In light of the recent successes in South African sport, sponsorship is reaching new heights, reports Simon Segal South African sport has rapidly become a mega- business. With the success of the national rugby, soccer and cricket teams and the advent of 24-hour international television sports channels, local sport has caught up with world trends. […]
Carlo Gibson’s art is interactive — so why, asks HAZEL FRIEDMAN, isn’t the viewer allowed to participate? ACCESSING Carlo Gibson’s realm means entering a land where the literal and the obtuse sometimes meet in a muddled embrace. His first solo show — at the Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery, at the Market in Newtown — promises […]
Karen Harverson South Africa’s corporate standards are being polluted by corruption, and the toll on the country is far higher than the mere monetary value. For example, corruption in Nigeria was initially accepted as a way of “getting the job done” — and so the cost of corruption was less than its monetary value because […]
Gaye Davis MINISTER Zola Skweyiya’s announcement of a radical shake-up for the Public Service Commission (PSC) — often cited by government ministers and officials as the biggest obstacle to the country’s transformation — faces a rearguard action. The Forum of Commissions — a non-statutory body comprising the national PSC and eight provincial PSCs — intends […]
Finishing 30th in a world championship event may not sound like much, but for young South African Alexander Heath it is a sign of future greatness, writes Julian Drew A FEW years ago Italian ski legend Alberto Tomba declared himself “the messiah of skiing”. In the Sierra Nevada mountains of Andalusia last week he lived […]
Anton Grutter ‘Best practice” is aimed at involving workers in problem-solving on the shopfloor. And judging by the reaction to the first workshops organised by the Manufacturing Roundtable at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, the concept is popular with workers and management alike. Many studies have shown that team-based problem-solving can […]
As elections in Zambia and Zimbabwe draw nearer, independent newspapers are under pressure to stem their criticism of the two southern African governments, report Stefaans Brummer, Brian Latham and Andrew Meldrum THE leading independent newspapers in Zimbabwe and Zambia — which will both hold elections this year — are under pressure to silence their criticism […]
The deadlock is broken: workers and employers will have equal representation on the pension fund board, reports Lynda Loxton The parliamentary joint standing committee on finance broke the deadlock on the question of worker representation on pension fund boards on Tuesday. It was finalising the Pension Funds Amendment Bill aimed at, among other things, implementing […]
A TV documentary series puts township residents behind the camera, writes HAZEL FRIEDMAN THERE’S a poignant scene in Ghetto Diaries where an unemployed man articulates his dreams of moving from his cramped cement house into one built from bricks. “Maybe I’ll build a swimming pool and tennis court. Move away from the smells and dirt. […]
The controversy over the now-celebrated musical, Sarafina II, can be seen at two levels. The first is the justification and circumstances of the expenditure of more than R14-million on the Aids-awareness production. The second relates to the handling of the row by our political masters, and what it says about the workings of our newly […]