Let us, for the purposes of the debate, accept that Ronald Suresh Roberts is an insufferable demagogue who sings for his supper at the edge of President Thabo Mbeki’s table. That said, the reason Roberts is currently occupying column space is not because he is in the running for the Mr Congeniality award. He wrote a book, fashioned as a scholarly piece of work, writes Fikile-NtsikeleloMoya.
A national pension system should be managed by a competitive private sector subject to Âmarket-friendly regulation by government, says Jose Pinera, the architect of the world-renowned Chilean pension fund system and founder and president of the International Centre for Pension Reform.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi is an impatient man, with the attention span of a four-year-old. No wonder he was sidelined by the Arabs and became an overnight Pan-African in 2002. Gadaffi now wants to be king of a United States of Africa and is doling out fistfuls of oil-dollars to persuade the continent’s leaders that his big-bang approach is the way to go.
Grahamstown’s arts festival is the most varied in the country, but still lacks diversity, writes Brent Meersman.
The latest research from the United States suggests that consumers are falling out of love with online shopping. The frantic growth of the one-click habit that has transformed the way Americans obtain their daily bread — not to mention their books, clothes and entertainment too — has stalled and may soon start to decline.
Mining houses in North West have been accused of whitewashing their community involvement and "plundering" the environment. A new study on the corporate social responsibility programmes of mining corporations in North West, released recenty, questions whether the houses are doing enough for the environment and its surrounding communities, and if mine safety standards are up to scratch.
The Regional Land Claims Commission in Limpopo has been accused of accepting land claims at least five years after the December 1998 deadline. And the local farmers’ association says a farmer’s wife suffered a stroke on being told on May 29 that such a claim had been lodged to her family’s land.
The Western Cape department of health has refused to reinstate the Khayelitsha healthcare workers who were dismissed on June 11 during the public strike, despite high court Judge Siraj Desai’s ruling that healthcare facilities be restored to a functional state. If an agreement is reached with National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union the department will be obliged to reinstate the workers.
The Mail & Guardian has identified a notorious international fugitive as part of Glenn Agliotti’s former circle of intimates — adding a new twist to the probe of Agliotti’s relationship with police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi. Antonio Lamas, as he was then known, joined the group around Agliotti in the late 1990s.
An urgent revamp and strengthening of the powers of the South African Geographical Names Council and its provincial committees may be the tonic for divisive municipal street renaming processes. In Durban, the process has been marred by violent protest, political bickering and a DA legal challenge to the eThekwini municipality.