THE Zambian kwacha is expected to slide further against the dollar in the final four months of the year amid huge corporate and retail demand for dollars and lack of central bank intervention, senior dealers said. They said the kwacha could close the year as low as 3500 against the U.S. unit, from 3250 now […]

Nawaal Deane and Ntuthuko Maphumulo Sexually active youth in Gauteng are the most responsible when it comes to preventing the spread of HIV, while the youth in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are the country’s most promiscuous and ill-informed about the pandemic. The Beyond Awareness Campaign investigation shows a high percentage of Gauteng youth recognise […]

Rhoda Kadalie Is President Thabo Mbeki playing the race fiddle while Rome is burning? Has he not learned that when one uses race as a political rallying point, racial conflict gains a momentum of its own that is often difficult to reverse in times of crisis? Has ethnic conflict in Bosnia, Rwanda, Burundi and Serbia […]

Rose Dingaan Thobela takes on Glenn Catley in a world title bout this weekend. But the Rose of Soweto’s opponent is not your average pugilist Gavin Evans When you see Glenn Catley in the ring you might decide this is the kind of fellow who expects you to drop your eyes when you pass him […]

The Rand Daily Mail fought a lonely battle on the ‘slippery slope’ of opposition to the National Party government in the 1960s. In his memoir, War of Words, Benjamin Pogrund recalls what it was like to be part of this publication The telephone on my desk in the Rand Daily Mail newsroom rang. I picked […]

The HRC’s conference was characterised by much soul-searching about the definitions of racism Sechaba ka’Nkosi South Africa’s whites went on trial this week on charges of racism when black leaders attending the Human Rights Commission (HRC) conference on racism questioned their attitude towards black citizens and their willingness to reach out and reconcile. Unease and […]

Nicky Blumenfeld If you’ve ever visited Cuba, Colombia, Mexico or Brazil, you’d realise that there’s a lot more to the Americas than the United States and it appears that with the inevitable influx of aliens, the “developed” world seems to have realised that there’s rhythm beyond its mainstream borders. Likewise, the recent explosion of Latin […]

Sprint queen Marion Jones and swimmer Ian Thorpe are among those hoping to strike multiple gold in Sydney Grant Shimmin On Monday evening, Australian time, the bulk of South Africa’s 130-strong Olympic team will take up residence in the future Sydney suburb of Newington which is the athletes’ village for this month’s games. For them, […]

Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude and sideline them, writes Wiseman Magasela There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. War is declared. Battle lines are drawn. The enemy is known and identifiable. South Africa had its own […]

SOUTH Africa’s largest engineering and contracting group Murray & Roberts has reported sharp losses for the 2000 financial year, but expects earnings to improve in the year ahead. ”We are now in a position to get down to business … we have a strong balance sheet which gives us a solid platform for growth,” chief […]