IN CLOVER AND PERKS FOR LIFE
By Prakash Naidoo
Apparently the country's president, Kgalema Motlanthe, is keen to return to the ruling ANC party's headquarters, Luthuli House, after Jacob Zuma is sworn in as his successor on May 9. This, despite reports that Zuma and the pa...
DIRECTORS' PAY HIKES VETOED
By Rob Rose
In a new high watermark for shareholder activism at a JSE-listed company, owners of telecom company Spescom voted to reject proposals to hike directors' pay at this month's AGM. This is the first incident in recent years of sharehol...
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
By Sasha Planting
The Consumer Protection Act will have a huge impact on almost every business in SA. What is its purpose? To protect consumers from exploitation and unfair practices in the marketplace, and to empower consumers when making purchasing de...
STIRRING THE POT
Are you saying the supermarkets are to blame for food price increases? I'm saying it's supermarkets and food producers, though supermarkets determine the final price. Look at the financial results: Pick n Pay, Spar and Pioneer F...
CELL ROADMAP
By Duncan McLeod
With the growing number of mobile phones, especially high-end smartphones, featuring integrated GPS receivers, it's no longer always necessary to buy a standalone personal navigation device. But unless you're a travelling salesman, chances are you...
A MAN FOR THE JOB
By Thebe Mabanga
New national assembly speaker Max Sisulu probably never imagined he would return to this citadel of cacophony when he left parliament in 1998. He was among the first generation of democratically elected parliamentarians in 1994, when h...
WINNERS & LOSERS
WINNER Phuthuma Nhleko One in five people in the 21 countries MTN is active in is an MTN subscriber. The CEO said the company passed the 100m customer mark. The share rose 6,5% to R118,12. LOSER Simon Village Th...
ARMS FOR AFRICA
By Razina Munshi
Arms consignments delivered as part of SA's still murky R60bn arms deal saga make this country Africa's second-largest importer of weapons after Algeria. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that between 2004 ...
CREATIVE SQUEEZE
By Matebello Motloung
A small Cape Town company, Aroma Dough, is chalking up success with a new type of stress-relief ball. The doughs, which are soft, pliable and non greasy, with moisturising agents and essential oils that help stimulate the senses, were originally ...
REFLECTIONS OF APARTHEID
By Carol Paton
As a new political era dawns with the inauguration of Jacob Zuma, Stoffel van der Merwe - prominent in the cabinets of PW Botha and FW de Klerk and now retired - is preparing to write his reflections of an era past. Until last year,...
COMINGS & GOINGS
Daniel Bouton A barrage of criticism of him personally for over a year since the Kerviel rogue trading scandal, which lost Société Générale à4,9bn, led to his decision this week to resign as chairman of the French bank. ...
LIQUIDATIONS IN NUMBERS
By Razina Munshi
1 008 companies failed in Q1 of 2009, compared with 687 in Q1 last year - a 46,7% increase. 918 were voluntary liquidations - an increase of 52,5%.
EASY ON THE EYE
By Claire Bisseker
On a rainy autumn evening in the winelands, everyone is supposed to be hibernating. But the glam factor of the Big Easy Restaurant and Wine Bar in Stellenbosch is drawing the crowds. The Dorp Street manor house (1798) is almost fu...
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
NOMVULA MOKONYANE GAUTENG premier-designate, in an interview with The Times ...
