THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS COVER STORY: Blow by blow. The inside story of the Kumba/Mittel price fight VW's plan to double vehicle production Bonds: How investors can beat the JSE Rental arrears hit listed property Sadtu pushes to be the only teachers' union Ebrahim Patel still waiting for Zuma

Cover Story NERVES OF STEEL Anglo subsidiary Kumba has cancelled a supply contract with ArcelorMittal SA that was meant to last about 25 years. The two have now reached a standoff, which is being felt across the economy. Investors, government and steel buyers are anxiously awaiting an outcome ...more FM Fox SADTU'S CLASS MONITOR MOVE The SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) wants to force smaller teacher unions out of the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) to become the only teacher union able to bargain with government. This would dramatically increase S...more Gadget Nokie E72 GOOD CALL The Nokia E72 is the latest in the cellphone maker's impressive range of business phones. It has a better camera, faster processor and better graphics than its predecessor, the E71, which set a high standard. There are also new feat...more Front of the Book Editorials Ebrahim Patel's road to serfdom Meddling makes a mess Another Week Letters FIRST THINGS FIRST Long before South Africans even consider the luxury of a national moral code (Editor's Note March 5), we must embrace a legal code that regulates our behaviour and interaction, properly and reasonably. Some thought, or hoped,...more Special Reports Gordon Institute of Business Science (PDF file) Black Fund Managers (PDF file) SA in 2010 is available with the print edition AdFocus Annual 2009 Economic Viewpoint Get a move on by Nazmeera Moola Last Thursday I sat in a magnificent venue and listened to President Jacob Zuma and the lord mayor of London ramble through polite, "don't our countries have so much in common" speeches that are commonplace for such dinners . . . more On My Mind New ways to cope by Phillip Dexter The achievements of the democratisation of our country have been made despite poor governance, poor commitment to change by the private sector and the lack of mass involvement in the political life of the country . . . more

FM Features VW AT THE DOUBLE The launch of its CitiGolf successor, and an unexpected export bonus for the new-generation Polo, will help Volkswagen SA (VWSA) almost double vehicle production at its Uitenhage plant near Port Elizabeth this year. MD David Powels ...more Editor's Note BLISSFULLY IGNORANT It's not as if we weren't warned. We knew when we rewarded Zuma with the highest office in the land that the man was damaged goods. We averted our eyes from reality and hoped against hope that somehow the beauty or burden of office woul...more People PERSONAL CONNECTION Our meeting is auspicious, coming as it does the day after SA's three cellphone network providers have signed an agreement to lower connectivity rates. Talk is that Lars Reichelt (47) was out there batting for the consumer in spite o...more Tech & You Cheaper calls at last by Duncan McLeod SA consumers, used to high prices for telecommunications, must be rubbing their hands in glee. The cost of broadband and voice telephony has begun falling, in some cases dramatically, as competition finally begins to take effect . . . more Money & Investing ALL THE RAGE AGAIN It's been equities all the way since March 2009, with investor sentiment rebounding from the depths of despair and the equity market soaring to regain two-thirds of the value lost during the great crash of 2008. It was a diffe...more Results Click here for Company Results prior to 2009

		Design CLEAR ATTRACTION A small carafe - multi-use, very South African and nattily stoppered with used corks from Nederburg and other wine estates - has caught the eye of UK designer Sir Terence Conran for his 2010 collection. An order of 600 of th...more Cinema Alice in Wonderland 3-D - Directed by Tim burton DOWN A PLUGHOLE Needless to say, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is a product of his bizarre, tender, sentimental - even macabre - imagination. With a growing tally of highly idiosyncratic movies, Burton has had a "retrospective" at the Muse...more		Rugby PROBABLE CAUSE FOR CONCERN "A try would probably have been scored" - that is what the referee has to believe for a penalty try to be awarded after an offence by the defending side. "Probably" is the key word, which means the attacking side should have the benef...more Eating out - Cape SHOWBIZ ON A PLATE If you have a few bucks to blow and even a smidgeon of the soul of Escoffier, eating out in Cape Town is becoming an agony of choice. And the arrival of the stage-set-like Vanilla in the exciting new Cape Quarter Extension in De Wate...more Food for Thought AROUND THE CORNER Every so often someone pops up and asks me who I think will replace President Jacob Zuma when he bids us farewell soon to spend time with his wives and children. No, it won't be Helen Zille, poor soul, banging on in the ear of an ANC t...more