Charl Blignaut LIFESTYLE One had to wonder, at some of the lower points of the evening, as the swirling lights hailed yet another African dawn, the corporate voice-over declared yet another renaissance-in-heels and the worst of the human zebras passed on the catwalk, what New York would make of it all. The four winners of […]
Khadija Magardie In a landmark judgement, Britain’s highest court has given 3 000 South African litigants the go-ahead to sue United Kingdom asbestos company Cape Plc in the UK. The litigants are all suffering from various asbestos-related illnesses which they contracted while working for Cape, which pulled out of South Africa in the 1970s. The […]
The simple investment, unit trusts, doesn’t seem that simple anymore Alan Finlay The growth of the local unit trust industry holds something of an irony. The point of unit trusts is that they allow ordinary individuals, who may not have much economic savvy, to invest sensibly in the market. The advantage of maximum returns has […]
The whole world loves him – but monkish Moby isn’t that impressed with himself Paul Lester An hour into my interview with Moby, he gets up from his seat at the back of the air-conditioned tour bus and reaches for a switch. “I have to show you this,” he says with a flourish, lighting a […]
Pule waga Mabe As the petrol price rises to record heights, South Africa’s petrol attendants have emerged as among the worst-paid workers in the country, with some taking home just over R200 every two weeks. In Soshanguve township near Pretoria, for example, one petrol station, BP garage, pays its workers a fortnightly wage as low […]
A new breed of traders has come into the market: they trade on momentum rather than on proper research Patrick Mathidi Three months ago, we saw the Nasdaq shed 25% of its value. On one Friday alone it experienced a 355-point drop, to 9,7% below opening levels. Yet the following Monday it surprised everybody by […]
A hunter in Kuruman allegedly shot a white rhino 14 or 15 times without killing it Fiona Macleod Kuruman’s favourite rhinoceros was slowly tortured to death in a municipal game reserve in the small Northern Cape town by hunters who did not want to shoot it in the head because they did not want to […]
David Beresford Another Country ‘The truth” is a wonderfully elusive thing. The thought reoccurs with the international controversy over The Patriot – Mel Gibson’s latest mind-blowing assault on the verities of history. The Hollywood blockbuster reportedly offers a unique account of America’s War of Independence by which the British redcoats are portrayed as role- models […]
an investor’s biggest challenge Bennie van Wyk Investment risk is one of the most difficult concepts for average investors to grasp. The relationship with investment returns is understood vaguely – the higher the risk, the higher the potential return. But if the risk turns out to be only too real, the adviser is in the […]
Dennis Brutus CROSSFIRE Last Friday afternoon I joined a demonstration that led to the disruption of the Urban Futures 2000 conference final plenary session at Wits University’s Great Hall. The delegates are owed an apology, but the two lead administrators of Wits and Johannesburg Metro who were prevented from speaking are, on reflection, not. I […]