Bafana Khumalo IT had to happen to me. Only I would have such perfectly lousy timing. I do tend to ramble on, don’t I? I do tend to get involved in things that do not affect the price of butter, don’t I? You’re right, I do do that, but that is my calling. Some of […]
The need for electrification may outweigh the environmental factors, but there is a trade- off between economics and the social costs. Madeleine Wackernagel reports South Africa pays a high price for its cheap electricity, according to a new report published by the Industrial Strategy Project, a Cosatu-linked think-tank. Clive van Horen of the Energy and […]
Conflicting defamation judgments have served to confuse the issue Pity any journalist in Gauteng who is sitting on a controversial story and wants to know whether he can publish it; pity also his legal advisers, who must correctly predict for him what the consequences will be if he does. His dilemma arises from two recent […]
The corporate gravy train: South African company directors regard their remuneration as nobody’s business but their own South African companies are lagging behind international standards of boardroom transparency, reports Stefaans BrUmmer SOUTH African business, still steeped in the secrecy of apartheid isolation, is lagging behind international trends of boardroom transparency — including disclosure of directors’ […]
Ann Eveleth The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is bringing a Constitutional Court action aimed at settling the question at the heart of the region’s political conflict: how much power should traditional leaders hold? The ANC is challenging the Inkatha Freedom Party-led provincial government’s interpretation of a constitutional clause guaranteeing traditional leaders ex-officio representation in […]
The green jacket that comes with winning the Masters at Augusta is the most sought-after prize for golfers GOLF: Jon Swift THERE is surely no professional golf tournament which concentrates the mind of the world’s top players more than the Masters at Augusta National. There is little time to stop and smell the azaleas along […]
The future role of the Land Bank is fraught with conflict and vested interests, reports Aspasia Karras AS South African institutions face transformation under the Government of National Unity, the Land and Agricultural Bank has been singled out for major reform. Established in 1912 to ensure preferential loans and subsidised protection to white farmers, the […]
Ricardo Dunn THE Mail & Guardian approached 19 of South Africa’s top public companies for information about executive salaries. Of the 19, none was prepared to reveal individual packages. Some companies, like Anglo American and Rembrandt, gave aggregate figures for the board as a whole — which is a requirement of company law anyway. Most […]
The African National Congress and the ANC Youth League have taken it upon themselves to attack the Mail & Guardian over its coverage of the recent cabinet re-shuffle, in particular the apparent differences between President Nelson Mandela and Pallo Jordan which led to the dismissal of the former minister of posts, telecommunications and broadcasting. To […]
TELEVISION: Hazel Friedman NORTHERN Oz is a land of bleak and bountiful beauty; a place where people are outnumbered by sheep by about 400 to one, and Marys — make that Sheilas — really do have little lambs; where the word “wog” still means something, and attitudes towards race, religion and sexual preference make the […]