Ferial Haffajee THERE is good news on the cards for teachers, nurses and police officers in this year’s wage negotiations – they’re likely to get better increases than other public sector employees. And the government has proposed a wage freeze for all public servants from chief director level upwards – these categories comprise 0,2% of […]
ATHLETICS:Julian Drew LAST Saturday in the Dutch town of Hengelo Haile Gebrselassie missed out by a whisker on a million dollar pay-out for becoming the first man to run under eight minutes for two miles. By comparison, Hendrick Ramaala’s fifth place finish in the 10 000m for a new South African record of 27:36.30 was […]
Stephen Gray VOICES by Dacia Maraini (Serpent’s Tail, R86) ONE of Italy’s more famous women writers, Dacia Maraini, has now produced this little shocker, Voices, which appears in an English translation three years after it became a Euroseller. Maraini is known in South Africa, for the fine feminist works, The Silent Duchess and Isolina. Although […]
The new Springbok Nude Girls album is being punted as the South African rock release of the year. DROR EYAL attended last week’s launch IT’s late Tuesday, and the Springbok Nude Girls are the biggest rock band in South Africa. They believe it, the fans believe it and, more importantly Sony, their record company, believes […]
Mafaniso Hara WHAT are the prospects for the ban on the trade in ivory from the African elephant being lifted at next month’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species? The prospects would seem to rest on the following possibilities: a majority of African states and other parties to the convention agreeing that the ban […]
As the profile of the distance-education student changes, new problems and difficulties are arising which must be addressed if the courses are to succeed Tamar Kahn A TAXI-DRIVER from KaNyamazane, a shopkeeper from Cape Town and a teacher from Tzaneen might not appear to have much in common. But over the years, hundreds of thousands […]
With last week’s departure of several top SABC-TV news bosses, this week witnessed a changing of the guard. FERIAL HAFFAJEE reports SABC television’s new editor-in-chief Allister Sparks was in before eight on Tuesday morning, his first day on the job, and chaired his first news meeting just minutes later. By noon, former editor-in- chief Joe […]
FRIDAY, 11.00AM: THE British Lions management has named the side to face Northerns at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, including SA-born player Mike Catt, who replaces injured Paul Grayson. Catt said he believes the Lions can beat the Springboks, and spoke of the team’s ”tough mental approach”. Lions squad: Tim Simpson, John Bentley, Alan Tait, Jeremy […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM BUSINESS leaders have rejected the two week deadline imposed on them by Cosatu, saying they will not make decisions under duress to meet unilaterial deadlines. Cosatu leader Sam Shilowa delivered the ultimatum yesterday to the offices of Business South Africa. Adrian Du Plessis, chief negotiator for Business South Africa, accused Cosatu of reneging […]
THURSDAY, 4.30PM THE Boerevolk Werkersunie announced on Thursday that it was launched last weekend to withstand what it called the destructive effects of affirmative action. In a statement issued in Pretoria, the union said it hopes to attract one million members, who will be served by 150 full-time officials in 120 offices being set up […]