financier Justin Arenstein Former Mpumalanga premier Mathews Phosa distanced himself from shady “freelance” financier Jean Mopotu this week following revelations that the Zairian tried to source funding for Phosa’s ambitious R390-million casino development in Mozambique. Mopotu attained notoriety in 1998 when he helped international fraud fugitive and suspected chemi- cal weapons dealer Moshe Regen- streich […]
Iden Wetherell Zimbabweans are this week treating what is officially a win for President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party in the general election as a triumph for the opposition. Zanu-PF retained power by hanging on to 62 of the 120 elected seats in last weekend’s poll. But it lost 57 seats to the Movement for Democratic […]
SOUTH Africa and Botswana have signed a bilateral military pact on defence and security, SABC radio news reported on Friday. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Gaberone, SA Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said the time had come for Africa to control and manage its political and military conflicts. The agreement would bind the two countries […]
France has struggled to find a homegrown hero in cycling’s biggest race William Fotheringham Cycling as a sport was born on French soil, the French organise the biggest and brightest bike race in the world, yet the home cyclists have little chance of winning their own event, the Tour de France, which starts this weekend. […]
The Pill is 40 years old and in that time it has mostly received a bad press because of health risks – we hear less of the benefits. Tania Unsworth celebrates one of the defining inventions of the 20th century The Pill turns 40 this year, and during the course of its life it has […]
SHARES in Datatec jumped on Tuesday after the IT group announced that its US subsidiary Westcon Group has acquired a voice-data convergence technology company. The counter was up 3,22%, or 145 cents, to R46,45 at 1pm, with 298612 shares changing hands. The rise outperformed the information technology sector, which was last up 0,39% to 938. […]
Tony Cox talks to Adam Haupt about his new album and the integrity of music that ignores the pop charts Tony Cox is one of those acoustic guitar trailblazers who began way before it was fashionable to create a uniquely South African sound. He first made a name for himself when he recorded 101 Ways […]
MPUMALANGA’S capital of Nelspruit formally signed a memorandum on Wednesday pledging its support for a proposed R300 million international airport 25km from the city centre. The proposed Primkop Airport will be Mpumalanga’s first international airport and is sited near the Kruger National Park and other game reserves in an attempt to lure European and American […]
Jaspreet Kindra and Marianne Merten The alliance between former enemies the New National Party and the Democratic Party has left die-hard democrats to the north of Johannesburg ”devastated” and rightwingers in Ventersdorp ”speechless”, according to a Mail & Guardian snap poll. In the Cape, opponents of the merger were more pithy in their responses, accusing […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi Minister of Education Kader Asmal has criticised the Law Society of the Transvaal for publicly announcing its intention to oust Tiego Moseneke, a Johannesburg lawyer and businessman, from the roll of attorneys without giving reasons to either Moseneke or the public. Asmal has also questioned the role of the National Association of Democratic […]