OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Friday 4.25pm POWER, transport, water, and telecommunications — the four pillars of national infrastructure — will continue to provide a strong platform for economic growth in the post-Mandela era, says international credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s in a survey published on Friday. The 70-page publication details the credit quality of […]

Paul Kirk A controversial medication that is a form of legalised dagga has been withdrawn from the market, avoiding a court battle that would have challenged the illegality of dagga in South Africa. Elevat is the trade name for medication that contains the active ingredient dronabinol. Hailed as a wonder drug for the alleviation of […]

KING Mswati III appointed Mbabane lawyer Phesheya Dlamini as Swaziland’s Attorney General on Thursday, with Mzwandile Fakudze as his deputy. The under-secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Noreen Maphalala, has been appointed Auditor General. The Attorney General’s post became vacant two months ago when the contract of Ghanaian Martin Dwamena expired, leaving the government without […]

Brenda Atkinson unpicks the curatorial pitfalls in the current Liberated Voices exhibition in New York In an article on an exhibition of new South African ”visual languages” held in Zurich (”Dialogue lost in transit”, September 17 to 22), I wrote that exhibitions which prioritise the national ”identity” of the production they frame ”[touch] sides with […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Thursday 7.00pm JUST under four and a half hours were lost as thunderstorms severely restricted play on the first day of the second cricket Test in Harare between Zimbabwe and South Africa. In the 94 minutes of play, Zimbabwe could only score 48-3, having been put in to bat by South […]

CANADIAN Prime Minister Jean Chretien left Nigeria on Wednesday for South Africa at the end of a two-day official visit. The Canadian leader is due to attend the Commonwealth summit in Durban, starting on Friday. While in Nigeria, Chretien met President Olusegun Obasanjo and other top officials. At a joint press conference with the Nigerian […]

ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba surprised political pundits on Wednesday by reshuffling his cabinet and dismissing two deputy ministers. Chiluba announced in a statement that Health Minister Dr Nkandu Luo has been transferred to the transport and communications portfolio, while Commerce Minister David Mpamba has been shifted to fill Luo’s seat in the health ministry. Chiluba […]

THE South African Chamber of Business said on Tuesday that its Business Confidence Index continued its rise in October and now sits above the level as at the start of the 1998 crisis. Sacob said that the index of 104,3 for October is now above the level as at the start of the 1998 crisis […]

MPUMALANGA’S first rural-based bank will be officially opened to residents of Schoemansdal tribal trust south of Malelane on Wednesday. The Schoemansdal Village Bank is the fifth rural bank opened in South Africa. Four other banks are already operating in North-West Province, while 25 others are still to established nationwide in the next 18 months. Chairman […]