Oh, dear. Rusty Evans, dinosaur-general of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is upset with the Mail & Guardian. Did we get the facts wrong? Did we not do our homework? No, it’s much simpler than that. We reported on a conference and workshop where his department came under attack. But listen to his words. “I […]
Reg Rumney When is insurance not insurance? When it is offered by a company not registered as an insurer, of course. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in its 1994 annual report, states that it has submitted to an attorney general (AG) for possible further action the case of a furniture company which has […]
Justin Pearce South African aromatherapists have approached the Constitutional Assembly to try to gain official recognition for their profession. A submission to the Constitutional Assembly made by Moyra Metcalfe, chairperson of the Association of Aromatherapists Southern Africa argues “that each individual has a right to choose and maintain natural, holistic health. “He should be given […]
A decision will soon be made on the fallout of the Greg Blank case, reports Jacques Magliolo THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will decide within the next few weeks whether to charge stockbroking firms and individuals implicated in the well publicised 1991 R35- million scam, say two reliable sources within the exchange. These insiders say […]
A police colonel, an army brigadier and a top Inkatha official have been charged with the 1987 KwaMakhutha massacre. Anne Eveleth this week revisited the scene where a priest and a dozen women and children were assassinated The sun was setting over the rambling hills of KwaMakhutha, 25km south of Durban, as we navigated the […]
Censorship under the new Constitution is to face its first major challenge as Hustler magazine loses patience with the Publications Control Board’s approach to what may or may not be displayed, reports Justin South Africa’s dinosaur censorship legislation is to face its first challenge in the Constitutional Court when Hustler magazine contests the banning of […]
TELEVISION: Justin Pearce ‘WE’LL be okay as long as we stay in the light,” insists FBI Agent Dana Scully — a trifle optimistically, perhaps, as she cowers beneath the guttering lightbulb connected to a generator that’s about to run out of petrol in the middle of the night in an impenetrable forest inhabited by swarming […]
Jacques Magliolo reports on the latest two firms to come to Adding to this year’s spate of listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were German chemical giant Hoechst and Eastern Cape-based Sovereign Foods Investments. The market capitalisation — issued shares multiplied by the share price — amount to R322-million, boosting the R80-billion already added in […]
Reg Rumney Like decrepit old age, the end of a marriage through death or divorce is painful to contemplate, but in the long run it could be more painful not to contemplate it. That is where a booklet such as Options at Marriage, recently published by insurance giant Old Mutual, comes in. The booklet spells […]
MPs’ criticism of the Department of Foreign Affairs has provoked an extraordinary reaction from Rusty Evans, writes Rehana Rossouw IN an unprecedented broadside by a civil servant on parliament, Foreign Affairs Director General Rusty Evans has attacked criticism of his department from MPs as an effort to “discredit and destroy the political leadership and the […]