Julian Drew IF Bruce Fordyce was South Africa’s Comrades star of the 1980s – and indeed of all time – with his incredible tally of nine victories, South Africa’s star of the 1990s is undeniably Shaun Meiklejohn. He may have only one victory in what is a far more competitive era than the days when […]
Mungo Soggot MINERAL and Energy Affairs Minister Penuell Maduna still has to inform the auditor general why he publicly ousted his top oil official. His reticence is fuelling fears that an expensive four-month probe has found no evidence against the official, Kobus van Zyl. The auditor general’s office said this week that Maduna’s investigating team […]
The fountain of youth that doesn’t run dry with age In South Africa, the definition of youth could fall anywhere between birth and mid- 30s. Maria McCloy considers how the lines have been blurred in today’s society YOUTH, /ju:q/ n. (pl.youths/ju:qz/) 1. the state of being young; the period between childhood and adult age. 2. […]
FRIDAY, 5.30PM FORMER Absa bank executive Bob Aldworth was on Friday sentenced to a fine of R100 000 of six years’ imprisonment for fraud in the Johannesburg Regional Court. Aldworth, who originally faced 10 charges of corruption, theft and fraud totalling R8-million, last week pleaded guilty to a single fraud charge involving R414 000. Eight […]
An insurance company is criticised for using a lie-detector test before paying claims, reports Faizel Cook `IS today Monday?” “Yes” “Are you planning to lie to me during this test?””No” “Did you submit a fraudulent claim to your insurance company?” “No!” And if you’re telling the truth, that should be the end of what is […]
Marion Edmunds A MURDER docket has been opened by the police after a Burundian refugee died on the floor of a Home Affairs Department office in Cape Town half-an-hour after two policemen dumped him there. According to witnesses, Jean-Pierre Kanyangwa was brought in early Monday afternoon, June 2, by policemen who had picked him up […]
FRIDAY, 11.30AM FIVE labour unions on Thursday declared a dispute with metal industry employers after the third round of industry negotiations deadlocked. The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation said its final offer of between 8% and 8,5% was rejected. The unions demanded between 13% and 23%.The National Union of Metalworkers of SA, the National Employees’ […]
It was from within the ANC itself that the opposition to child grant cuts came, forcing the minister of welfare to reassess her proposed scheme, writes Marion Edmunds PRACTICAL problems and criticism from within the African National Congress have driven Minister of Welfare Geraldine Fraser- Moleketi to back away from key parts of her controversial […]
FRIDAY, 3.30PM THE Forum of Black Journalists on Friday accused the English and Afrikaans press and the SA Broadcasting Corporation of knowingly colluding with successive apartheid governments. The accusation formed part of a submission handed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Johannesburg offices. In a statement outlining its submission, the FBJ said it will seek […]
ONE of the telling ironies of the KWV champagne swindle was the whereabouts of the managing director of the co-operative’s international division when the scandal broke. J “Kobus” van Niekerk, identified in KWV documents as having given the go-ahead for the manufacture of fake champagne for export, was himself abroad last week – leading a […]