Bafana Khumalo Whitey didn’t know what hit him. One minute he was walking down the crowded early evening street and the next, bang! The film of alcohol in his eyes, which made the piss-smelling streets seem as safe as Disneyland, rudely cleared. A film which made the redlined people around him seem as friendly as […]
Annicia Reddiar When basketball player and rapper Shaquille O’Niel tells us that Pepsi is the “choice of the new generation”, and Natural Born Killers Juliette Lewis look-alike pulls on a pair of Levi’s in a public toilet, the common denominator is not only memorable advertisements. It also shows that we are worthy of being courted. […]
If one goes back to the Dennis Davis article in this newspaper — which led to the furious counter-attack from Human Rights Commission head Barney Pityana, and this week’s impassioned television debate — it is striking how mild his criticism was. Davis lamented the commission’s “lack of profile” and the appointment of its members. He […]
A breach of copyright prosecution this week may signal the end of cheap textbooks for university students A major case of breach of copyright comes to court this week which academic publishers hope will put an end to illegal copying of university textbooks. It is hoped that the legal action will sound a warning across […]
Eddie Koch A KEY witness in the Magnus Malan trial has provided details of the close-knit relationship between military officers who ran clandestine supply lines to Renamo rebels in Mozambique and the covert plan to use Inkatha as a surrogate offensive force against the ANC inside South Africa. One of JP Opperman’s rare outbursts in […]
This is how the Virginia Regional Court apportioned fines arising from the Merriespruit slimes dam disaster: l Harmony Gold Mine: R120 000 l Former Harmony manager Dan Jordaan: R15 000 l Harmony metallurgical engineer Johan Mouton: R8 000 l Harmony plant superintendent Wayne Hatton- Jones: R8 000 l Engineering company Fraser Alexander: R150 000 l […]
economists Lynda Loxton Finance department officials this week warned against the growing temptation in some circles to deal with the inability of the economy to create enough new jobs by increasing the Budget deficit. Deputy director general Maria Ramos and special adviser Charles Stride were joined by leading economist Edward Osborne of Edey Rogers in […]
Amichand Rajbansi, the much-pilloried leader of the Minority Front, is back in the political limelight and being hailed as a saviour, writes Ann Eveleth ‘Bengal Tiger” Amichand Rajbansi played the key role in securing KwaZulu-Natal’s Constitution last week. Walking out of the parliamentary chamber in Pietermaritzburg last Friday morning, bleary-eyed after the 24-hour negotiations which […]
Secret discussions between King Mswati III and Nelson Mandela have left diplomats pondering the details of a policy they are to implement, reports Stefaans Brummer PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela is playing his cards in the Swaziland democratisation game close to his chest — so close, in fact, that Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo and South Africa’s Foreign […]
By negotiating forward cover, Eskom’s foreign loans cost it nothing, but they do cost the taxpayer, reports Simon Segal Eskom’s second samurai bond, a R550-million five-year issue, is expected to reflect an improved credit rating for Eskom and, by implication, South African borrowers in general. The loan is expected to be priced at 50 to […]