According to the results of a survey by the Institute for Democracy released this week, sixty percent of respondents said they would not allow a member of a political party they opposed to stage a political event in their Asked whether they would allow a member of a party they most opposed to teach history […]
RUGBY: Luke Alfred THE hoary question of how the Highveld altitude affects=20 visiting rugby teams has never been more squarely in the=20 frame, particularly with the arrival of 15 World Cup squads=20 The results of sides playing Transvaal in this year’s Super=20 10 appear to contradict the truism that “visitors fade in=20 the second half”, […]
The current account deficit is growing. Drastic measures=20 must be taken now if the economic recovery is to be=20 sustained. Lynda Loxton reports Economists, ever watchful for dark clouds on the horizon,=20 are tempering their delight about the continued strong=20 growth of the economy by worrying about the deepening=20 current account deficit. And they received […]
International drugmaking companies Eli Lilly of=20 Indianapolis and Glaxo-Wellcome of London announced this=20 week that they have agreed to buy South Africa’s largest=20 private drug benefits manager, Medikredit. =20 Medikredit processes prescriptions for more than half the=20 country’s 190 private health plans and virtually all 3 000=20 retail pharmacies.=20 The acquisition follows Lilly’s purchase of […]
RUGBY: Jon Swift THERE is a lot of truth in the old adage that there is no=20 remarks column on the scoreboard. But, with only a four- point edge in the 104 points scored in two warm-up matches=20 against Western Province and Natal, the World Cup squad=20 have some serious thinking to do. There are […]
CINEMA: Stanley Peskin IN Mike Leigh’s Naked, a 27-year-old man comes from=20 Manchester to London. Claiming to be fascinated with all=20 things peripatetic, Johnny (Daniel Thewlis) is unable to=20 find any meaning in or make any commitment to people, life,=20 or any religious belief. In a series of encounters with friends and strangers he=20 meets […]
Ann Eveleth FIVE years, five months and two inquests after assassins snuffed out the lives of Vusi Ngcobo and Bonokhwakhe Gasa, at least 17 other victims of the same attack have descended into abject poverty, with a combined income of less than R200 per month. Ngcobo’s frail elderly mother Khonzaphi suffered two bullet wounds in […]
Jakes Gerwel, the Director General of the President’s Office, is the intellectual, erudite and politically savvy former rector of the University of the Western Cape. He was apparently Mandela’s first choice for Education Minister, but turned it down, insisting he did not want a life in either politics or the civil service. He now has […]
Access to a good education for all remains a crucial issue on the political agenda. Karen MacGregor looks at the battles that lie ahead A bold new approach to financing and organising South African schools is likely to be proposed by the government’s new review committee on school funding and The committee’s crucial task is […]
RUGBY: Jon Swift NOW this country has its one rugby side. And that side — or as many as Kitch Christie can substitute against Natal this Saturday — has one game. There are two schools of thought about what promises to be as hotly-contested an encounter as the President’s XV match against Western Province was […]