South African firms will have to go global, but do our=20 company directors understand how to operate across=20 international borders? Jacques Magliolo reports International competition is rapidly becoming a way of life=20 in South Africa; however, the ability of local directors to=20 understand how the new global village will function in the=20 immediate future is […]

Rehana Rossouw After months of negotiation and consultation, the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is expected to announce next week that it has a new rector — Professor Cecil Abrahams. The announcement has been delayed by weeks of sensitive negotiation about the rector’s salary package and tenure, which has been improved considerably. Unlike Professor […]

Simon Segal THE South African art market is benefitting from the more=20 favourable economic conditions. Stephan Welz & Co’s art auction this week might not have=20 been as exciting as the record-breaking 1993 auction, but=20 it does indicate a firmness in South Africa’s art market.=20 Although some people anticipated that prices would be=20 higher, R2,8-million […]

CINEMA: Stanley Peskin PATRICE CHEREAU’S Queen Margot begins with a wedding and=20 ends with a coronation. In between there is a lengthy and=20 operatic treatment of religious strife and the fall of a=20 If Wagner — Chereau staged The Ring at Bayreuth in the=20 1970s — and Visconti come to mind, the sources of the […]

The South African selectors have come up with a good mix of=20 youth and experience in the team for the world=20 ATHELTICS: Julian Drew WITH the naming of the team for the world athletics=20 championships in Gothenburg in August the Athletics South=20 Africa (ASA) selectors finally seem to have the measure of=20 their task with […]

and continued: “‘Tis none of your business, dear friend, for the gentleman of Caucasian extraction possesses a palm that is two times your visage. Glasses ar expensive …” In revolutionary zeal, I had neglected to look at the size of the offending whitey and thought onl’ of my self- righteous blackness and how I could […]

Native tongue Bafana Khumalo WHY do these things happen to me? I must be cursed. Of all the billions of people in the world, I am the only one who will encounter an alien and the alien will not say anything profound like “take me to your leader”. To other people, yes, he will say […]

A new book, Share Analysis and Company Forecasting: How to=20 Make Money on the JSE by Weekly Mail & Guardian financial=20 journalist Jacques Magliolo aims to demystify the=20 Johannesburg Stock Exchange for the investor and to outline=20 how analysts assess companies. Areas covered include: understanding the JSE; how to read=20 share price pages; outlining shareholders’ […]

An outcry from conservatives and threats to cut advertising forced the SABC ‘s hand. Justin Pearce reports The SABC has begun to beat a hasty retreat over its new- look SAfm station, as board chair Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri this week tried to paper over the growing rifts in the Staffers accused the board of pandering […]

Clive Simpkins A CHALLENGE to South African marketers is keeping pace with=20 the changes occurring daily as a result of the awakening of=20 the once-sleeping giant of black enfranchisement. Black women, historically the bottom of the heap in terms=20 of earning power, status and direct influence in business=20 and society, are emerging as a major […]