Justin Pearce A schoolteacher seeking paternity leave, a group of prisoners claiming to have been assaulted and a schoolboy defending his right to have long hair are among the stories told inside the cardboard folders stacked on the desk of Human Rights Commission (HRC) member Pansy Tlakula. Upstairs in the stately Houghton office suite occupied […]
The jury is still out on whether the new framework for small business policy can be put into action, writes Aspasia Karras The White Paper on a National Strategy for the Development of Small Business in South Africa, endorsed in March 1995, is finally kicking into life. The national Small Business Act was tabled in […]
Targeting state pension funds rather than state assets would be a more efficient way of addressing the Budget deficit, writes Ravi Naidoo The direction of macro-economics policy reflects the political agenda being pursued by the government. So the government’s belated unveiling of its macro- economic plan is indeed a defining moment. However, judging by the […]
Rehana Rossouw TRADITIONS steeped in centuries of British history will change next week when Queen Elizabeth II pulls out all the stops to honour her guest for a week, President Nelson Mandela. Even Oxford University’s ceremonial pomp will have to travel to Buckingham Palace to join seven other universities in the garden next Wednesday to […]
Jean Baptiste Kayigamba in Kigali United States nationals need to watch their backs – — not just in Saudi Arabia, where a truck bomb killed 19 Americans and wounded about 80 more at a US air base last week. They are also under threat in East and Central Africa, according to a communique issued in […]
1 NATIONAL EMBLEM. Outstanding win in the Premiers Cup, and a good third in this race last year. Better than last run when 8th at Clairwood (1 600m) but should run a couple of lengths off them under top weight. Rating: Fair Minus 2 COUNTER ACTION. Queen’s Plate winner with the “guv’nor” Jeff Lloyd aboard. […]
Philippa Garson THE director of the Alexandra Health Centre has been suspended and another employee has been fired following allegations of corruption among officials, first revealed in the Mail & Guardian. Clinic director Nomvuyo Molefe may face criminal charges after allegedly defrauding the clinic of R50 000 by channelling funds into Chitons Consultancy, of which […]
ANDREW WORSDALE searches for an interesting plot among the holiday glut of children’s movies. Films about growing up don’t have to be stupid or simplistic — one only has to think of The Wizard of Oz, The Railway Children, My Life as a Dog or Toto the Hero. But with the school holidays upon us, […]
Tebello Radebe Mpho Mokwana, equal opportunities director at the Ministry of Labour, has strongly defended the right of the government to propose strict penalties and fines against companies that will not comply with affirmative action laws, despite recommendations by the recent Labour Market Commission report. “We cannot have laws for the sake of having them, […]
BORIS YELTSIN urged Russian voters not to allow their “grievances and tiredness” to sway the vote. But what if Boris himself is too tired? It may only be a sore throat, but Yeltsin’s backers must be on their knees and praying hard. They are faced with an unpalatable scenario. What happens if Yeltsin’s sore throat […]