Lynda Loxton A leading member of the South African Communist Party has called on the government to take tough action to stop the “investment strike” by the private sector. African National Congress MP and SACP central executive committee member Philip Dexter told the Mail & Guardian that business seemed intent on pitting members of the […]
Mail & Guardian Reporters THE Constitutional Court this week cleared a hurdle which barred potential amnesty applicants from confessing their crimes. The court on Thursday shot down a bid by families of leading apartheid victims to have sections of the National Unity and Reconciliation Act — which robs victims of their right to civil and […]
A feud between Iscor and a Namibian businesswoman over a zinc mine has taken a new twist, reports Mungo Soggot A Namibian zinc mine is the focus of an acrimonious billion-rand battle between the daughter of a German Jew who fled the Nazis to prospect in Africa and steel giant Iscor. When Mose Kahan on […]
Leading into the the last round of a major tournament is one of the greatest tests of nerves, especially if it’s the British Open GOLF: Mark Lamport-Stokes AMERICAN golfer Mike Reid, on leading the 1989 US PGA going into the decisive fourth round, expressed a common human reaction to the pressure-cooker situation in which he […]
Eddie Koch A COALITION of environmental organisations will launch a supreme court challenge to force the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI) to divulge details about hazardous waste still coming into South Africa, despite repeated assurances from the government that it will ban all toxic imports. Last month Green Party politicians in the Europe Union […]
Former associate editor Gerald Shaw argues a charter is useless unless there is all-round support Times Media Limited’s proposed editorial charter for preserving the independence of their newspapers is poorly timed, as the Mail & Guardian has argued (July 12 to 18), but there are more compelling reasons to have scant confidence in the TML […]
It’s costing plenty, but the SABC won’t be winning any medals for its Olympic coverage, writes Justin Pearce THE South African Broadcsting Corporation will not reveal how much it spent on sending 87 staffers to cover the Olympic Games in Atlanta — amid accusations the quality of the coverage barely justifies sending an SABC team […]
Justin Pearce SOUTH African Airways’ sponsorship of the Olympic team’s trip to Atlanta cost about R25-million, the Mail & Guardian has learned. SAA spokesman Leon Els would not comment on the sum involved, but said the sponsorship money came from SAA’s promotions budget and was part of a broader business plan. SAA has recently been […]
Eddie Koch The Post Office, the institution which once symbolised bureaucratic incompetence, could be converted into a rural bank which will stimulate a thriving small-farm economy in the countryside. The lack of banking services in the platteland — along with soaring levels of rural crime — is fast becoming a major block to the government’s […]
The Media Monitoring Project has charged that the media industry is understaffed, under-resourced, and not critical enough of the government, writes Jacquie Golding-Duffy MEDIA coverage of the government is more positive than negative, reports an independent monitoring group. The report, in which the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) considered print and broadcast media between April and […]