Marion Edmunds Labour Minister Tito Mboweni lobbied all political players this week — from National Party leader FW de Klerk to the African Christian Democratic Party — in a bid to save the Labour Relations Bill from unravelling in Parliament. The round of meetings with political parties came in the wake of a decision by […]
CINEMA: Stanley Peskin THE Sum of Us movingly proclaims that love, in the face of the “agonising pain of it all”, is the greatest adventure of all, and that the risks entailed in loving must be undertaken. In an immensely good-natured film that explores family ties (both harmonious and discordant), the possibility of hurt and […]
Rehana Rossouw A teachers’ strike in protest against the withdrawal of security at Excelsior Senior Secondary School in Belhar, Cape Town, where schooling has been severely disrupted by gangsterism, ended on Monday when the education department arranged for police to protect the “We were told the police are here as a temporary measure, so we […]
Pat Sidley MICROSOFT boss Bill Gates needed a bit of help from the Salvation Army for his mega-launch of Windows 95 this week. His competitor, IBM, helped a bit too — although they would deny it. Johannesburg commuters have been greeted all week by an army of unemployed men carrying signs saying: “It’s coming …” […]
An international business specialist has outlined problems SA may have attracting foreign investors. Karen Harverson reports South Africa has all the elements needed to join the world economy but certain core problems could force foreign investors to look elsewhere. This is the view of of international business specialist Professor Zafar Ahmed of Minot University, North […]
Members of the Springbok World Cup squad became almost instant millionaires, but what about new players called into the team? RUGBY: Jon Swift IT IS the concentrated nature of sport as a mirror of life which tends to highlight the human existence. Big is not always best. The quickest do not always win. And so […]
Rowan Callaghan Directors at South African Breweries (SAB) and Rainbow Chicken Limited this year lead the pack in awarding themselves increases, a survey of 26 companies by Business Mail shows. A study of the annual reports of the companies — all in the top 150 and all with financial years ending in February and March […]
Competition Board chairman Pierre Brooks speaks to Reg Rumney about the changing shape of competition law Competition Board chairman Pierre Brooks is thoughtful and circumspect, as befits a man with a legal background — some would say to a fault, especially those who would have liked a more aggressive competition policy. Yet if Brooks feels […]
Marion Edmunds A special National Intelligence briefing to the Cabinet on how to deal with sensitive and potentially embarrassing information and prevent leaks has been leaked to the Mail & Guardian. Concern about security leaks and sabotage of government plans prompted National Intelligence to brief Cabinet on how to safeguard sensitive information. A document on […]
Rehana Rossouw MALAYSIA’S Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad, acknowledged Malaysian roots in South Africa when he and a powerful business delegation swept into the country on a four-day visit this week. “The people of Malay descent in Cape Town are of some interest to us — it is good to re-establish the linkages broken […]