Local jewellery design needs more than creativity to become a vibrant sector of the economy, writes Tumi Makgetla
Tumi Makgetla profiles Intsika, a jewellery school in the East Rand
Tumi Makgetla speaks to fashion designer Mpho Kuaho from Botswana who has dressed models for the Durban July horse race.
The flush <i>Mail & Guardian</i> reader might not mind spending almost R40 in Angola on his or her favourite weekly newspaper, but he or she would get better value in Malawi,…
The same currency will be traded from Kinshasa to Kimberley, if the vision of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is realised. The SADC hopes to create a free trade…
Public servants expressed their determination to continue their indefinite strike this week, closing down schools across the country and interrupting hospital and other…
A vulture swooping down on a piece of meat cannot know that the juicy morsel might be its last meal. But, when farmers put poisoned meat around their farms to protect their herds…
Publishing group hopes to digitise about a quarter of a million local titles, writes Tumi Makgetla
Defining the middle strata in one of the most unequal countries in the world is a tricky but unavoidable challenge that Businessmap Foundation researchers Khehla Shubane and…
The emergence of a black middle class is not solely the product of equity transactions but also of the skills development, employment equity, enterprise development and…
Tumi Makgetla speaks to publisher Solomon Solani Ngobeni about scouting for new African voices.
Retailers and agro-processing companies are under investigation by the National Agriculture Marketing Council, which is concerned that these groups may use their "excessive"…
If the consumer pays between R5 and R6 for a litre of milk in the shops, how much should the farmer get? The milk industry is currently under investigation by the competition…
The Johannesburg economy must grow at 9% for the country to achieve its economic growth target of 6%, according to economist Michael Schussler, speaking as a representative of…
Vehicle tracking companies have recovered tens of thousands of vehicles since they started up just more than a decade ago. But not only do these companies find stolen cars, their…
Vehicle tracking companies have recovered tens of thousands of vehicles since they started up just more than a decade ago. But not only do these companies find stolen cars, their…
The moderating trade deficit is a positive development against the stark backdrop of a 30-year record high shortfall on the current account. Down-playing fears about the current…
Returning home to bury a loved one is never easy, but it can be life-changing in unexpected ways, writes Tumi Makgetla.
Nine Zimbabwean car guards were sent to South African deportation facility Lindela on Tuesday and another three were arrested in a swoop on an illegal car-guarding business in…
Everybody knows that Trevor Manuel is sitting on a pile of money. As he told us in his recent budget speech, he is expecting that pile to be worth R11-billion this year. But this…
