“Israeli youth dances to a different drum”) is designed to give the impression that the expansion of Jerusalem was primarily at Arab expense, and that all orthodox Jews are desecrators of the Sabbath. The truth is that the expansion was, for the most part, through development of State-owned land but, in the few cases where […]
With imports outpacing exports and a growth rate=20 that’s just not good enough, South Africa has to face real economic challenges, reports Reg Rumney Old Mutual chief economist Dave Mohr injected a note of realism=20 into the economic outlook recently by pointing to the revealing=20 example of South Africa’s share of total exports from developing=20 […]
Jacques Magliolo THE March 1995 Reserve Bank Bulletin outlines a number=20 of interesting South African stock market trends which=20 suggest that all major sectors have reached maturity=20 and are facing a sideways movement. Using an index of 100 for 1990, the following trends=20 were determined: * Industrial shares have reached maturity. After the=20 1987 stock […]
In a second extract from his book, former security=20 police ‘dirty tricks’ expert Paul Erasmus tells how he=20 put the brakes on singer Roger Lucey’s career Whatever happened in that office God and the cops will only know. The law has ways of keeping it quiet So that nothing at all will show But at […]
JOHN MAJOR took a gamble with his political career=20 because his party was divided. He triumphantly won the=20 gamble — but his party remains divided nevertheless.=20 This continuing paradox will cast a long shadow over=20 what is simply a sun-drenched political achievement: a=20 midsummer campaign launched in a rose garden nearly a=20 fortnight ago, clinched […]
Ann Eveleth Regarded as the Lion of Natal during his lifetime,=20 Harry Gwala was given the funeral of a political non- entity last Saturday. Earlier claims by the ANC leadership that 70 000 people=20 would attend rang hollow. Fewer than 20 000 people=20 attended, and the funeral was dominated by those who=20 had a deep-seated […]
NP leader FW de Klerk is expected to take a firm stand=20 to quell the dissension within his party. But it’s a=20 fine line he has to tread, reports Gaye Davis NATIONAL Party (NP) leader FW de Klerk is expected to=20 douse the firestorm raging in his riven party by=20 backing his beleagured senior cabinet […]
Business is seriously starting to turn its collective=20 mind to combating crime. Reg Rumney reports There is little disagreement that combating crime is=20 the top priority in South Africa today. Barely a day=20 goes by without one business leader or another=20 identifying crime as the greatest retardant of=20 investment and barrier to prosperity. South African […]
Indian economic involvement in South=20 Africa has mushroomed. Reg Rumney reports The purchase by Indian brewery United Breweries=20 Investments (UB) of a 30 percent stake in National=20 Sorghum Breweries — reportedly for R70-million — is=20 the most visible sign of the growing economic co- operation between South Africa and India. UB had previously bought Mabula […]
Wits deputy vice-chancellor Professor MW Makgoba, in The Mark Gevisser Profile