A firm proposal on the Johnnic deal is yet to be made, despite a deal between Nail and the NEC. Madeleine Wackernagel and Jacquie Golding-Duffy report on the progress so far To judge by the media frenzy sparked by Cyril Ramaphosa’s entry into business, the deal between Anglo-American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) — […]
HAVE they all been struck dumb? For five days as Israel intensified its assault on Lebanon, the only sound in the UN Secretary-General’s office and the capitals of the world has been the diplomatic shuffling of awkward feet. The silence of international leaders is as unwise as Israel’s own response to Hizbullah’s provocation. This is […]
The SABC is keeping its involvement in a R20- million locally made production under wraps, reports Jacquie Golding-Duffy BRITAIN’S Channel 5, which will begin transmission in the UK next year, is planning to buy one of South Africa’s biggest ever locally made television co-productions. The R20-million family action adventure series called Legend of the Hidden […]
The private and the public sector have joined hands to develop one of the first rural housing developments. Madeleine Wackernagel reports on the project The Housing Ministry — specifically its failure to deliver — has come in for substantial criticism in the past year. So it was with obvious delight that Minister of Housing Sankie […]
Family planners who still believe in the slogan ‘development is the best contraceptive’ are nuts, argues Ann Cluver Weinberg ‘BECAUSE it feels right” is no way to run a country. In the United States presidential campaign of Senator Barry Goldwater in the early 1960s, the slogan was coined: “In your heart you know he’s right.” […]
against African at UWC’ University of the Western Cape lecturers Desiree Lewis, Sean Lewis and Kole Omotoso take issue with a recent M&G article about tensions at the institution Philippa Garson’s article entitled “The big battle for ‘Bush’” (Mail & Guardian, March 1 to 7) caused a furore at the University of the Western Cape […]
Ann Eveleth When former Military Intelligence Sergeant Andre Cloete shifted from his rigid attention- like stand in the witness box on Tuesday morning, lifting his right arm to his face, it seemed as if he might offer an apologetic salute to the generals in the dock. The salute never materialised, but the impression of the […]
Marion Edmunds It is likely that the tradition of the makhulu-baas will continue in South African party politics. This week the African National Congress and the National Party shelved constituency-based politics once and for all, settling for a system of proportional representation. This system makes the personality and charisma of the leader of a political […]
Soon you will be able to study to be a Nat politician, reports Marion Edmunds The National Party is setting up a political academy and its first group of 50 students begin training on August 1. While the detail of this academy is still under discussion, the shape and concept has been accepted. An NP […]
As government reconsiders its expenditure, certain ministries will suffer cuts to their budget votes. Lynda Loxton reports As parliamentary committees started examining the 1996/97 budget votes of the various ministries this week, it was clear that the Ministry of Defence is hurting the most from the reprioritisation of government spending. South African National Defence Force […]