MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Friday 9.45am. ANALYSTS say the country’s newly introduced inflation targets are both realistic and achievable, despite calls from business to relax them to reduce the risk of rate hikes. All twelve economists responding to a straw poll on the issue said that they believe the government will reach its aim of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Rabat | Friday 3.00pm. MOROCCO said on Friday it will not withdraw from the race to host the 2006 World Cup, dashing South Africa’s hopes of a possible deal during a visit at the weekend by South African Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour. South African officials said on Thursday that Balfour would try to […]
Some people are blessed with financial savvy and manage their money sensibly, but there are others who survive by cheating you blind Sharon Gill So you gave the builder a down payment and haven’t seen him since, while you were away for the weekend your flatmate moved out and took your CD player with him, […]
Fossil-spotting might not be the most interactive form of entertainment around, but on the tour of the Cradle of Humankind our ancient ancestors come to life Katy Chance It’s cold, rather grey and drizzling. At the tail end of one of Johannesburg’s wettest and coldest summers in living memory, it seems fitting to find myself […]
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THE UN has expressed concern at the plight of two dissident Cuban doctors reportedly detained in Zimbabwe after seeking asylum in a third country. The two, Leonel Cordova Rodriguez, 31, and Noris Pea Martinez, 25, were taken from their home by armed soldiers in the capital, Harare, on Friday afer allegedly denouncing the Cuban leader, […]
OVER 1000 emerging sugarcane growers in Mpumalanga face bankruptcy because they can’t get an estimated R60-million to fix flood damage to irrigation infrastructure. The farmers grow sugarcane on more than 7000 hectares in the Onderberg region in a project described as the most successful black empowerment project in Africa. A flood relief body in the […]
A SOUTH African military reconnaissance team was due to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday to discuss South Africa’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations. A spokesman for the South African National Defence Force said that the team was expected back in South Africa on 12 June and that they would brief […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Gaborone | Thursday 12.00pm. THE Botswanan government aims to conclude double taxation treaties with all countries in the Southern African Development Community as soon as possible. The move is attracting foreign and local businesses. Already 16 companies have shown interest in setting-up in Gaborone, the majority of them from South Africa. International Finance […]
ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Thursday 2.00pm. MICROSOFT South Africa has called a ruling by a United States judge ordering that the software giant be split in two “draconian” and says it is an “unwarranted intrusion” into the software industry. However Microsoft SA’s marketing director Terry Annecke said it is unlikely the ruling will have much […]