REDS SAIL IN SUNSET

You have been in charge of the stalled implementation of regional electricity distributors (Reds). When will they be ready? I have been involved with Reds since 2000 (as a chief director). My assessment is that stak...

WORLD CUP IN NUMBERS
By Larry Claasen
200 teams and 5 602 players took part in 853 games, with 2 344 goals, in the knockout stages of the 2010 soccer World Cup. 32 countries made it to the las...

ANGLO'S RIGHT-HAND MAN
By Matthew Hill
After two new appointees left a post that appears to have become a poisoned chalice, Godfrey Gomwe has been named executive director of Anglo American SA. Previously, Lazarus Zim served as the company's SA CEO. He left the job in 2...

WINNERS & LOSERS

WINNER Richard Branson Virgin's chairman unveiled Virgin Galactic Spaceship 2, the first commercial spacecraft, helping him ride out the recession, with would-be astronauts paying US$42m to book a trip to the edge of space. ...

EU'S THREE NEW BANK WATCHDOGS
By Claire Bisseker
What are the EU's three new bank watchdogs? The EU agreed last week to create three new pan-European financial watchdogs in Paris, London and Frankfurt for greater regulation of banks, insurers and trading exchanges across the EU. They...

BUSINESS IS AN ART
By Stephen Cranston
It is more than 20 years since the FM had a famous cover titled "The Man who Fell to Earth". It showed businessman Natie Kirsh as Icarus, falling out of the sky. At the time he had just lost control of one of the leading conglom...

PROOF OF THE PUDDING
By Shannon Sherry
Findings by a UK watchdog body that there are no health benefits in organic food seem to have caused a slump in sales of the niche-orientated products. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) reports that, contrary to wide belief, organic p...

COMINGS & GOINGS

Alfred Nevhutanda A member of the National Lotteries Board arts & culture distribution agency, he is new board chair. Other members are George Negota, Obed Shabangu, Ndileka Loyilani, Govindasami Reddy and Zodwa Ntuli. ...

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED
By Kate Thompson
Whether the festive season brings out your inner Scrooge or not, it is upon us. Traditionally, this means braving the crowds and relentless Christmas carols in pursuit of presents for loved ones. Thankfully, these days broadband and wi...

RISING SENSE OF CONSTRAINT
By Claire Bisseker
As the economy exits the recession, more business people are rating economic conditions as satisfactory. However, an increasing number are also considering the general political climate a constraint on their business. According to t...

CRUISES COME TO SA
By Zohra Mohamed
South Africans are not huge cruise lovers. In fact, the country accounts for less than 1% of the global cruise industry. Surprisingly then, the largest cruise liner ever to operate out of SA waters arrived in Durban last month wh...

HIT THE ROAD
By Kate Thompson
The Forerunner 310XT is Garmin's latest GPS-enabled fitness watch. It provides a wealth of information for the statistically inclined sportsman. It tracks speed, heart rate, distance, elevation, calories used - and that's just the star...