The nuclear race is riddled with hypocrisy

Mosibudi Mangena

It seems the warmongers in Israel and the US, upset by the Iranian deal, won't get their way, writes Mosibudi Mangena.

Warmongers in Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and their American Republican Party counterparts, are foaming at the mouth in their staunch opposition to the Iranian nuclear agreement reached in Vienna last month. As the vote for or against the deal in the United States Congress,

Fallen rand is toast in the machine

 Lisa Steyn

Automated trading systems are designed to panic and may explain Monday's historic low.

In the ungodly hours of Monday morning, for a fleeting moment the rand fell to R14 to the dollar, its lowest level in history. Although Standard Bank trader Warrick Butler was wide awake – having received a call from the bank’s Asian time-zone trader minutes earlier when the rand was heading

Zuma says sorry to fired Eskom boss

Matuma Letsoalo, Qaanitah Hunter

Word is that abruptly axed Eskom head Tshediso Matona has been offered a plum planning commission job.

President Jacob Zuma has apologised to former Eskom boss Tshediso Matona for the bad treatment he received when he was suspended from the power utility early this year, according to Mail & Guardian sources in the presidency and government.

Desmond Tutu, archbishop of the world

Tinyiko Maluleke

The priest is a humble man who boldly took on the apartheid state and still fights for justice, writes Tinyiko Maluleke.

COMMENT
On March 16 1988, Archbishop Desmond Tutu met Die Groot Krokodil in his, PW Botha’s, dimly lit study at Tuynhuys, Cape Town. It was an urgent meeting, at the heart of which was a plea for presidential clemency.

SA steel industry on the brink of collapse

Sarah Evans

The first wave of job losses for metalworkers has begun and the upshot will be apocalyptic.

The first job losses in the steel industry will come in two waves. The first wave is here, and crisis talks continue between labour, business and government. At least 10 000 people will lose their jobs in the next six months, but 190 000 workers are at risk.

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CCM: We’ll form complaint unit on corruption if elected

CCM running mate Samia Suluhu Hassan waves to Karatu residents on her way to address a campaign rally in Hanang District. PHOTO|EMMANUEL HERMAN 

In Summary

• Ms Hassan says the next government will also not tolerate Ministry of Health employees who steal drugs
• She told residents in Arusha and Manyara regions that  she was aware that many people were blaming the judiciary over corruption and impunity
• The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is the dominant ruling party in Tanzania and the longest reigning party in Africa.It was formed in 1977 following the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union (Tanu) and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) which were the sole operating parties in mainland Tanzania and the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar respectively.