Jiggs Thorne, the creative brain behind the eccentric mix of chairs, goddesses and candelabra at Jozi’s Franchise gallery, spoke to Lisa Johnston about a unique collaboration that has taken two little-known wood carvers from the side of the Piggs Peak road to the big city.
Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon speaks to Madala Kunene and Bernard Mndaweni about their new album which pays homage to traditional spirituality.
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool faces a challenge to his leadership of the African National Congress in the Western Cape at the party’s provincial congress at the weekend. The challenge comes from the National Assembly’s health committee chairperson, James Ngculu.
The fight is not over in the Metrorail workers’ dispute, the United Transport and Allied Trade Union (Utatu) said on Friday. ”We did not suspend the strike notice or sign an agreement,” said Chris de Vos, Utatu general secretary. ”We are still going to try to get the CCMA [Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration] involved … and continue the battle,” he said.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions’s (Cosatu) decision to throw its weight behind Deputy President Jacob Zuma followed a secret meeting at the weekend between Zuma, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande.
After a series of wage negotiations between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the Steel Engineering Industry Federation of South Africa (Seifsa), there seems to be no end in sight to the wage impasse. This week’s wage talks between the two parties failed yet again to yield positive results.
Telkom announced on Thursday that its group executive for regulatory affairs and public policy, Nkenke Kekana, will leave the listed telecommunications group at the end of June to pursue other career opportunities. Kekana was the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications.
South Africa’s top teams face a hectic soccer schedule that will see at least two-thirds of the domestic league fixtures and four knockout competitions (the Vodacom Challenge, Telkom Charity Cup, SAA Super 8 and Coca-Cola Cup) completed before the Christmas break.
Liverpool appear to be winning their battle to play in next season’s Champions League, albeit starting off in the qualifying rounds. The idea of fast-tracking them into the group stages was described this week as ”remote” but Uefa is looking at other ways of bending the rules and an announcement may be made soon.
When 17-year-old English winger Karen Carney took the free-kick that was deflected into the Finland goal for England’s first goal and then, when all seemed lost after her side had conceded an 89th-minute equaliser, calmly powered in the winner, people started talking about her talent.