#David McKay Brian Gilbertson, chair of Billiton, collects clocks. Isn’t that odd as well as intriguing? Odd because Gilbertson is renowned in mining circles for the more outward shows of his material success: the ostentatious commuting to and from his Johannesburg office by helicopter, the Porsche apparently permanently on display in an underground bay at […]
Some fear that Carlos Cardoso’s murder might never be fully investigated as ‘many more crimes’ would be uncovered Rehad Desai It has been more than three months since the assassination of Mozambique’s leading investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso. Last week the minister of police announced he had captured the hit men responsible. The announcement was followed […]
Jaspreet Kindra The Black Economic Empowerment Commission’s final report, which was released last weekend, is intent on uplifting the majority of South Africans rather than building a black bourgeoisie. Commission chair Cyril Rama-phosa said a broader definition of black empowerment was accepted by the African National Congress’s economic transformation committee two weeks ago. The new […]
Paul Kirk Lucrative illegal casinos in Durban are operating with the full permission of both the police and the provincial Department of Justice. Driving down West Street the main drag from upmarket Berea to the beach the casino is hardly visible. It is only when one descends past the burly thug of a bouncer at […]
Roshila Pillay The government has yet to formulate and implement legislation to prevent the trafficking of women and children, despite being a signatory to a United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime, which includes a protocol on trafficking in people. South Africa first ratified a UN convention in trafficking and prostitution in 1951. This week […]
Fiona Macleod Tribal chiefs in charge of a private game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal are determined to save Sahib, the mighty African elephant bull stranded in exile in a German circus. The chiefs came forward this week to offer Sahib sanctuary in their community-run reserve, after Northern Province conservation officials rejected the Mayibuye Sahib project […]
After turning her ex-husband into a household name, Anne Heystek is hoping to become South Africa’s latest wealth creator Bruce Whitfield Global markets are a testing place even for the most resilient fund managers. Scores are losing money hand over fist and are struggling to maintain their portfolios. Despite the difficulties faced by the investment […]
Andy Capostagno rugby There are a number of truisms that are regularly trotted out when the Super 12 is in progress. There is no such thing as an easy game, beware the team that can win away from home, it’s about peaking in May and not in March, don’t get carried away with home wins. […]
If a country lives by its myths, then the myth of post-apartheid South Africa must be that it had become "the rainbow nation".
Bryan Rostron The devil continues to have a fine run in South Africa. Hansie Cronje, by his own admission, accepted Satan’s silver. When that cheesy old horror film The Exorcist was recently rereleased, earnest churchmen begged us not to watch in case we were lured by the celluloid wiles of Beelzebub. Two weeks ago in […]
Serjeant at the Bar Human Rights Day is a cause for considerable satisfaction among all South Africans. Forty-one years ago the massacre at Sharpeville occurred because we were governed by a system that preferred to kill opponents rather than permit dissent. The significance of Human Rights Day is that it personifies our change from a […]
Belinda Anderson Investec research has shown that the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) all share index has outperformed most major global indices when measured over two years in US dollar terms. The JSE has grown by 10,5% over the past 24 months this considering the 22% depreciation in the rand during that time. Its closest competitor […]
Alex Sudheim fine art Trevor Makhoba is no stranger to controversy. He has an uncanny knack for disinterring some of the more uncomfortable impulses squirming beneath South African society’s skin. This is all over his show Rebound, currently at Durban’s NSA Gallery. Like a surgeon cutting into flesh to remove a subcutaneous cyst or a […]
Accidents and arson have highlighted the urgency of updating South Africa’s railways Jaspreet Kindra and Glenda Daniels At least six metropolitan councils in South Africa will be given responsibility for developing and planning Metrorail routes in the near future. Provinces will also have these powers. Transport authorities representing provinces and municipalities will plan and develop […]
Belinda Anderson In his spare time, charismatic fund manager Peter Major dons his hang-glider and jumps off mountains in Cape Town. Now he’s taking another leap away from the world of big institutional fund management, to team up with South Africa entrepreneur-turned information technology billionaire Mark Shuttleworth. Major joins Shuttleworth’s newly formed company HBD (Here […]
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/ 12 January 2001
The touch of a king was once believed to cure illness.