Marion Edmunds Parliamentarians are making mileage out of the taxpayer — MPs and senators get to keep “voyager miles” earned while flying on official business, and may use them to pay for their holidays or personal business. South African taxpayers last year paid for R21,5- million worth of flights for parliamentarians. This involved 20 317 […]
The Mail & Guardian, the most “wired” newspaper in Africa, has launched a new media division to strengthen its electronic publishing programme. The new division, eM&G, will be focused on expanding the M&G’s Internet profile, developing specialised electronic services to harness the publishing opportunities presented by the information The M&G has committed two of its […]
Trade and investment are necessary to set Africa back on=20 the road toward economic development. Karen Harverson=20 Africa urgently needs trade and investment to drive its=20 development which is slower now than it was 30 years=20 ago, says one of Southern Africa’s leading economists. Tony Hawkins, professor of Business Studies at the=20 University of Zimbabwe, […]
CINEMA: Stanley Peskin IT was in the city of Barcelona that Queen Isabel=20 received Columbus on his return from the New World. In=20 Whit Stillman’s Barcelona, there is a witty reversal of=20 this event as he describes the experiences of two young=20 Americans abroad in post-Franco Spain. Although the film=20 is set in the 1990s, […]
Tuesday sees the world premiere in Johannesburg of Athol=20 Fugard’s new play. He spoke to MATTHEW KROUSE ATHOL FUGARD’S island, today, is not the isolated penal=20 colony he once dramatised with fellow actors John Kani=20 and Winston Ntshona. His present refuge is a territory=20 of optimism, where he directs hopeful youngsters who=20 symbolise freedoms gained. […]
Okkert Brits is the only serious contender for Sergei=20 Bubka’s pole-vaulting crown at the World Athletics=20 Championships in Sweden tonight ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THEY call Sergei Bubka the czar of pole-vaulting. He has=20 dominated the event for the past 13 years and set 35=20 world records, 18 of them indoors. His current world=20 record stands […]
Local transport organisation Portnet is considering=20 managing the Congo’s major port. Karen Harverson=20 Portnet may enter into a joint venture with the People’s=20 Republic of the Congo to manage and operate the=20 country’s major port, Pointe Noire. Portnet chief executive Neil Oosthuizen says in-depth=20 discussions have been held with the Congolese ambassador=20 and minister of […]
Ernie Els has turned his back on the the tedium of the=20 US golf circus for a real life in Europe GOLF: Jon Swift THERE are two ways to attack the tedium and insularity=20 of the US professional golf tour. The first is to do=20 what Nick Price has done for years: switch on to […]
Justin Pearce HENDRIK THEUNISSEN was not sodomised by an unknown number of former Umkhonto weSizwe soldiers. And neither was there any proof that he had indulged in sexual relations with a dog. These facts emerged in the Middelburg regional court last week, during a trial which found Theunissen guilty on charges of perjury and defeating […]
Meshack Mabogoane reports on the National Sorghum=20 Breweries’ deal with United Breweries National Sorghum Breweries’ (NSB) announcement this week=20 that India’s United Breweries (UB) would have a say in=20 the appointment of senior management marks a turning=20 point in its five-year history . The UB deal, sealed this week, is the first and most=20 substantive […]