Chiara Carter A snap parliamentary debate is likely to be called by the African National Congress next week in a move to defuse the row over claims that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was involved in transporting explosives and did not pass crucial information on to police. Government sources said the debate was likely to […]

THE small Drakensberg town of Underberg will host a battle royale for the vacant KZN K1 River canoeing title this weekend. With defending champion Wayne Volek sitting out on a doping suspension, scores of the country’s top paddlers will tussle on the upper Umzimkulu River in the two-day Strops Drakensberg Challenge. Contenders for the K1 […]

Social security grants should fall under the provinces, argues Amanda Fitschen The state of provincial government finances has received a lot of attention, especially in the past week as provinces tabled their individual budgets. While the latest published provincial revenue and expenditure figures indicate that matters are certainly better than they were a year ago, […]

Ren Otto Fraud is rife in the short-term insurance market in South Africa. Millions of rands are being paid out to unscrupulous fraudsters. As a result, honest people’s insurance premiums are disproportionately high. The wrong people are suffering. The situation worsens: many consumers argue that it is simply not worth the trouble, so they go […]

industry shrouded in mist Stuart Millar and Will Woodward For wildlife enthusiasts, Uganda’s densely forested mountain region has an almost religious significance. One of the world’s richest ecosystems, it is also the last place on earth where visitors can catch a glimpse of mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. But as travel companies began cancelling […]

Chiara Carter Tensions within the New National Party in its Western Cape stronghold reached the status of open warfare this week with the MEC for Agriculture and Property Management, Lampie Fick, at odds with the NNP chair of the province’s finance committee, Jeanne-Pierre Gerber, over the sale of state land. Fick, a senior politician close […]

SOUTH African Under-19 rugby coach, Pieter de Villiers, is looking for an improved performance from his young charges when they face a Boland Under-20 combination in Wellington on Thursday as part of their preparations for the 1999 Fira Junior World Championship between 26 March and 4 April. The Under-19’s convincingly beat a South Western Districts […]

THE number of Namibian refugees from the Caprivi region who have poured into Botswana seeking asylum now stands at 2501. Principal officer in the Office of the President in Botswana, Ross Sanoto, said that although the Refugee Advisory Council has determined the refugee status of more than 2000 Namibians, it has not yet forwarded its […]

SOUTH Africa will give disaster aid to Mozambique, where torrential rains have caused flooding and severe damage near the coastal town of Vilankulo, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. A task team from the South African National Defence Force left for Mozambique on Wednesday to assess the damage caused by the rains, foreign ministry spokesman […]