Frank Chikane, a behind-the-scenes slogger rather than a front-row forward, is the favourite to head the truth commission, reports Gaye Davis LIBERATION theologian Frank Chikane, former general secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), is the front-runner to head up South Africa’s truth The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Bill, passed by […]
Government’s first serious effort to go on-line has begun, writes Bruce Cohen South Africa’s constitution-makers have hitched a ride on the information superhighway. This week, a large database of information relating to the deliberations of the Constitional Assembly was established on the Internet, the global electronic network. The service will contribute to making the process […]
Gavin Du Venage Gauteng’s ANC-dominated cabinet has been accused of gerrymandering after rejecting municipal boundaries negotiated over three years, reports Gavin du Venage It took three agonising years of squabbling between the municipalities and civic associations of greater Johannesburg to reach agreement on local government boundaries. This week, Gauteng’s ANC-dominated cabinet changed the lot — […]
We have changed our newspaper this week as part of a concerted drive to ensure we are a truly modern paper designed for the late 1990s. This is an era when you may get flashes of news more quickly from television, radio or the Internet — but we aim to give you information, depth, reading […]
>From air force technician to air-cowboy, Gert de Klerk is now challenging SAA. Stefaans BrUmmer reports GERT de Klerk, the self-made millionaire head of Avia Airlines, South Africa’s only independent carrier to have secured a London passenger route, jump-started his career making clandestine cargo flights to Angolan rebel territory in the 1980s. Seen by some […]
A government promise to beef up the security forces in KwaZulu/Natal is ringing hollow, writes Ann Eveleth SAFETY and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi’s violence crackdown two weeks ago appears so far to have been little more than a publicity stunt. Despite a climbing death toll in KwaZulu/Natal, no extra troops or police have been deployed […]
Rehana Rossouw A THREAT by central government to withdraw its financial support for transport provision for the 2004 Olympic Games bid has sent Cape Town’s planners scrambling to get the wheels of an interim transport masterplan for the city rolling by the end of this month. At stake is R470-million promised by the government for […]
THE Post Office appears to be going from bad to worse in=20 the delivery of items.=20 Despite all sorts of marketing commitments in the press=20 over the last few months to the effect that delivery times=20 would be measurable, and “accountable”, the entire service=20 appears close to collapse. I am just one of many businesspeople […]
Justin Pearce South Africa enters the satellite TV age tomorrow when African Satellite Entertainment (ASE) starts beaming trial broadcasts into the country. It will go “live” a week later with the country’s first Kuband (small dish) service. ASE has pre-empted M-Net by three months, and caught the authorities on the wrong foot by beaming its […]
Reg Rumney looks into the new plastic=20 money that promises to help you buy a car The advantage to South African motor car company Nissan in=20 launching its ”Nissan card” seems obvious: card users are=20 locked into buying a Nissan vehicle as their next new car.=20 Would-be Nissan owners get a form of added value […]