Ebola: Open letter to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

BY PENNINAH IUTUNG AMOR –  “How many lives must be lost to Ebola before the AU cuts through the bureaucratic red tape that is strangling...

Taxis to get speed limiters?

The National Road Traffic Act (NRTA) may see some interesting amendments if the most recent Government Gazette is to be believed, including speed limiters...

Editorial Independence Through A Wide Lens

By Zubeida Jaffer –  he recent spat at eTV has placed the spotlight on editorial independence. The resignation of its head, Marcel Golding begs...

Parliament diary: It wasn’t Zuma’s fault, says Nkandla committee

By REBECCA DAVIS – The Parliamentary committee set up to consider the issue of security upgrades on President Zuma’s Nkandla home has completed its...

Vavi expresses discontent with Numsa’s expulsion

By Qaanitah Hunter Three and a half days after a vote to expel Numsa from Cosatu, a formal letter it received was not signed...

Op-Ed: TAC – We cannot ignore our moral responsibility

By THABANG POOE & TIMOTHY FISH HODGSON – The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) puts a human face on the continuing HIV epidemic, and, perhaps...

Economic week ahead: SA shows rise in retail sales

By: Matt Quigley South Africa is set to provide updates on manufacturing output and retail sales over the coming days. Egypt is to report...

Medical specialists charge way too much – report

Johannesburg – Medical specialists are charging up to 300% more than the amounts medical aid schemes allow, according to Sunday’s Rapport newspaper. The allegation...

Tongaat profit up on import tariff rise

Reuters – Johannesburg – Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett said on Monday first-half operating profit grew 9.3% as import tariff hikes and cost cuts partially...

Confronting the thorny issue of the minimum wage

By Dirk de Vos –  As we approach the labour relations indaba to be hosted by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, our focus will turn...

National oppression – dead or alive?

By RAYMOND SUTTNER –  Twenty years into democracy Apartheid has gone but its patterns of oppression live on in many ways. This is not...

Don’t see Marikana miners as a faceless mob, inquiry told

By Sarah Evans This was the message delivered by evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson at the Farlam commission, who urged against “normalising” the tragic massacre....