Mail & Guardian Reporter Former judge Rex van Schalkwyk said this week he is planning to head north to the tranquil chambers of the newly formed Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa. The move should ease the financial blow of leaving the Bench, for Justice Minister Dullah Omar’s refusal to grant him an official discharge means […]

Mungo Soggot THE rise in international oil prices triggered by the United States missile attacks on Iraq could have important ripple effects on the South African economy, analysts warned this week. Increases in key international oil prices are expected to boot up the petrol and diesel pump prices next month, which will hit inflation and […]

New car-tracking technology may lead to more fatalities, reports Angella Johnson HAVING an anti-hijack tracking device on your vehicle may help get it returned but it could also get you killed. A Johannesburg businessman discovered this paradox after he was kidnapped and left for dead along the roadside. Ian Mirk, managing director of Panasonic Business […]

The battle for District Six in the Land Claims Court promises to be as bitter as the fight against the forced removals from the area, writes Rehana Rossouw THEY’LL be on opposing sides in the Land Claims Court (LCC) in October, but Basil Davidson and Anwar Nagia agree on a fundamental issue: the Restitution of […]

David Macgregor MORE than 28 000 cattle valued at about R75-million have been stolen in the Eastern Cape this year as organised syndicates increase their supply of cut- price meat to the townships. Several farmers have thrown in the towel as the cattle-rustling figures have already doubled what they were for the whole of last […]

Pressure to change the Usury Act is growing now that the government has called on the public to suggest improvements to the law, writes Tebello Radebe THE “David and Goliath” battle concerning overcharging by the banks, spearheaded by the Financial Research Foundation (FRF), rages on even though the principals do not seem to differ on […]

HAZEL FRIEDMAN reviews the extremely lovely exhibition Artists’ Books at the Johannesburg Art Gallery IN the beginning there was the word. Then the word became print, opening up a seemingly magical world in which information could be reproduced and circulated for mass consumption. Then came the book, containing the continuum of experience and the moving […]

THEATRE: Alexander Sudheim reviews Durban Poison – WHEN, in the 1950s, Lenny Bruce walked up to the microphone in an LA club and asked, ever so innocently: “Are there any niggers here tonight?” the concept of stand-up comedy was revolutionised. At first there was a deafening silence from the audience. Then Sammy Davis Junior, sitting […]

Marion Edmunds A NUMBER of African National Congress ministers are trying to breathe new life into the Masakhane Campaign by making Deputy President Thabo Mbeki its new figurehead. Mbeki will promote payment of rates and taxes, as part of the drive to create a “new patriotism”. A representative from the Constitutional Development Ministry, Mpho Msmane, […]