ladder Employee assistance programmes are taking off in South Africa Glenda Daniels Labour legislation is confus- ing employers, workers are stressed and the pressure for greater productivity is on everyone’s shoulders, while the notion of stable jobs has become obsolete. In South Africa there are changes in labour laws, disputed hirings and firings, the implementation […]
Barry Streek Provincial land MECs were given a direct lesson last week on the implementation of land reform in Zimbabwe after Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza invited them to a meeting to discuss the realities of farmer settlement. Professor Sam Moyo addressed the MECs on land reform and farm settlement in Zimbabwe […]
Roshila Pillay There’s a sizeable black pac-man figure bearing down with razor-sharp teeth on a teeny-weeny helpless white pacman. The white pacman is seriously disadvantaged with no teeth in sight to take on the formidable enemy. “It’s a black-versus-white campaign. If you read between the lines it can be seen as a bit racist, but […]
American tests show a lethal cocktail of chemicals in the air just south of Johannesburg Paul Kirk The air in South Africa’s industrial heartland is laced with lethal chemicals and fumes that attack the brain, central nervous system, liver, kidneys and lungs. This is the finding of independent testing of the air around Sasolburg, just […]
chaos Paul Kirk For the second time in two weeks a Durban High Court judge has demanded the Deputy Director General of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Welfare and Population Development, Eric Mhlongo, appear in his court to explain the chaos that seemingly reigns within his department. Both judges are threatening to make Mhlongo personally – […]
Neal Collins cricket There are disturbing rumours coming from the Garden Route … of braais, rounds of golf and huge cheques, all being enjoyed in the spring sunshine by a certain Wessels Johannes Cronje. Yes, Lord Hansie of Cronjegate is alive and well and thriving in Knysna, where he hobnobs with Ernie Els and his […]
habit’ Melinda Ferguson Oliver Christensen is 19 years old. At 17 he was hardened crack addict, a dealer and a thief. He was caught selling drugs at school. Faced with a heavy jail sentence, he found his way out of a mire of darkness. This is his story: I always wanted to do forbidden things. […]
David Beresford Another Country If there is a touchstone to the long-running controversy over Aids in South Africa, it surely lies with case No GA51345 heard by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), J Hiemstra presiding, in July last year. The case was essentially a labour arbi- tration between the Department of Health […]
This Cape valley is a microcosm of South African society, with its three separate communities, each living in its isolated enclosure, eyeing the others warily, writes Bryan Rostron Hout Bay: a little bit of para-dise, murmur local tourist brochures seductively. And, yes, out of my study window, I see a magnificent panorama; a foam-fringed bay […]
Parents, schools and the government face the serious task of dealing with a crisis that is taking on epidemic proportions Melinda Ferguson The use of illegal substances among schoolchildren and teenagers has increased about fivefold over the past six years. According to the latest figures available from the South African Police Service, more than 60% […]