Yearly Archives: 2001

analysis Sean Jacobs and Jessica Blatt The terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and the United States retaliation in Afghanistan have resulted in an outpouring of patriotism in the US, among African-Americans as much as anyone else. But the crisis has also put African-Americans in some odd and uncomfortable positions. Recent weeks have been […]

African National Congress Women’s League President Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was on Thursday released on bail of R5 000 after appearing on fraud charges in the commercial crime court in Pretoria. She was arrested when she reported to court officials earlier in the morning. Madikizela-Mandela arrived at court in a luxury Mercedes Benz, and was greeted by […]

The dollar has grown from strength to strength and dominates international trade with all the major currencies keeping track of their value against the greenback. Commodities such as gold and oil are sold in dollars and there seems no end in sight for the continual dominance of the United States currency in world trade. The […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday A NEW non-racial chamber of business incorporating South Africa’s largest white and black business bodies was launched on Monday evening. The South African Federated Chamber of Commerce (Safcoc) was launched at a gala evening in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, and will incorporate the formerly mainly white South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) […]

Demand for gas masks has soared in France since the terrorist attacks in the United States and the subsequent strikes on Afghanistan, with several military surplus stores in the capital reporting record sales. ”We have been selling 70 to 80 gas masks a week since the attacks, to people of all ages and walks of […]

Barry Streek The government spends just R3,9-billion of the R26-billion it receives annually in taxes and licence fees on roads – despite a R23-billion backlog in road maintenance and development. Government underspending could prove a costly error. A recent high court ruling found that, in terms of the Constitution, the authorities are civilly liable for […]

US President George W Bush said Thursday he was ”amazed” by the hatred many people in the Islamic world have for the United States. ”I’m amazed that there’s such misunderstanding of what our country is about that people would hate us,” he told a news conference. ”Like most Americans, I just can’t believe it because […]

TWO Unita members of the Angolan Parliament concluded a visit to Brussels on Wednesday as part of a two-week tour aimed at acquiring support for dialogue in the war-torn country entering its third decade of civil war. Daniel Jose Domingos Maluka’and Manuel Savihemba met various members of the European Parliament with the Unita pair reminding […]

Pretoria | Thursday AFRICAN National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (64) was on Thursday released on bail of R5 000 after appearing on fraud charges in the Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria. She was arrested when she reported to court officials earlier in the morning. Madikizela-Mandela arrived at court in a luxury Mercedes […]

IRAQI leader Saddam Hussein is an ”evil man” whom the United States is watching carefully, US President George W Bush said on Thursday. At a news conference here, Bush did not specify any particular action he planned to take against Hussein in the United States’ war on terrorism. But he said: ”There is no question […]