The most senior members of the ANC’s former liberation army, Umkhonto weSizwe, are mobilising against racism in the SANDF, reports Rehana Rossouw DEPUTY Defence Minister Ronnie Kasrils has acknowledged there is racism in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and has extended his sympathies to lower- ranking soldiers who are victims of discrimination. The […]
Phillip van Niekerk visited the refugee camps of Khartoum, capital of Sudan, and found ethnic rifts to rival the old South Africa THERE is a jarring familiarity to the way the Sudanese refer to “them” – the tall, dark strangers now found in abundance in their northern cities. Any discussion with an Arab about independence […]
Falilat Ogunkoya’s bronze medal at the Olympics inspired her Nigerian teammates to their best performance ever, and now she’s aiming even higher ATHLETICS:Julian Drew WHEN Falilat Ogunkoya, in South Africa at the moment for the Engen Grand Prix series, returned home last year to Lagos with the most successful Nigerian team in Olympic history she […]
The trade department is set to launch its Competitiveness Fund, which draws on specialists to help small businesses grow, reports Madeleine Wackernagel THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is to seek tender applications for an operator to run its Competitiveness Fund by the end of this month. The fund, established to help small businesses […]
stakes Mail & Guardian Reporter THE British mercenary company which subcontracted South Africa’s Executive Outcomes to crush a rebellion on Papua New Guinea’s island province Bougainville asked for a stake in the large Panguna copper mine after its recapture, a judicial inquiry was told this week. Counsel assisting the commission, which is probing the ill-fated […]
A board official said this week that the board had accepted 115 000 out of about 125 000 applications in the 12 months to March.
If Eugene de Kock were to be tried now, taxpayers would not have to face footing his legal bills, reports Mungo Soggot.
battle Jim Day A JOHANNESBURG marketing company is fighting the Airports Company Ltd (ACL)for damages incurred after the parastatal vrestricted business relating to the rugby World Cup. On April 15 the ACL regulator will hear the case between the parastatal and tiny Airport World Sales (AWS), which claims practices by ACL cost it R950000 in […]
The probe which prompted Van Zyl’s suspension is far from complete, raising suspicions of a witch-hunt, reports Mungo Soggot SOUTH AFRICA’S top state oil official, suspended last week, is taking the blame for a sanctions-busting deal cut for the former government. No evidence has yet been found that he personally benefited from the deal. It […]
SWAPNA PRABHAKARAN speaks to Calvin Hunt about the upcoming visit to South Africa of the famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Company CALVIN HUNT does not stay in any one place for very long. As the general manager of the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Company, his job is to travel ahead to various […]