The Labour Relations Bill, just released for public=20 debate, will turn the current system on its head.=20 Clive Thompson analyses it The 1995 Labour Relations Bill promises a third=20 revolution in South African labour law. The first was=20 in 1924, which saw the first comprehensive labour=20 statute in the wake of the Rand Revolt; 1979 […]

Bank directors had to expose their dirty washing for public scrutiny this week and they were far from pleased, reports Jacques Magliolo This week’s historic meeting to hear publicly South Africa’s top four banks’ bid for the R10-billion contract to administer the Gauteng council’s financial affairs will be remembered as the catalyst which set in […]

South Africa needs a new healthy policy, writes researcher Alex van den Heever. But is the proposed National Health Insurance appropriate? THE possible introduction of some form of National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa would involve a major shift in emphasis from the way in which health service is presently structured. It is worth […]

Residents of Kathorus will get their homes back, writes Mduduzi ka Harvey. But where will the illegal occupants live now? THERE’S a ray of hope for more than 2 000 Kathorus families who were forced to flee their homes because of political violence between Inkatha Freedom Party hostel dwellers and ANC-aligned residents in the East […]

The National Party’s congress was a slick show but it will take more than a good stage performance to restore the NP to its former state, reports Gaye Davis ENERGETIC tannies boogying to township jive, black speakers prefacing their inputs with cries of “Viva, NP, viva!”, the multi-lingual phrase booklet in every delegate’s blue congress […]

Four new plays are being showcased at the Civic — in the form of dramatised readings. Matthew Krouse, who participated in one, reports DISCONTENTED local dramatists, tired of playing second fiddle to international work, can perhaps begin to breathe a small sigh of relief. As the first two dramatised play readings of New Stages — […]

The South African team is on a winning streak but now the players have to prove that they can win away from home as well CRICKET: Jon Swift THERE can be no doubting national cricket coach Bob Woolmer’s intentions as the 16-strong South African side prepare to leave for the one-off Centenary Test against New […]

The Markets Jacques Magliolo ‘WHEN restrictions are lifted, overseas investors will come into our country and clean out our cupboard (of shares),” a shareholder told me at one of last year’s Christmas parties. “We have to keep restrictions and, in fact, strengthen them,” he asserted, in a near state of panic. Immediately, he had an […]

South African troops are not welcome in Angolan peacekeeping operations. Stefaans Brummer reports SOUTH Africa will not be part of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Angola because Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos won’t play host to countries previously involved in his country’s war. Zimbabwe Defence Minister Moven Mahachi this week attacked South Africa for […]

It is a long time since South Africa has produced a discus thrower of note, but Franz Kruger looks like he can fill that gap ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THE discus throw has been dominated by Americans and athletes from the former Societ bloc. But lately the pendulum has begun to swing as new political doctrines […]