, where a humanitarian disaster of horrific proportions continues to spiral, following more than a decade of international sanctions. A recent report by the […]