Chris Visser The biggest challenge facing the average investor is to structure a portfolio that affords the best possible returns for the lowest possible risk. Evidence published in the April 1998 issue of Insurance and Investments indicated that an investor with an offshore element in his portfolio can earn the same return as available domestically, […]
South Africa cannot afford not to treat HIV-positive pregnant women with anti- retroviral drugs Howard Barrell The government will save the South African taxpayer more than R800-million a year – and will save more than 8 000 children’s lives each month – if it makes anti- retroviral drugs and milk formula available to all HIV-positive […]
Jaspreet Kindra The African National Congress has launched a concerted effort to woo the Afrikaner community ahead of the local government elections. A sense of urgency has been added to the recruiting drive with the launch of the newly formed Democratic Alliance (DA) of the Democratic Party and the New National Party. The ANC is […]
Nawaal Deane Shiny silver flags twirled in the air and were simultaneously caught by 16 girls going into splits. It was a dramatic finale for the South African team – upstaged only by the Australians who followed, dressed as cowgirls and dancing to the pulsating rhythms of pop music. At the annual Miss Drill Team […]
Andrew Gilder The impending first collaboration between Cape Town’s two full-time, professional, dance companies – Cape Town City Ballet and Jazzart Dance Theatre – opens at the Nico this weekend. These two opposing poles of the dance spectrum have, for the past six years, been part of the same Arts Council structure (Capab and now […]
REUTERS, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. THE Chamber of Mines has backed moves to curb and eventually eliminate the trade in ”conflict diamonds”. ”The trade in diamonds from conflict areas must not be allowed to threaten South and southern Africa’s diamond mining industry,” the trade body said. The Chamber, which represents some of the world’s biggest […]
fate Thuli Nhlapo and Thebe Mabanga Tanya Oosthuizen looked very relaxed, exchanging pleasantries with family members and acquaintances who had come to offer their support ahead of her appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. She embraced her father, Warmbaths millionaire Mark Oosthuizen, who had come to court with her stepmother Joey Oosthuizen. She seemed indifferent […]
ABOUT 200 adult penguins, 700 chicks and several cormorants were returned to Robben Island on Friday afternoon – the first batch of some 23000 birds which were being cared for on the mainland in the wake of the June 23 oil spill from the Panamanian tanker, the Treasure – to be taken home. The chicks, […]
Khadija Magardie Education-sector stakeholders have expressed concern at the apparent ”steamrolling” of the process which resulted in the Council on Higher Education (CHE) report on the future of higher education in the country. Insiders say both the consultation process involving the initial ”size and shape” discussion document and the time- frame given by Minister of […]
underqualified Ntuthuko Maphumulo Nearly a quarter of primary school teachers in South Africa are not qualified for the job, according to a survey on the state of the country’s schooling. -The survey found that some provinces were particularly badly affected by unqualified teachers, with the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and North West faring the worst. These […]