Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, with his 50th straight win on grass, eased into the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday, but there was no such satisfaction for Tim Henman, who bowed out, possibly for the last time. There were comfortable wins for defending champion Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.
The future of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was thrown into confusion on Thursday after the shock resignation of its MD, Rodrigo de Rato, which could lead to a shake-up of the selection process for his successor. De Rato’s decision reawakens the controversy over how the heads of the IMF and World Bank are appointed.
Delegates at the African National Congress’s (ANC) policy conference this week seemed on course to ensure that President Thabo Mbeki’s legacy of centralising power in the Union Buildings would be eradicated through a series of policy changes set to return power to the ruling party’s mass base.
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.
Like the title and the acknowledgements, the dedication is primarily a challenge faced by authors who have already secured both a publishing deal, writes Tim Dowling.
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.