Anton Grutter ‘Best practice” is aimed at involving workers in problem-solving on the shopfloor. And judging by the reaction to the first workshops organised by the Manufacturing Roundtable at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, the concept is popular with workers and management alike. Many studies have shown that team-based problem-solving can […]
As elections in Zambia and Zimbabwe draw nearer, independent newspapers are under pressure to stem their criticism of the two southern African governments, report Stefaans Brummer, Brian Latham and Andrew Meldrum THE leading independent newspapers in Zimbabwe and Zambia — which will both hold elections this year — are under pressure to silence their criticism […]
The deadlock is broken: workers and employers will have equal representation on the pension fund board, reports Lynda Loxton The parliamentary joint standing committee on finance broke the deadlock on the question of worker representation on pension fund boards on Tuesday. It was finalising the Pension Funds Amendment Bill aimed at, among other things, implementing […]
A TV documentary series puts township residents behind the camera, writes HAZEL FRIEDMAN THERE’S a poignant scene in Ghetto Diaries where an unemployed man articulates his dreams of moving from his cramped cement house into one built from bricks. “Maybe I’ll build a swimming pool and tennis court. Move away from the smells and dirt. […]
The controversy over the now-celebrated musical, Sarafina II, can be seen at two levels. The first is the justification and circumstances of the expenditure of more than R14-million on the Aids-awareness production. The second relates to the handling of the row by our political masters, and what it says about the workings of our newly […]
The special horror of the terrorists’ bomb is only heightened when it shatters a period of apparent peace. The Israeli people are reeling from the same sense of double shock which hit Britain two weeks ago. Not only was the bomb on Jaffa Road devastating in its destruction of human life, but it came after […]
1 Mr Phakhiti, 35-year-old black male, murdered in Thembisa, Gauteng 2Nimrod Mhlongo, 23-year-old black male, shot in Gauteng 3 Unidentified 25-year-old black male, shot in Pretoria, Gauteng 4Brian Mego, 25-year-old black male, murdered in Lenasia, Gauteng 5Petrus Jama Khumalo, 43-year-old black male, shot in Katlehong, Gauteng 6Unidentified, race unknown, 18-year-old stabbed in Boksburg, Gauteng 7Thabo […]
Two months prior to the Constitution’s finalisation date, minority parties are panicking over checks and balances on the future government, writes Marion Edmunds Disillusion is setting in among minority parties, as they believe the new Constitution will not provide sufficient checks and balances on the power of the future majority party government. At the same […]
We chose a mid-month weekend, a Friday, Saturday and Sunday — and tried to get a sense of how many died, where, and how. South Africa is one of the most violent societies in the world — and the murder victims are often faceless, unidentified bodies, buried in unmarked graves. In one ordinary weekend in […]
Karen Harverson Corporate fraud is on the increase and it’s costing companies millions of rands each year. In many cases, companies are reluctant to bring a criminal case against the perpetrator — frequently an employee. “Companies are scared to bring criminal charges for a number of reasons, be it their reputation, lack of knowledge of […]