Karen Harverson Columbus Stainless is sceptical of carbon steel producer Iscor’s R100-million plan to convert its Pretoria works into a stainless steel facility for the production of slab and black coil. “While I believe Iscor had little option but to close the operation which wasn’t efficient as a carbon steel facility, or do something different […]
Charles Nupen=20 Appearance: New mannish. The kind of guy to have=20 around the house — he’d never complain when it was=20 his turn to take out the garbage.=20 Present occupation: In between mediating the=20 municipal strike he hopefully did his bit to ferry=20 the family’s uncollected rotting rubbish down to=20 the dump like the rest […]
Rehana Rossouw=20 WHEN Chris Ball was Barclays Bank managing director=20 in the 198Os, he became the victim of a bizarre=20 witch-hunt where National Party commie-spotters=20 pronounced they had found a bunny resembling an=20 African National Congress symbol in the bank’s tree=20 Coupled with numerous accounts the bank attracted=20 from anti-apartheid groups, “evidence” surely=20 mounted that […]
Artists are teaming up with designers for the Johannesburg Art Gallery’s Spring Fashion Show. HAZEL FRIEDMAN takes a peek behind the seams THE Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery can’t be accused of timidity. In fact, in their efforts to turn art into entertainment, they sometimes walk recklessly where purists fear to tread. A few […]
Marion Edmunds and Lungile Madywabe=20 Tim Singiswa, Hillbrow’s homeless candidate, has=20 nothing to lose by standing for the local=20 government elections in Hillbrow – he is homeless,=20 disabled, has no job or material possessions, save=20 three or four pens and some grubby certificates.=20 What he does have is self-confidence, ambition,=20 grand plans and a glib […]
Supporting ‘smart’ mines ignores the international=20 landmine crisis, writes David Bruce=20 IT WAS a shock for the Ceasefire Campaign to hear=20 last week that the government had decided to=20 implement a ban on “dumb” or “long-life” mines=20 while adopting a position of support for the use of=20 “smart” or “short-life” mines.=20 While all landmines are […]
Head of the Occult-related Crime Unit, Colonel=20 Kobus Jonker, in The Mark Gevisser Profile=20 There’s a child’s drawing, on Colonel Kobus=20 Jonker’s pinboard, of two stick-figures with arms=20 flailing against each other in a crayon-sea of=20 bileful yellow. One figure is labelled, in=20 childlike script, “Oom Kobus”; the other is=20 labelled “Satanis”. The drawing was […]
RDP officer Frank Meintjies reacts to criticisms by Nicoli Nattrass in a recent edition of the Mail & Guardian Government (and Cabinet) is aware that mechanisms such as the RDP Fund, the Presidential Lead Projects and, for example, RDP offices in provinces are an anomaly. They are in tension with the idea that all government […]
The latest study on media inflation indicates that advertising spending in South Africa is set to exceed R4,6-billion, reports Neil Bierbaum IF advertisers think they can increase their budgets for next year in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) they will find themselves losing their share of voice, particularly if they are spending most […]
Dear Walter,=20 I AM in trouble. It came on Monday morning in the=20 form of a letter from Oslo. The envelope was=20 immediately recognisable, featuring heavily- embossed scenes of people being blown to pieces.=20 The Nobel people have a sense of history.=20 Inside was a note from senior management at their=20 gunpowder factory, advising that […]