Nedlac is a statutory body that was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1995 for labour, business, government and community to reach consensus on issues related to socio- economic policy. Nedlac is funded by the Department of Labour and gets R6,7-million a year, about four times less than the Gender Commission and the […]
Deon Potgieter BOXING If you looked at Zolani Petelo’s fistic career three years ago, you could easily have questioned whether the likeable Eastern Cape boxer had much of a future in the sport. Yet he is now the only South African boxer rated internationally as the best in his division and makes the fifth defence […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION It would seem that with the arrival in its boardrooms of the Rembrandt group, e.tv has had a welcome injection of hard cash. It would seem also that, like the unexpected benefice of a wealthy relative’s will, all the delicious lolly is being spent like there’s no tomorrow. The first signs of […]
Luvuyo Kakaza World-famous singer Miriam Makeba’s career has reached a new exuberant pitch with her latest release, Homeland (Putumayo). Recorded in South Africa, it features a range of local talents: Themba Mkhize (keyboards), Louis Mhlanga and Mauritz Lotz (guitar), Prince Lengoasa (trumpet), Barney Rachabane (alto saxophone), Kwazi Shange (drums), Mandla Zikalala (bass guitar) McCoy Mrubata […]
The latest Helderberg ‘exposures’ have sucked familiar roaches, and some new ones, out of the woodwork Robert Kirby Conspiracy theories are always constructed in reverse. First there’s the foregone conclusion. Once this is stated, suitable facts are rapidly gathered in support of it. Reams of other facts are left out lest these conflict with the […]
Riaan Wolmarans LIFESTYLE ‘Two Amstels, a double Archers and lemonade and a Coke, please.” You repeat your order twice, and the bartender scurries off. About five minutes later you have two Castles, Coke in a dirty glass and half the lemonade on the bar counter. Sound familiar? This is exactly what you won’t find at […]
This year’s Durban Designers Collection has scooped some of the hottest talent from around the country Claire Bezuidenhout When 16 gospel singers dressed in white PVC kimonos ignite the construction site of the Gateway Shoppertainment Mall in Umhlanga on Friday night, the audience is bound to get a taste of new wave “performance fashion”. Suzy […]
David Macfarlane and Glenda Daniels The University of the Witwatersrand faces a massive showdown today as its council for the first time considers the most substantial objections by workers, the student movement and some academics to restructuring. At the same time, the Mail & Guardian has been told by a senior academic, Wits management is […]
Nawaal Deane SOCCER Bafana Bafana jetted off from Europe to the United States for the Four Nations Nike Cup Tournament starting in Washington on Saturday. The four countries competing will be South Africa, the United States, Mexico and the Republic of Ireland. South Africa will open their US tour against the US on June 2 […]
PETER CUNLIFFE-JONES, Freetown | Friday 9.40am. GOVERNMENT forces in Sierra Leone have sent reinforcements to the strategic town of Lunsar, near Freetown, reclaimed earlier in the week by rebels, as fighting resumed ahead of a pull-out by 800 British troops. The rebel Revolutionary United Front lost control of Lunsar on Monday but regained the town […]