everyone Nalisha Kalideen Although South Africa’s Bill of Rights is one of the best in the world, most people are still not aware of it or their rights as enshrined in it, says Paula McBride, the co-ordinator of the recently formed Rights Africa. It is because of this lack of human rights awareness within South […]

Howard Barrell The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is turning its guns on tax fraudsters who are cheating the country out of up to R30- billion a year. Some large companies are also involved in fraudulent tax evasion schemes, according to SARS officials. The SARS says it is poised to crack the fraudulent schemes these […]

Gregory Mthembu-Salter In a world where metal prices are only just starting to emerge from a three-year slump, and Internet companies are the darlings of the stock market, prospects for substantial fresh investment in Southern Africa are bad, but getting better. This was the message emanating this week from Indaba 2000, Africa’s premier mining investment […]

Deon Potgieter Boxing There is a two out of three chance that Lennox Lewis will be defending his “Universal” heavyweight world title against a South African later this year. Corrie Sanders, Francois Botha and David Tua have been named as three possible opponents for Lewis, if he successfully defends his title against Michael Grant in […]

Andy Capostagno Rugby The Y2K-compliant Super 12 was launched this week. For the new millennium the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) has found a new sponsor (Vodacom), the Cats and the Bulls have apparently exchanged shirts, a New Zealander will be coaching a South African franchise for the first time and a new set […]

Barry Streek Non-profit organisations are on the verge of victory in their long-standing battle to gain tax concessions from the government. This follows a draft report by the National Assembly’s portfolio committee on finance which endorsed last year’s Katz commission’s proposals to extend tax incentives to NGOs. The committee’s draft report has rejected attempts by […]

Barry Streek The government is to lay down minimum wages and working conditions for domestic servants and farm workers by March next year, the Department of Labour said this week. The department’s director of minimum standards, Fatima Bhayat, told the Mail & Guardian it would wrap up its policy on the domestic servant industry by […]

Ebrahim Harvey CROSSFIRE Unlike the earlier caution and equivocation of the ruling party, President Thabo Mbeki has recently openly called for the growth of a black capitalist class in order to provide greater stability and economic growth. But what are the real prospects for this development ? Black capitalism has arrived too late on the […]

Jubie Matlou If the newly built Rockey Street Market in Yeoville is anything to go by, then the face of informal and street trading is set to undergo an unprecedented fundamental change. Informal and street trading in Johannesburg has a rich history that is interlinked with the country’s migratory labour system just before the turn […]

Peter Dickson Eastern Cape MEC for Education Stone Sizani has promised to throw the province’s farm schools a R13,9-million lifeline after being subpoenaed by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to explain his failure to fund the schools. The HRC has issued two previous subpoenas to Sizani since late last year, but in both instances he […]