ANOTHER WEEK

AT HOME Presidential spokesman Murphy Morobe confirms that the state will pay at least part of Jacob Zuma's legal costs...

EDITOR'S NOTE
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It's that time of the year again when people get away from it all - go to the beach, on holiday, or just put their feet up and read a book. The tedium of everyday life grinds to a halt. It's time to recharge and reflect on the year that has just sped...

THE STATE WE'RE IN
By Jamie Carr
THE ONLY MATTER THAT MATTERS IS THE SURF'S UP I had always snorted with disapproval whenever an ad appeared on television depicting my brethren of the waves as braindead. Two gentlemen in a Kombi uttering three...

SETA SPENDING WITHIN LIMITS

It is with the utmost dismay that Merseta read your article about sector education & training authorities' (Setas) overspending (Business December 16). The writer failed to solicit comment from Merseta (the manufacturing...

NASPERS DIGEST

In your interesting and informative cover story on Naspers (December 16), I was surprised there was no mention of Media24's recent acquisition of Reader's Digest magazine, and perhaps the circumstances around its move from lis...

ONLINE BOOK ORDERS

In one of the book reviews (Arts & Leisure December 16) Richard Steyn advised that a particular book was not readily available in SA, and could be ordered through Amazon.com. With due respect to Amazon.com's reputation, orde...

IMPORT THE SKILLS

Regarding Trevor Manuel's recipe for 6% growth (Cover Story December 9), I think that unless and until we sufficiently address the question of skills and education, we will still be lamenting about the unemployment crisis in a...

SECRET AGENDAS

The tensions in the liberation movement are unsettling and not healthy for our democracy. Legitimate protests have become violent and unjust actions, whereas activism has been substituted by plotting fraught with crass materialism. C...

ROVING FOR SERVICE

I was reading an article on Ford (corporate report, August 19), in which Thomas Viehweg [SA president of Ford's Premium Automotive Group, which is responsible for various brands] said he wanted to rebuild the damaged reputation of Lan...