IT'S BACK TO COURT
By Shoks Mzolo
New health minister Aaron Motsoaledi is being taken to court by the National Convention on Dispensing (NCD), a lobby group representing 6 000 drug-dispensing doctors. The association is livid that, after weeks of waiting, M...
WITS AND STANDARDS
This is the second time in less than a year that a department has had its standards questioned in a report. How serious a problem is Wits facing? The most recent report is from an internal review done early last year. This is so...
CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY FILING
By Claire Bisseker
What is a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing? In the US, it allows a company to restructure (as opposed to wind up) under court protection from creditors. Why has General Motors (GM) gone this route? The government sees it as...
TARGETING EMPLOYMENT
By Thebe Mabanga
Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni's nemesis at the moment is a deceptively soft-spoken unionist who was shaped by the hard knocks of the farmyards of Port Alfred and the streets of Motherwell in Port Elizabeth, both in the Eastern Cap...
WINNERS & LOSERS
WINNER Gordon Brown Britain's prime minister once again survived calls to resign, despite Labour's bad European election results, the expenses row, and cabinet resignations - showing he's a master tactician and the party has no altern...
CUSTOMS IN NUMBERS
By Claire Bisseker
1889 Marks the formation of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu), the world's oldest customs union. Its main goal is to promote economic development through regional co-ordination of trade.
TOO MANY PITCHES
By Matebello Motloung
State-owned enterprise Transnet has managed to avoid a possible boycott by the advertising community. This is after the transport utility apparently breached an ad industry guideline by inviting nine agencies - instead of a maximum ...
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
By Carol Paton
Thirty years seems a short time to worker leader Chris Dlamini, who in 1979 took a giant step for labour when he became the first president of the Federation of SA Trade Unions (Fosatu), the predecessor to Cosatu. Unlike some of his...
COMINGS & GOINGS
Daniel Aminele Appointed third deputy governor of the Reserve Bank, joining Xolile Guma and Renosi Mokate . He replaces Ian Plenderleith (who left in 2005) as speculation continues on whether a new governor will be appointed....
INTIMATE SLICE OF BO-KAAP
By Larry Claasen
In a city with no shortage of excellent views, Cape Town's Noon Gun Tea Room & Restaurant probably has one of the better ones. From its spot high up on the slopes of Signal Hill in the Bo-Kaap, it has a vista that takes in Robben Is...
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
By Matthew Hill
Bog-roll makers are once again causing a stink about illegal manufacturers. The seizure of noncompliant toilet rolls this week at a Spar in Randfontein has flushed out producers that don't follow regulations. One of the few countri...
GOING DIRECT
By Matebello Motloung
A group of four dynamic chartered accountants are making a name for themselves in the corporate sector. Friends Pieter van Zyl, Marnus Coetzee, Leon Reinach and Van Zyl Botha are the owners of FinFive - a financial services consultancy that has...
PRE-SELECT FLIGHT SEATS
By Duncan McLeod
Airline travel is the pits at the best of times, especially when you're not fortunate enough to be ensconced at the sharp end of an aircraft. Thankfully, there is a site that can help ensure you don't end up enduring hours of unneeded...
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
PRAVIN GORDHAN FINANCE MINISTER allaying business fears of a "lurch to the Left" by government, in his first national assembly speech as minister ...
