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Springbok watch
Category: Articles/Sport
... of the Green and Gold, saying: “The game has changed under the new law interpretations at the breakdown, and in the overseas leg it was clear the Bok coaching staff had been left behind when it came to ...Tuesday, 07 September 2010 -
Beyond the strike
Category: Articles/Politics
... became part of the politics of power. Attesting to the fact that the strike started off on the basis of genuine grievances and demands is the fact that a much broader coalition of public-sector unions ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
Crowning glory
Category: Articles/Leading Ladies
... with two others, to join him. Black Like Me, later to become a near-ubiquitous name in ethnic hair care, was born. Initially manufacturing by night and cold-selling by day, the brand became a near-instant ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
Privatising war
Category: Articles/Politics
... became US vice-president in the Bush administration. The secrecy that enfolds most contracts and the more sensitive activities of PMSC’s make it extremely difficult to investigate any claims of corruption ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
South Africa’s humanitarian lodestar
Category: Articles/Leading Ladies
... her back on that route. Her reason? “I have seen politics ruin some of the best of my friends. They became corrupt, unaccountable, haughty – and useless.” She has become well known as an “insider critic”, ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
Teacher strike
Category: Articles/Commerce & Industry
... knowledge of entries and counter-entries on paper. It became a living reality as he walked up and down in front of the class, thumbs hooked into his waistcoat giving a live performance – it was theatre ...Monday, 06 September 2010 -
Final word
Category: Articles/Other
... sal jou gat sien – you will see your gat or hole. To what extent this expression became what a friend of mine calls carnalised is illustrated by the fact that nowadays many would add to it “… without ...Friday, 03 September 2010 -
Land grab
Category: Articles/Other
... sustainability.” The report came in the midst of sharply rising prices which led to a food crisis. Not only were there food riots in some developing countries, but in Haiti and Madagascar governments ...Friday, 03 September 2010 -
Charting a course through life
Category: Articles/Leading Ladies
... in South Africa. And she became the first black woman to be appointed president of Business Unity South Africa (Busa) in May this year. That appointment was first slammed noisily by Jimmy Manyi, president ...Friday, 03 September 2010 -
ANC turmoil
Category: Articles/Politics
... At the same time Nzimande also hit out at self-serving factionalism in clear reference to the ANC’s right wing. The SACP over recent months increasingly came into conflict with this faction, particularly ...Thursday, 02 September 2010 -
Overlooking Public-Private partnerships
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... He went on to point out that neither party should expect any compromise when it came to accountability: “Those who think that service delivery contracts can be signed off on the basis of casual disregard ...Wednesday, 01 September 2010 -
Cricket scandal
Category: Articles/Sport
... team who played and lost the fourth cricket test against England at Lord’s. He was caught on camera by the News of the World claiming to have bribed Pakistan's bowlers to bowl no-balls at previously ...Tuesday, 31 August 2010 -
Final word
Category: Articles/Other
... – to join sailors on voyages. At some point, it is said, feudal knight used the expression to show their disdain for the then newly developed firearms. When the upheaval of World War I came around ...Monday, 30 August 2010 -
Labour unrest
Category: Articles/Politics
... of a “general strike,” stated that it “could become the front of the final showdown, as the so-called winter of discontent became for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher some three decades ago.” The ...Monday, 30 August 2010 -
SA-Chinese relations
Category: Articles/Politics
... sector. Regional and continental challenges China last year became South Africa’s largest individual trading partner, replacing the US and being second only to the European Union. South Africa for ...Monday, 30 August 2010 -
The Fresher King
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... proud at the variety, quality and presentation of delicacies on offer. As Coppin subsequently told me, his most frequent complaint from friends and associates is that they came to these stores to “buy ...Thursday, 26 August 2010 -
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Category: Articles/Environment
... maintain control over the Marange fields, the Zanu-PF government struck back and moved in the military and the police. With them came widespread violence, assault, beatings and other human rights violations. ...Thursday, 26 August 2010 -
Long live King James!
Category: Articles/Leaders on Leadership
... the minute we came to a point where we felt we were in a compromised position, we had to resign. It was before we would’ve liked to, to be honest, and we had to make that call. I actually resigned on ...Thursday, 26 August 2010 -
Tri-Nations watch
Category: Articles/Sport
... Carter did not leave 10 points on the field with failed attempts that he normally would have converted while sleep-walking. The Boks played magnificently in the first 65 minutes and still came up short. ...Tuesday, 24 August 2010 -
Media freedom
Category: Articles/Politics
... these developments represent one of the biggest mobilisations of public opposition to political plans of the ruling party since it came to power in 1994 ... opposition the ANC may not find that easy to ...Tuesday, 24 August 2010
