Tony Twine A wise woman once told a class of students attending their first lecture on the subject that economics was nothing more than common sense made difficult. With the benefit of 25 years of hindsight, her students can now vouch for this rule, which has turned out to be far more immutable than the […]
Gwen Ansell On Thursday March 19, the annual Windybrow Festival kicks off: the usual mix of dance, drama and music with a heavy emphasis on youth. As far as the music goes, opening night features singer Ringo Madlingozi, with material from his latest album Sondelani: an indication that this festival is following a slightly different […]
Andrew Muchineripi: Soccer No sooner had caretaker coach Jomo Sono ditched the Bafana Bafana old guard than successor Philippe Troussier wants to bring them back for the World Cup in France during June. Labelled the “tried and trusted” by former coach Clive Barker and rejected as the “tired and detested” by large sections of the […]
Jack Schofield ‘Think of us as a networking company,” says Intel’s executive vice- president, Frank Gill. Intel is already the world’s largest chip manufacturer: its Pentium processors have about 80% of the desktop computer market, and a growing share of the market for the servers used to run corporate applications. Now it wants to provide […]
Mail & Guardian reporter An incident of ugly on-air sexism on the Afrikaans commercial radio station, Punt Geselsradio, has ended on a happy note. The manne at the station have agreed to write a gender policy and to take lessons from organisations that have offered to train them in gender sensitivity. “We subscribe to an […]
Bongani Siqoko The principal of Usizo Technical College in Katlehong, East Rand, allegedly forged a signature on a R25 000 cheque this week to bail himself out of jail. Thomas Mohatli is accused of having done this the day after the Gauteng education department launched a commission of inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of funds […]
Margot Pienaar The Wild Coast spatial development initiative (SDI) is about more than just employment creation. It is also about creating the opportunity for local communities to become partners and co-owners of viable, multi-million-rand income-producing projects. Objectively, the Wild Coast SDI implies a reversal for the subsistence farmers and migrant labourers who take their labour […]
Charlene Smith Trevor Manuel’s budget speech was littered with wisecracks, designed to lighten the serious business of balancing the country’s pressing priorities – creating jobs, cutting a bloated bureaucracy, accelerating infrastructural development and attacking corruption. But behind the gentle banter of the amiable finance minister were tough policies and strategies that spoke directly to investors […]
Charlene Smith Political change is destroying Soweto shebeens, says shebeen king Godfrey Moloi and most tavern owners agree. When business was booming, from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, Moloi (63) was one of the wealthiest men in Soweto, with gold jewellery and big houses. He would screen guests who came to his shebeens or […]
Julian DrewAthletics This week the track and field season stepped up a gear with the arrival of the Engen Grand Prix Series on the local calendar and with it a sudden influx of international talent. After last weekend and what was the best South African championships in recent memory many of our stars are in […]