Foreign investors want growth, not deregulation, argues ANC MP Rob Davies THE announcement of the appointment of a Cabinet “super-committee” to co-ordinate government strategy to promote economic growth has provoked a good deal of media comment. Some have seen the establishment of this committee as an implicit acknowledgment by the Government of National Unity of […]

Home of the avant-garde or just a place to work? IAN TROMP looks at the first four years of the Speedy Bag ‘BAG Factory = Petting Zoo.” Thus reads a handwritten addition to an article in printer Mark Attwood’s file of clippings about artists based at the Fordsburg Artists’ Studios; the article, titled “State of […]

THEATRE: David Le Page The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me represents a medium familiar to South Africans, and one that is oft- reviled: it is protest theatre. The issue is not race, it is gay rights, but the anger and rhetoric are familiar. Frequently the stage becomes a podium, and Robert Finlayson, the sole performer, […]

Neil Bierbaum Independent Newspapers (formerly Argus) is struggling with its attempts to move from the afternoon to the morning market. And in an attempt to boost Business Report, the company is to introduce the four-page international weekly edition of the Wall Street Journal on Mondays. Independent Newspaper’s own survey of Business Report, conducted in the […]

Karen Harverson. More than 2 000 companies were liquidated in 1994 alone, resulting in thousands of employees not only losing their jobs but also losing out on unpaid salaries, accrued leave and various other benefits. When it comes to protecting the rights of employees of insolvent companies, South Africa’s laws lag far behind international norms. […]

CRICKET: Jon Swift IT WAS, as Ali Bacher commented before the announcement of the squad for the short tour of Zimbabwe next month, “an interesting side”. It was made even more intriguing by the rationale offered by convenor of selectors Peter The squad which will travel north between October 10-23 is, Pollock maintains, “an experiment […]

Louise Flanagan A group of former Ciskei soldiers fighting for reinstatement four years after they were fired for blowing the whistle on illegal military activities may finally be compensated. “The indications are that it is a matter of working out quantum,” a spokesman for the ministry of defence, Dr Das Herbst, said this week. The […]

Paul Stober Game reserves in remote areas under the control of the KwaZulu Department of Nature Conservation (KDNC) are being used to train members of the Inkatha Freedom Party’s self-protection units (SPUs), according to a report by the Network of Independent Monitors (NIM). The Durban-based violence monitoring organisation has alleged the Port Durnford forest reserve […]

Two new magazines — based on overseas products –are soon to be launched, Itumeleng oa Mahabane reports on their plans THE magazine industry has not only experienced a massive growth in pornography titles in the last few years, but has seen publishers revamping existing products, buying back old titles, introducing new titles or launching local […]

DNA forensics is used widely in South Africa, but a recent supreme court case in Cape Town exposed serious flaws in its application, reports Rehana Rossouw There are probably millions of people throughout the world who by now have heard of “the bloody glove” and its alleged proof of American sports superstar OJ Simpson’s involvement […]