Hazel Friedman investigates what’s behind a=20 bitter battle in Gauteng’s arts council Members of the board at Pact (Performing=20 Arts Council of the Transvaal) are=20 embroiled in a bitter battle over=20 allegations of mismanagement. On one side=20 are Pact CEO Alan Joseph and Pact chairman=20 John Kani, with board members Meredie=20 Wixley and Arlette Franks […]
The World Bank sees economic policy reform=20 as its main pillar in an anti-corruption=20 strategy, writes Mark Tran in New York Corruption was a dirty word when James=20 Wolfensohn took over as World Bank=20 president over two years ago, and=20 studiously avoided in discussions with=20 government officials. Now the issue comes=20 up practically every time […]
THURSDAY, 6.00PM: The worse-than-expected consumer inflation figures released on Tuesday saw all indices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange fall on Thursday. At the close, the all gold index had slipped 5,8 points to 1 024,9, the industrial index had shed 28,7 points to 9 076,5, and the all share index ended 10,8 points down at […]
Mail &Guardian reporter Zambian police assaulted and arrested an editor of The Post newspaper, Matsautso Phiri, last Saturday He was taking photographs of a police riot squad dispersing people at a rally in Kabwe organised by former president Kenneth Kaunda. The Post reported that police assaulted Phiri, seized his camera and ripped out his film […]
Mungo Soggot Alexkor, the state diamond producer, is=20 seeking a new head after the resignation of=20 its managing director amid severe tensions=20 over the struggling mine’s privatisation. A representative of the Ministry of Public=20 Enterprises, Wandile Zote, said this week=20 that JD Vermeulen, the managing director,=20 had resigned for health reasons. However,=20 it is understood […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi Leaders of the Congress of South African=20 Trade Unions (Cosatu) rejected last-minute=20 compromises by the government to meet some=20 of its demands on the Basic Conditions of=20 Employment Bill and pave the way for=20 possible consensus before the end of this=20 parliamentary session. Proposals tabled by the African National=20 Congress in an alliance […]
A black empowerment company has devised a=20 scheme to save millions lost to fraud,=20 writes Charlene Smith Government and some provinces are=20 investigating whether “food cheques”, a=20 coupon-based system, could save millions=20 lost to fraud and corruption in school=20 feeding schemes. Figures released by the Department of=20 Health this week showed that at least R4,3- […]
Madeleine Wackernagel The annual summit of the Southern African=20 Development Community (SADC) is a fairly=20 routine affair, but next week’s meeting in=20 Blantyre could see some fireworks,=20 specifically over enlargement and trade=20 issues. Talk has it that the Seychelles is keen to=20 join, but political as well as economic=20 commentators believe extending the mantle=20 of […]
A mega-project to transform the city Will winning the bid transform or destroy=20 Cape Town? That is the burning question as=20 the city awaits the announcement on=20 September 5 John Young Supporters of Cape Town’s Olympic Bid say=20 the city will be unrecognisable in 2004 if=20 it hosts the games. They insist there will=20 be […]
FRIDAY, 11.00AM: LATEST economic data released on Thursday evening by the Reserve Bank are likely to be taken as good news by Bank governor Chris Stals. Despite an apparent rise in inflation in July, growth in the extension private domestic credit dropped sharply to 14,78% year-on-year, from 16,39% in June. M3 money supply growth rose […]