Roshila Pillay The Internet could prove to be an indispensable crutch to assist women on their walk to economic empowerment. It is an important component in alleviating poverty and spurring economic growth. Women account for a paltry 17% of South AfricaOs 700 000 Internet users, according to a study by Gillian Marcelle, chair of the […]
The Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern AfricaOs 15th annual convention will give delegates from the investment industry a chance to raise problematic issues and find solutions Mail & Guardian Reporter South African economic transformation and its role in the global economy will be under the spotlight next week (August 10 and […]
Creating opportunities in which new investment talent can grow is crucial for the future of the South African economy Mail & Guardian Reporter Attracting new black talent into the investment and asset management field is crucial to transform it from Oa closed shop, a white boysO clubO, says Raymond Ndlovu, investment and assets manager of […]
They+ve come through two by two – South African heavyweights trying to win the world title Gavin Evans When Lennox Lewis entered the ring to the sounds of Bob Marley+s We+re Gonna Chase Those Crazy Baldheads Out of Town, you couldn+t miss the message: no place for White Hopes in this hood. Francois Botha+s demise […]
Mail & Guardian Reporter South Africa has yet to realise the full effect the Internet and e-commerce could have on improving the lives of ordinary South Africans, even deep in the bundu, says multibillionaire Internet whiz Mark Shuttleworth. OThe beauty of the Internet is that you are connected no matter how isolated,O he says. OThe […]
Valentine Cascarino CRAFT Whether in Sofia, Sai-gon, Addis Ababa, Khumasi or Durban, French contemporary artist Herv di Rosa is always on the lookout for pavement images, plastic objects or naive paintings in shop windows for inspiration. Since 1992 he has been globetrotting to escape the confines of his Paris-based workshop, which can sometimes lead to […]
Paul Weaver motor racing The television commentator best known as Muddly Talker is currently the subject of national debate in England. It is being suggested that at the age of 77 Murray Walker is well past his pitstop date. I could not disagree more strongly. Walker+s age is irrelevant. His is the most recognisable voice […]
Cameron Duodu Letter from the North OMan, I admire this Governor [Ahmed] Sani of Zamfara [State of Nigeria]. He just goes ahead and does his things without any noise-making preambles declares sharia, flies prostitutes to Mecca, cuts off someoneOs hand, summons 2 000 beggars, supplies 100 donkeys to supplement okadas [motor-bike taxis], promises to flog […]
Robert Kirby CHANNEL VISION Two of my unfortunate viewings recently have been of American versions of established British favourites: the quite disastrous Payne and the somewhat embarrassing Fitz. As most of us will have recognised, the former is based on the quite marvellous British series, Fawlty Towers, the latter on the just as marvellous Cracker. […]
Shirley Kossick A Larger Silence by Yvonne Burgess (Penguin) Y vonne Burgess+s latest novel is, in effect, a sequel to her moving -alternative love story+, Anna and the Colonel (1998). It is not necessary to have read the earlier book to enjoy A Larger Silence, but the two together comprise the history of Rudyard Kipling […]
Users of instant messaging (IM) software number more than 100-million. In no order of preference, the most popular IM packages include: l ICQ (OI seek youO): www.mirabilis. com l Yahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.com l Odigo: www.odigo.com l AOL Instant Messenger (AIM): www.aol.com/aim/home.html l Powwow: www.tribalvoice.com l MSN Messenger: messenger.msn.com With the exception of Powwow, these packages […]
Investigators at the Independent Complaints Directorate this week began fitting together the pieces of the puzzle around Bheki MkhizeOs death Paul Kirk and Niki Moore African National Congress MP Bheki Mkhize, killed in a police raid on his home at Mahlabathini, near Ulundi, was shot through his open palm an indication, say the provincial ANC […]
Conditions in prisons are not likely to improve until the problem of overcrowding is solved Barry Streek The OghastlyO conditions and overcrowding in South AfricaOs 236 prisons prevent the addressing of prisonersO human rights, says the inspecting judge of prisons, Judge Hannes Fagan. About 170 000 prisoners were being held in jails built to accommodate […]
With the Sydney Olympics starting in September, John Pilger ruefully reflects on his home country Physically, there is no place like Sydney: the deep-water harbour, the tiara of Pacific beaches, the estuaries and secret bays where white eucalyptus, the giant ghost gums, rise from the water+s edge. At the centre is a stage set like […]
Afrikaner and black women both suffered through wars, but the way they were treated after the conflicts could not be more different Antjie Krog OI was awake … suddenly completely awake in my bed. It was very dark but I sensed someone bending over me then these cold, kind of dry hands were at my […]
conferencesO Jaspreet Kindra The Pan-Africanist Congress has criticised the organising of the National Conference on Racism, which begins at the end of this month. According to the PAC, racism is Otoo deep- rootedO to be handled by Osuperficial mechanisms which provide short-term solutionsO and cost millions of rand. OIt is time to descend from platforms […]
Thebe Mabanga CD OF THE WEEK It is hard to believe that Whitney Houston has entertained us for 15 years now. The double-CD compilation Greatest Hits (Arista) is a timely reminder of what brought her to the point she is at and what she is capable of. The compilation showcases Houston in two contrasting but […]
ZimbabweOs political and economic stability is in danger as President Robert Mugabe pushes ahead with plans to expropriate white-owned land Chris McGreal in Harare Zimbabwe is mobilising its army to rapidly resettle several million black peasants on expropriated farms after a government announcement that it will now seize about two-thirds of all white-owned land. And […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo Technikons struggling to implement transformation now have an extra task, suggested by the Council on Higher Education (CHE): to reposition themselves, to merge or face closure. ItOs a challenge for these 15 tertiary institutions, but two technikons are ahead already. They have been discussing a merger for 10 years. Next month their councils […]
Pule waga Mabe As technikons try to redefine themselves as universities of technology, some institutions are encountering problems likely to hamper their progress. Irregularities and outstanding charges of maladministration and racism are threatening a number of technikons. This, according to some technikon officials, may damage smooth mergers in line with the recommendations of the Council […]
Jaspreet Kindra The purge of former minister of agriculture and land affairs Derek HanekomOs appointees continues with the departmentOs two deputy directors general having been given marching orders. The deputy directors general anti- apartheid struggle veteran Stanley Nkosi, who heads land reform implementation, and Sue Lund, in charge of land reform policy, were informed two […]
Ivor Powell Shopping for spies in recent months, defence intelligence operatives have not concentrated their recruiting efforts only on political journalists. They have also tried to bring what its editor describes as a Ofeel-good travel magazineO into the espionage fold. This intelligence comes in the wake of revelations this week that Adrian Hadland, political editor […]
Barbara Ellen Body Language More and more over the past 12 months, IOve found myself bearing witness to lesbian comings out. Or should I say, listening to drunk women tell me theyOre Oso sickO of guys, theyOre Oseriously consideringO becoming lesbians. OWhy not? Why not, I ask you?O the latest one cried the other evening. […]
Making money is not all the owners of African Harvest are interested in they also believe in fulfilling their corporate responsibility Mail & Guardian reporter New chip rather than blue chip is how the black empowerment company African Harvest sees itself. OWe are a new South Africa company,O says executive chair Mashudu Ramano. OWe are […]
Mail & Guardian reporter Accountants, no longer grey men sitting in airless offices, are crucial in advising businesses as their image has changed completely in recent years. But the profession is still dominated by white males. As part of the continuing drive to raise awareness about the profession and attract young, predominately black talent into […]
She now lives in France, but Marita van der Vyver is still writing about South Africa Jane Rosenthal Marita van der Vyver has been writing since her late teens and has been hugely successful from the start – her first book, Griet Skryf +n Sprokie, caused something of a stir. Her novels are unabashedly focused […]
CHILD-PORN accused Leon van Nierop’s services as an SABC continuity announcer have been suspended pending the outcome of his court case. The SABC has also suspended van Nierop’s movie review show Fliekflikkers, but they’ve decided to continue broadcasting the series Stralerjakkers, which he wrote and directed. Van Nierop, 47, was arrested on Monday along with […]
Get the best out of your Internet service provider David Mallinson Some things are easier to get into than out of. Subscribing to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) is one of these things. The problem is that many people discover what they really want from an ISP only after subscribing (possibly to an unsuitable one). […]
Barbara Ludman and Mungo Soggot LIFESTYLE Not so long ago, Greenside+s main shopping parade was known not for haute cuisine but for several antique shops, the Spar, Woolworths and -the doggy stylist+. The suburb, however, is currently undergoing something of a gastronomic renaissance, with three new restaurants replacing the late lamented Pizzaghetti and keeping company […]
The current debate in South Africa is obscuring, not illuminating, the issues David Le Page Genetic modification of organisms (GMO) has become an extremely emotive subject in South Africa, which has led to a swift decline in the quality of debate. The gulf between proponents and opponents was demonstrated in South Africa this week at […]
Proposals calling for an end to commission caps have already evoked criticism – but this may be shortsighted Neil Thomas Many consumers buying or holding insurance products are probably blissfully unaware that a portion of the premium they pay every month is going to the broker who sold them the product. They will not see […]
Andrew Muchineripi soccer After winning the Castle Premiership for three consecutive seasons, Sundowns Football Club have decided the time has arrived to raise their sights a little bit higher. The natural progression from being champions of a country is to become champions of a continent and that is what the Pretoria-based club has set its […]