Suddenly debt relief is all the rage. Everybody is trying to get in on the act, saying that not enough is being done to provide financial help to the poorest nations. From United States President Bill Clinton to International Monetary Fund (IMF) director Michel Camdessus: you name them, they’ve got a plan. Make no mistake, […]
Shirley Kossick THE KILLING BOTTLE by Jane Fox (David Philip) This is one of the best novels I’ve read recently – pithy, taut, moving and unusual. The storyline concerns the strange and strained relationship of two elderly men – one white, one black – living on an isolated farm on the escarpment of what used […]
WATER Affairs Minister Kader Asmal will on Tuesday open a R220-million rural water and sanitation project for the Northern Province. The launch follows trade and development agreements signed on April 6 by European Union ambassador Michael Laidler and Deputy Finance Minister Gill Marcus. The project will concentrate on the southern, western, central and Lowveld districts […]
RESCUERS may be close to reaching missing miners Lawrence Molise Tsolo and John Befile Delekile as the search was narrowed to an area of about 300 square metres on Wednesday night. Anglogold spokesman Andries Van Zyl said rescue teams have reached the stopes where the missing men were working when the earthquake, measuring 4,6 on […]
A ONE-ARMED man robbed two women near the Gracelands casino at Secunda of R45 000 on Wednesday. Police spokeswoman Inspector Sibongile Nkosi said on Thursday that the women were taking the money to First National Bank, about 500m from the Foschini branch where they worked, when the one-armed man held them up with a gun.
CALM returned to the capital of the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean on Thursday after three days of violent protests, residents said. For three days, gangs of youths on the main island of Grand Comore attacked the homes and cars of residents originally from the small island of Anjouan, which declared its independence from […]
CABINET on Wednesday announced that June 2, the day when the country goes to the polls for its second democratic elections, will be a public holiday. The cabinet also announced that the new Parliament will convene on June 14 to elect the country’s new president and the National Assembly’s presiding officers. The country’s nine provincial […]
TRADE and Industry Department chief director of business regulation and consumer services Alistair Ruiters has been appointed a commissioner on the Competition Commission, Cabinet announced on Wednesday. The five-year appointment will see the Commission investigate corporate behaviour according to often controversial guidelines outlined in the Competition Act. Ruiters will be leaving the DTI, having been […]
A UNITED States national was this week arrested at Harare airport when some 80 rounds of ammunition were found in his luggage. The Daily News reported on Wednesday that airport manager Robert Dombodzvuku said the unnamed man was arrested on Monday, as he was about to board a domestic flight from Harare to the second […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM: STORM clouds are gathering on the horizon for the Premier Soccer League. In the latest incident of controversy, the PSL has switched Sunday’s BobSave Superbowl semifinal between premier league outfit Sundowns and First Division squad Seven Stars from Nyanga stadium to Athlone. The PSL had previously declared Nyanga a “fit” venue. Downs had […]