President Robert Mugabe seems little constrained by the 2008 Global Political Agreement which established the coalition with the Movement for Democratic Change. Governance in Zimbabwe shows that the rule that “you are either with me or against me” continues to be a powerful force in deciding relations between African heads of... Full Article |
 Its not always what you think During the public service strike there was one very clever poster displayed on our TV-screens. In fact it was so clever that it was really a... Full Article | |
 Africa taken for a ride – again As Mozambique’s capital of Maputo and the city of Matola are experiencing violent riots because of rocketing prices of food and other key consumer goods,... Full Article | |
 Success? It’s all in the numbers She is the epitome of the essential new breed of South African woman, and a woman who courageously takes things in her stride. Like coming from a... Full Article | |
 Will Africa feed itself? Africa has a quarter of the world's arable land but produces only a tenth of our food. On the eve of a pan-African conference on food security, Lindiwe... Full Article | |
 Zuma caught in the middle Against the background of a massive public sector strike entering its third week, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) finds itself in its most unstable situation since... Full Article | |
 Deeply, profoundly, perilous Given the past from which we have emerged, government’s incapacity to deliver services was perhaps predictable, maybe even inevitable. The reasons, however, should not be the focus. Crises of... Full Article |
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Esprit Skills Development and Training Thabani Zulu & Co Forensic Accounting Services (Pty) Ltd In Association with Esprit Skills Development and Training, presents a 3 day Short Course on Managing Fraud in the Workplace...
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Media Release RBS offers emergency E9 service free to clients Risk Benefit Solutions (RBS) announced on Monday, 19 July, it is making the Emergency 9 (E9) service - an intelligent location, information and distress...
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Leadership summit The world’s leading business thinkers at the 2010 Leadership Summit Discovery Invest will once again bring to South Africa some of the world’s most impressive business minds, to share their secrets...
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Milpark Business School new short course Business and life coaching short course Milpark Business School is proud to announce the launch of a new Business and Life Coaching short course at our Melville Campus from early August. The course...
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Neo Africa Secure Solution Credit card fraud has been solved The Neo Africa Secure Solution, a world-first combination of pre-paid travel cards, mobile phones and services, is to offer enhanced safety and convenience services...
The A5 range has comprised a two-door coupé and droptop adjunct to the A4 sedan and wagon range. But now we have the A5 Sportback –... Full Article |
The age-old question, “What makes a leader a leader, or what makes one person able to guide, inspire and lead over and above another?” remains an unanswered... Full Article | ||
The Springboks finally broke the shackles after four straight Tri-Nations defeats by outclassing Australia and overcoming a 0-14 deficit after four dreadful opening minutes in the... Full Article |
A lack of decisive leadership is at the heart of the match-fixing and spot-fixing scandal that has rocked world cricket and which casts considerable doubt over the integrity... Full Article | ||
Have you ever been in one of those impossible exchanges with a spouse or a lover where, when all the rational arguments have gone your... Full Article |
As the present standoff between the political and labour components of the governing alliance has deteriorated into a zero-sum game, South Africa as a... Full Article | ||
Domestically it has been a rough two weeks for the Zuma administration, especially on the labour front, but in the international relations sphere his visit to... Full Article |
Modern warfare has become a major enterprise – nor only for nations, but also for major corporations who supply technology and specialised skills. It has... Full Article | ||
It has been a turbulent two weeks for South African cricket, with information leaked to the media about undeclared bonuses of R4,7 million from the Indian Premier League and... Full Article |
A Green Paper on land reform that has already been signed off by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, and... Full Article | ||
The Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) have agreed to engage in direct peace talks on 2 September in Washington. Neither side has expressed any enthusiasm about... Full Article |
I have always wondered who the clever souls behind the Fruit & Veg City stores were, since I had once dabbled in a far less... Full Article | ||
Diamonds may be regarded as a girl’s best friend; to others, they are a downright nightmare. All across the African continent, these precious stones – the symbol... Full Article |
“It was our personal f***-you to Fifa” – this from King James Group creative director, Alistair King. The question that garnered that response... Full Article | ||
The mining sector and South Africa as a nation cannot afford to linger for another moment in the present state of uncertainty regarding ownership of mines, mining titles... Full Article |
Was this past weekend’s election in Australia which, like it did earlier this year in the United Kingdom, produced a hung parliament with no clear... Full Article | ||
The tone of proceedings and the outcome of this week’s meeting of the ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL’s) national general council will be keenly followed by observers. It... Full Article |
The look of bewilderment and utter despair on John Smit’s face after the Springbok’s heart-breaking defeat against New Zealand said more than a thousand words.... Full Article | ||
The suggested clampdown on the media by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is nothing new. In the liberation struggle era the ANC used... Full Article |
“Worth a read?” is not an ordinary book review; it is a meta-review, which provides an overview of the opinions contained in a variety of book... Full Article | ||
Now that the hype and excitement of hosting the Fifa Soccer World Cup 2010 is behind us, some disillusionment is setting in on a number of fronts. Not... Full Article |
Essays, books and at least one movie have been created, documenting how Al Gore was robbed of his presidency of the... Full Article | ||
Gaby Magomola has literally lived in different worlds – each vastly removed from the other over time, space, purpose and quality. And yet, it all converged... Full Article |
Despite what politicians, opinion polls or media reports sometimes indicate, non-racialism in South Africa is alive and well at grassroots level. Every day, ordinary people are integrating, quietly... Full Article | ||
Some of the planning that went into the stadiums which were such an integral part of |
 Lessons in LifeWe long for heroes but have too few. Nelson Mandela is perhaps the last pure hero on the planet. He is the smiling symbol of sacrifice and rectitude, revered... Full Article | ||
 Alex Boraine pays tribute to his dear friend, Frederik van Zyl Slabbertfirst met Van Zyl Slabbert in April 1974, but his reputation had gone ahead of him. Word had filtered up... Full Article |
 Zelda la Grange speaks exclusively to LeadershipIt is, as they say in South Africa, a hell of a thing. Rags to riches, redemption, love: there is a smattering of all the... Full Article |
