Gaye Davis WOMEN in Parliament have a doubly loaded agenda. They bear the hopes and dreams of millions of South African women wanting a better life — and the responsibility for making sure the constitution’s great-sounding new clauses become more than just paper guarantees. Yet, a year down the line, they still lack the basic […]

With Kenya and Italy sending weak teams local athletes won’t really be facing much competition this weekend ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THE curtain comes down on the domestic athletics season in Cape Town tomorrow with the first athletics Test match in South Africa since 1966. Italy and Kenya will compete against a South African team and […]

Peter Rorvik THE Tuesday weather map depicted a pair of cold fronts heading up from the Atlantic, with rain and cold expected at Splashy Fen. Well, it got cold but, unlike last year, it didn’t rain. In fact, there were some glorious sunny spells at the festival last weekend– people swam in the river every […]

In his May Day message, Cosatu general secretary Sam Shilowa outlined the trade union movement’s concerns over the new Labour Relations Bill. This is an edited version of his speech. The often-stated objective of the (new Labour Relations) legislation (LRA) is to give workers rights, minimise conflict on the shop floor and provide for the […]

The lives of people in KwaZulu/Natal have been shaped for more than five years by the politics of the graveyard. When some political leaders want their way, it has become habitual for them to use violence and threaten more of it. It is no exaggeration to say the constitution of the country’s problem province is […]

THEATRE: Guy Willoughby=20 IT’S nearly two months to go before the World Rugby Cup,=20 and Paul Slabolepszy’s getting in early. The country’s=20 chief analyst of the white male ego couldn’t hope for a=20 better setting, and in his rumbustious new comedy Heel=20 Against the Head (at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town) he=20 scores nearly […]

Jacques Magliolo reports on Pepgro’s moves to improve=20 its competitiveness both locally and internationally=20 Pepgro’s R208-million rights issue came as no surprise=20 to market analysts. The move is yet another strategic,=20 well-planned step to make the group stronger and better=20 prepared for local and international competition, says=20 Mathison & Hollidge industrial analyst John Thompson.=20 Market […]

The police have agreed in principle they are responsible for frauds committed by convicted murderer Michael Bellingan, reports Stefaans Brummer This week’s murder conviction of security police captain Michael Bellingan has strengthened the quest of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) for compensation for police dirty tricks Agreement has already been reached […]

The Budget did not reflect RDP priorities, according to the country’s biggest organised force, Cosatu. This is an edited version of the ANC-alliance partner’s Compared to apartheid Budgets, the 1995/6 Budget does have a number of positive features. Judged in terms of the fundamental shift required by the Reconstruction and Development Programme, however, the Budget […]