THE US agriculture department has eased restrictions on imports of South African beef and lamb, but not if they include meat from neighbouring countries such as Botswana and Namibia. The Business Day reports the US now considers SA free of both rinderpest – the last diagnosed case was in 1903 – and, excluding Kruger National […]
Durban will once more play host to a wide range of literary luminaries when the fourth annual Poetry Africa Festival, hosted by the University of Natal’s Centre for the Creative Arts, begins on Monday May 8 at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. It runs until Saturday May 13. There are also additional events outside the theatre […]
EMELIA SITHOLE, Harare | Friday 2.00pm. ZIMBABWE’s besieged white farmers said on Friday a peace deal struck with war veterans to end the occupation of farms is meaningless because they have stepped up their invasions and intimidation is on the increase. Commercial Farmers’ Union deputy director Jerry Grant said he is concerned that Chenjerai Hunzvi, […]
Internal union disputes caused the problems at VW’s Uitenhage branch in January Glenda Daniels One of the largest unions in South Africa says it has learned some serious lessons from the strike at the Uitenhage Volkswagen (VW) plant in January – and wants to ensure it can never happen again. National Union of Metalworkers of […]
Sleepy Hollow is another unsettling excursion into the dark side of Tim Burton. He talks to Mark Salisbury about Hammer horrors, Christopher Lee and a childhood love of cemeteries.
Titanic launched Kate Winslet onto the Hollywood A-list. She responded by making a series of imaginative, off-beat films – the latest of which is Holy Smoke. Now she’s married, pregnant and couldn’t give a stuff about fame, food and fat, she told Nicci Gerrard.
ZIMBABWE on Thursday shrugged off Britain’s decision to place an embargo on the country for the supply of military hardware and vehicles. Britain, in response to the pre-election violence and the illegal occupation of white-owned farms, announced Wednesday it would refuse any new applications for the purchase of weapons and spare parts from Zimbabwe. But […]
IRICHELLE Duran, daughter of the legendary Roberto Duran, will not make her professional boxing debut in South Africa as hoped. Instead, her brother, Roberto Duran junior will make his debut at the Carnival City Triple world title bill on May 24. Duran junior, who like his sister has signed a promotional deal with Golden Gloves, […]
THE success of the peace accord for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will depend on the speed with which the United Nations deploys its observers, according to the annual report from the International Institute of Strategic Studies, released on Thursday. The respected London-based institute said that the viability of the agreement, struck in Lusaka […]
FORMER Land Bank managing director Helena Dolny is suing former chairman Bonile Jack for R650000 in a defamation suit. Business Day reports that the summons was expected to be delivered to his home by a deputy sheriff. In a letter to President Thabo Mbeki, Jack accused Dolny of racism, nepotism as well as mismanagement. The […]