Governments and consumers must learn a new lesson: price rises are no longer automatic, thanks to technological advances and global integration. Roger Bootle discusses his theory with Madeleine Wackernagel Inflation is dead, RIP. At least in the industrialised world. South Africans may not be immediately convinced, but if Roger Bootle’s thesis is valid, we may […]
d like a king Ruaridh Nicoll THE gumboot slappers were getting kind of frisky as they emerged from a heavin g sea of leopard and lion skin, root-dyed cotton and bangle jewellery. They we re dressed in white shirts, blue trousers and wellie boots carefully daubed in the rainbow colours of South Africa. A shimmy […]
A year and R100-million later, plans to sell Mossgas are back to square one, writes Mungo Soggot THE government’s failure to sell Mossgas — and the bungled announcement of the fiasco — has highlighted the political power struggle over the fate of the synthetic fuel producer. The struggle may have cost the taxpayer over R100-million […]
Johnnic’s stake in Toyota SA may go to a multinational, not the National Empowerment Consortium, if ongoing negotiations succeed, writes Tebello Radebe A major multinational company has been urged to buy Johnnic’s stake in Toyota South Africa, worth more than R230-million, for fear that a successful bid by the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) could jeopardise […]
Novelist Mark Behr knew he couldn’t keep his spy activities secret forever, re ports Justin Pearce Threat of exposure at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and in the media was hanging over the head of author Mark Behr when he confessed to having spi ed for the South African Police at Stellenbosch University in the […]
Alan Wright, chief executive of Gold Fields, talked to Bronwen Jones about the future of the mining house ALAN Wright is an optimistic man. While one mugging is enough to set most people packing for Perth, Wright’s reaction to serious injury was to protect his home and get on with his life. His reaction to […]
I WISH to bring to your attention certain inaccuracies in two articles in the M&G of June 28 to July 4 1996. In the first article on the sale of six SABC regional radio stations, it was stated that the Cabinet had approved the amendment of the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act to expedite the sale […]
Philippa Garson THE sudden death of professor Etienne Mureinik was a tragic loss to the countr y, friends and colleagues said this week. Mureinik, dean of the law faculty at Wits University, took his life by jumping from the 23rd floor of a hotel in Braamfontein on Wednesday morning, accordin g to police, after a […]
Thabo Mbeki’s pragmatic efforts to ‘lower the political temperature’ at a nati onal level have helped smooth out old enmities in KwaZulu-Natal. Eddie Koch re ports Deputy President Thabo Mbeki played a key role in promoting the “miracle deals ” between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party which ha ve a real […]
A barrister berates Shell in front of village elders. It’s music to the ears o f the military, writes Patrick Donovan GIVE him a wig and black silk gown, and Napolean Agbedetse could have walked b ack into the south London courtrooms where he used to practise as a barrister. He is on the bank […]