In a paper titled <i>Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets</i>, Columbia University’s Ray Fisman and Berkeley’s Edward Miguel used parking violation…
Robert Laing reviews <i>Viersprong</i>, an anthology of 29 short stories spanning the gamut from cybersex to one story with some lesbian erotica in it.
A scrum to get through passport control and luggage collection, no parking available for anyone who has come to meet you and little chance of making it to the domestic terminal…
Never mind Cujo the dog or Christine the car. Imagine the horror of finding a slip from the post office saying this month’s Telkom bill is too big for street delivery. At the…
Laptop sales have overtaken desktop sales in the United Kingdom, according to retailer PC World. This may not have happened in South Africa yet, but booming laptop sales are…
Measured by the South African Advertising Research Foundation’s readership figures, <i>Getaway</i> magazine is the biggest title in the outdoor travel niche with a 480 000…
South Africa has allocated nearly $50-million to win the site bid for the world’s largest telescope, the Square Kilometre Array. The country is vying against Australia, Argentina…
After the shocking details Pension Funds Adjudicator Vuyani Ngalwana brought to light on the hefty sales commissions and administration fees pocketed by assurers, you would have…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to a selection of African countries next week highlights the growing importance of resource-rich Africa to the world’s most voracious consumer…
The World Cup 2006 will be the biggest betting event in history, surpassing even the United States’s Super Bowl or National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, according…
Online used-car dealer <i>Japan-partner.com</i> offers to ship vehicles from Nagoyao to Durban for $70 per cubic metre. "This means that car shipping cost of a Nissan Primera is…
Remember Pepsi-Cola’s attempt to re-enter South Africa 10 years ago? From booking its endorsement star Whitney Houston in a stadium where Coca-Cola owned marketing exclusivity to…
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>Ten years ago, voters and political parties were willing to turn a blind eye on the amateurish…
It came as a pleasant surprise — perhaps not to Telkom’s T-Zone or Transtel’s Wireless G Wi-Fi businesses, but certainly to the rest of us — when the Independent Communications…
Back in the Fifties, nuclear power was hyped as ushering in an age where electricity would be too cheap to meter. Those power utilities that accepted the sales talk have been…
The amount of sewage found on bathing beaches may not seem directly related to privatisation. But the huge improvement in the number of "items a kilometre" on Welsh and English…
