The Mpumalanga Parks Board is desperately trying to rescue its ‘theme resort’ deal, reports Justin Arenstein DESPITE mounting public opposition and the discovery that there are gazetted land claims on some of the key conservation areas promised to the Dubai-based Dolphin Group, the Mpumalanga Parks Board denied on Thursday that their R12,2-billion deal was in […]

Joshua Amupadhi WITS University Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs June Sinclair is to leave the administration at the end of this month, after failing in her bid to win the most powerful office on the campus. Sinclair, defeated in October in the contest to be Wits’ next vice-chancellor, said this week she would not ask […]

Charl Blignaut SAY what you like about the Tevin Campbell concert at the Standard Bank arena in Johannesburg last weekend, the highlight of the evening had to be the crowd. Mingling at the slightly tame Radio Metro bash beforehand (I mean, what radio station hangs banners saying ‘Where the music talks’ and then doesn’t play […]

Would court action to prevent the recent tax amnesty ‘succeed? Our legal columnist thinks not The government has again extended its tax amnesty to non-payers. In essence, this is an invitation to people who have not paid tax, for various lengths of time and often ever, to come forward and put themselves inside the taxation […]

Iden Wetherell in Harare Despite growing demands in Zimbabwe for political reform, President Robert Mugabe has declared that his ruling Zanu-PF party will continue to take precedence over Parliament as far as governing the country goes. Mugabe slapped down members of Parliament who had been calling for change ahead of last weekend’s Zanu-PF conference held […]

Almost a quarter of a ‘million rand intended for ‘the poor was allegedly diverted by Allan Boesak. ‘Stefaans Br’mmer and Rehana Rossouw report AMONG the 30-odd charges faced by former African National Congress Cape leader Allan Boesak when he appears in court next year is that his foundation misappropriated a donation of almost a quarter […]

Joshua Amupadhi The University of the North has appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate a long-running feud at its Unin Qwa Qwa campus, which came to a head last week when three lecturers exchanged blows. The commission comes more than a year after students, workers and lecturers first demanded independent investigations into allegations of […]

SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi National coach Andre Markgraaff dropped idol Francois Pienaar and his life turned miserable overnight as a rugby-obsessed country vented its anger against him. Soccer counterpart Clive Barker could risk a similar backlash if he omits off-form midfielder Doctor Khumalo from the World Cup team to face Zambia in Lusaka on January 11. […]

Bronwen Jones The triumvirate of car hire power is set to be broken with the re-emergence of international rival Hertz into the overcrowded South African market in 1997, but industry insiders already expect the company to tout the same prices as current leaders Budget, Avis and Imperial. Nicola, who answers the toll-free line at Avis, […]

Anthony Egan TREKKING: In Search of the Real South Africa ‘by Denis Beckett ‘(Penguin, R59,99) One of the (few) popular and quality local television programmes currently showing is the quirky, opinionated, sometimes angry but always watchable Beckett’s Trek. Ajournalist with attitude, Denis Beckett takes often all-too-close looks at the realities and foibles of contemporary South […]