Some black youths in Johannesburg are so disillusioned with politics they say they would prefer having a white rather than a black president.
There’s more to investment clubs than starting a stokvel. Alex Brown explains how to get your savings on the stock exchange `Give me an acorn and the passage of time and I’ll give you an oak tree.” So it is with money – but the problem is that few of us are Zen enough to […]
John Matshikiza:WITH THE LID OFF I ran into my old friend, Tiger, in Yeoville the other day. Tiger is looking pretty good, wearing a suit and tie with all the trimmings nowadays, and Ray-Bans that never leave the bridge of his nose. But he still has that foxy, township tic of never looking you in […]
Marianne Merten A lack of change in their lives and disillusionment with politics are key reasons why many Cape Flats youths are likely to stay away from the polls on June 2. One youth who will not be voting is Dale, of the working-class area of Heideveld. Now 23 years old, he was a first-time […]
Ian Clayton Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development Valli Moosa announced this week that the government’s allocation to local authorities would be R2,3-billion during the current financial year, an increase from the R2,1-billion allocated in the last financial year. Moosa added that local authorities with greater need would “gradually” receive more direct government aid […]
Lisa Buckingham The Bank of England has begun a discreet investigation into index tracker investment funds. It is worried that the burgeoning growth of such “passive” stock market vehicles risk destabilising London’s financial markets. A team of senior executives in the bank’s financial stability unit is monitoring the issue amid growing fears that tracker funds […]
TALKING on a cellphone while driving could be outlawed by the end of the year if a draft regulation by the Department of Transport is approved. The regulation was published in the Government Gazette on Wednesday for public comment, in line with legislation in Switzerland and Australia. Traffic Legislation Section manager Deidre Briech told SABC […]
invasion Two of South Africa’s top kwaito groups play in London this weekend, and if they are a success they could pave the way for other township acts, writes Bongani Madondo Flashback – 1985. Soweto, Thokoza and its satellites are burning. The only recognisable fragrance in the air being burning tyres, if not human flesh. […]
A number of developments this week have offered yet another reminder of how fragile is our reliance on judges to hold society together. First of all we have had the Heath debacle. The “Caped Crusader” was humiliated twice over the past week. We had Trevor Manuel playing cat and mouse with him, making fun of […]
THURSDAY, 11.45AM: THE Northern Bulls have made six changes to the side that will clash with the Auckland Blues in a Super-12 match at Pukekohe on Friday. Three of the changes are forced, with Ian Macdonald suspended after raking an opponent last week, Franco Smith nursing an injury, and centre Andre Snyman back in South […]