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 […]
Ballroom dance is taking root from Elsies River to=20 Mmabatho, discovered JUSTIN PEARCE at Sun City last=20 SOMEHOW, it could only have happened at Sun City. You=20 know you’ve arrived there when the plastic bags flapping=20 on fences give way to coloured flags flapping on poles,=20 and inside the dimly lit halls of the Superbowl […]
Gilding the lily THE Sphinx will be undergoing a facelift, according to Egyptian antiquities officials. Plans are to remove layers of cement poured over the massive 4 600-year-old structure in an earlier restoration and replace them with limestone. Fouling the air The National Health Service in Britain said this week that with more than two-million […]
Charges of plagiarism are being levelled against renowned South African writer and educationist Mbulelo Mzamane. Philippa Garson reports THE credibility of renowned South African writer and educationist Mbulelo Mzamane has been called into question, with evidence surfacing that he plagiarised extracts of the work of another famous writer and journalist, Joseph Lelyveld, now editor of […]
THERE is something to be said for President Nelson Mandela’s quaint, old-worldly manners. One of the negatives, however, is an abiding, and sometimes inexplicable, loyalty to the point where it can affect his decision-making. Loyalty is a virtue when it comes to remembering kind jailers, or maintaining a personal relationship with Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi despite […]
Karen Harverson Multinational hamburger chain McDonald’s is on track to=20 open its first two restaurants in South Africa despite=20 the fact that the court case over the rights to its=20 trademark has not yet been resolved. South African George Sombonos, owner of franchise chain=20 Chicken Licken, is seeking the right to expunge=20 McDonald’s trademark from […]
Marion Edmunds Mineral and Energy Affairs Minister Pik Botha is to summons the Malawi High Commissioner to South Africa, Willie Khoza, for talks to ensure that the former Malawi dictator, Dr Hastings Banda, gets a fair trial. A spokesman from the ministry, Roland Darroll, said this week that Minister Botha was responding to a direct […]
Ann Eveleth Privatisation has moved to the centre-stage of the transformation debate at the University of Durban Westville (UDW), precipitating a fresh crisis which has led to assaults and racial insults being hurled. The black-dominated Students Representative Council (SRC), backing calls to privatise the Indian-dominated catering service at campus residences, has been accused of racism,assaults […]
The consumer court proposed in a new draft Bill will allow for severe measures to be taken against shoddy business practices, reports Pat Sidley A FAR-REACHING Bill giving provinces the power to fine businesses and jail executives for harmful business practices is being drafted by the nine provincial The Consumer Protection Bill will strengthen the […]
Ann Eveleth KwaZulu-Natal Attorney General Tim McNally, accused last week of failing to tackle political violence has been called — with peers in the other provinces — to account to Parliament. Justice committee chairman Johnny de Lange said this week all nine attorneys general will appear before a public hearing — likely to be held […]