Donna Block SHAREWORLD I’ve just returned from holiday in Plettenberg Bay, during which time my family and I decided to take a tour boat. We spotted lots of sea creatures but the waves were throwing us around quite a bit, causing my six-year-old to say, “Mommy looks just like a robot – red, yellow and […]
Rodney Victor Jewish leaders are scrambling to avoid involvement in a row over the food given to Jews in prisons after an awaiting-trial inmate at Pretoria Central Prison complained that Jewish prisoners are offered halaal food prepared for Muslims instead of kosher fare. Rabbi Michael Katz of Chabad House in Johannesburg said he is aware […]
Jaspreet Kindra The government’s plan to privatise municipal services countrywide has created a gruelling test for the ruling alliance of the African National Congress, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party as they gear up for November’s local government elections. Cash-strapped municipalities will now have the option of […]
Microsoft’s games console aims to blow away the competition Jack Schofield Microsoft plans to go head-to-head with three giant Japanese corporations, Sony, Sega and Nintendo, for the games console market. Leading games companies have already started developing for the system, which is based on PC technology, and which will go on sale in the United […]
… John Naughton If your children are wondering what they should do for a living in the next decade or two, just whisper two words in their ears: intellectual property (IP). Even Bill Clinton and Tony Blair have tumbled to this, as witnessed by their well- intentioned but vacuous statement last week about patenting the […]
Justin Arenstein Self-confessed fraud, African National Congress factionalist and sacked Mpumalanga ANC Youth League secretary James Nkambule is demanding a R867 000 golden handshake from the government for agreeing to “leave quietly”. The outspoken youth leader, who is credited with toppling former premier Mathews Phosa from power in a bruising political stand-off last year, confirmed […]
New evidence linking an alleged murderer to the NIA could damage South Africa’s post-apartheid intelligence services Paul Kirk and Jaspreet Kindra One of Richmond strongman Sifiso Nkabinde’s alleged assassins, who turned to become the prosecution’s star witness, has been in the pay of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and was in possession of sophisticated NIA […]
WHAT’S NEW What is “the most dramatic and significant roll out of desktop technology since [the] first PC “? According to IBM, it’s the new NetVista family of Internet-ready PCs with flat-panel screens, designed for e-business use. In fact, IBM is following Toshiba, Gateway and others in the move to “legacy- free” PC designs, which […]
Iden Wetherell A senior minister in court on corruption charges, a president going for broke in an electoral contest he could well lose, the rule of law openly flouted and the country’s economy going down the tubes. It’s another week in Zimbabwe! Only recently dismissed as pedestrian and predictable, the pace of events north of […]
David Beresford ANOTHER COUNTRY My general incompetence when it comes to the purchase of motor cars is well-known to those who know me. The last I purchased from a Bulgarian … but I will go no further, out of respect for the spirit of the Constitution. Then there was the VW Golf which I had […]