When it comes to comparative advertising, it is wiser to know the law before you play the game, writes Charles Webster THERE have been suggestions in the press ever since the new Trade Marks Act (No 194 of 1993) came into force on 1 May 1995, that comparative advertising is acceptable in South Africa. The […]

The growing lopsided trade deficit between China and the US is highlighted by the Barbie doll, writes Rone Tempest in Beijing A BARBIE doll is for sale at the Anaheim, California, Toys R Us store in a bright cardboard-and-cellophane box labelled “Made in China”. The price is $9,99. But how much will China make from […]

Lack of resources and bureaucratic bungling have caused major delays in the Rwanda genocide tribunal, reports Chris McGreal THE start of the long-delayed international Rwanda genocide tribunal ran into new difficulties this week after the lawyer for the first Hutu scheduled to appear in the dock said he will boycott the trial because he has […]

Mungo Soggot A WHITE South African who became a vice- president of Harvard University is at the centre of a race row over her nomination to join the highest court in Massachusetts in the United States. The nomination of Margaret Marshall by Massachusetts governor William Weld to the state’s Supreme Judicial Court has enraged black […]

Paul Murphy and Pauline Springett ONE of Britain’s biggest managers of pension money said last week it intended to stick with an extraordinary $15-billion bet that stock markets in Britain and the United States are grossly over-valued and that share prices are due to crash. PDFM, formerly known as Phillips & Drew Fund Management, which […]

There were fouls and off-the-ball incidents aplenty, and this wasn’t on the field of play but at the commission investigating administration irregularities SOCCER: Andrew Muchineripi IT had to happen at some point. With so many commissions doing the rounds in the new South Africa at the moment, it was only a matter of time before […]

David Beresford IF the British lottery is not exactly immoral, as many churchmen would have it, the story of “Cheeky” Lee Ryan offers convincing evidence that Lady Luck is utterly amoral. Ryan, a used-car salesman, would have made even Richard Nixon look virtuous. Last year he was sentenced to 18 months for handling stolen vehicles […]

feet ANDREW WORSDALE in Zimbabwe THE biggest grossing films in Zimbabwe this year are Waiting to Exhale and Showgirls. Sign of the times: Hollywood is still dominating world movie production. But at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Southern Africa Film Festival, Post and Telecommunications Minister Joyce Mujuru urged representatives to reduce dependence on foreign […]

Controversial, offensive and bizarre are a few of the words used to describe the Benetton empire. Pauline Springett looks at the family behind the name LUCIANO BENETTON, 61-year-old president and co-founder of the eponymous Italian business empire, would almost pass as a traditional tycoon. The tweed suit is of perhaps a little better than average […]