There is a possible breakthrough in negotiations between the weakening President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire and rebel leader Laurent Kabila. Chris McGreal reports from Kinshasa ZAIREAN President Mobutu Sese Seko this week opened the door to negotiation with the rebel army advancing from the east, but on terms it is almost certain to reject. […]
Alex Brummer in London BRUSSELS has been rightly concerned that the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger is anti-competitive and will work against the interests of Airbus Industrie. But now it has something potentially even more serious to worry about. As Airbus chief Jean Pierson struggles to consummate his plan to bring Dasa of Germany, British Aerospace, Aerospatiale […]
Benjamin Pogrund on the anniversary of a march that nearly toppled the Nationalist government THE young man who frightened the hell out of the Nationalist government this month 37 years ago has grown into a mature man of the world intent on unseating the African National Congress government of today. But Philip Kgosana’s style has […]
Mungo Soggot and Marion Edmunds ALLAN BOESAK is being bankrolled by a group of Cape businessmen, including Crispin Sonn, son of South Africa’s ambassador to the United States. Sonn, who runs a computer company which won a lucrative R1-million government contract last year, told the Mail & Guardian he was one of several Cape businessmen […]
Justin Arenstein PROVINCIAL government dithering is hampering plans for a multi-million rand international airport in Mpumalanga. Two rival groups have tabled proposals to build an airport, and both claim the provincial government gave them the green light for their plans nearly 12 months ago. But officials say neither plan has been approved, and that the […]
In his testimony to the Tebbutt Commission, Mangope laid blame on everyone but himself for the violence that engulfed Bophuthatswana in the last days of his regime, reports Stefaans Brmmer IN the old Bophuthatswana, the buck stopped a few desks short of Lucas Mangope’s. If it reached the top, it was handed back down again. […]
Mpumalanga government officials have repeatedly glossed over corruption in their ranks, reports Justin Arenstein INSTEAD of being charged or being held publicly accountable for the widespread maladministration which forced the government to dismantle the Mpumalanga Development Corporation, its CEO, Patrick Mogorosi, was granted a “generous settlement” and a promise not to discuss the issue by […]
As different interest groups are called to account by the truth commission, Claudia Braude challenges the Jewish community to confront its role in apartheid THIS piece was born over a year ago as I watched the televised documentary of President Nelson Mandela’s meeting with Dr Percy Yutar. It was part of Mandela’s post- apartheid national […]
Kiss your browser goodbye, Webcasting will facilitate easier access to the Net and appeal to advertisers, writes Jacquie Golding-Duffy THOSE fumbling with the Internet need no longer worry as a medium called Webcasting/Push technology will make a dramatic entry into the world of computers by pushing information on to a desktop without the need to […]
True revival of the Johannesburg CBD will take more than new institutional investment. A holistic approach to managing the city is vital for its survival, writes Ferial Haffajee THE tales about Johannesburg grow more fantastic every day. Did you hear the one about the cheeky gang in Smal Street Mall? They’re so brazen, all they […]