Exclusive Books recently bought rival chain Facts & Fiction. Shaun de Waal asks Exclusive Books MD Fred Withers what the implications are Exclusive Books and its owners, Mega,recently bought Facts &Fiction, your main rival in Gauteng, the province which accounts for the majority of South Africa’s booksales. Will you be closing any of the Facts […]
ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Friday 10.30AM. TWO more South African athletes have won gold medals at the World Athletics Championships for the Physically Disabled in Birmingham, bringing the number of gold medals won to five. Malcolm Pringle, winner of three medals at the Atlanta Paralympics in 1996, won the 1500m class 38 cerebral palsy event […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.30PM. LOCAL shares moved slowly off their lows today after a slightly better-than anticipated opening on the Dow Jones industrial average. Overall confidence, however, remained weak. According to dealers, JSE investors are finding it a hard task to predict the market, as they react to the whims of international perceptions […]
David Davies heralds the arrival of Se Ri Pak, golfing phenomenon, for the British Women’s Open at Lytham St Annes The golfing world breathed a gentle sigh of relief when Brandie Burton won, or perhaps more to the point Se Ri Pak did not win, the Du Maurier Classic in Canada at the start of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Abuja | Friday 10.00pm. THE Nigerian government on Friday conceded that it in the past “diverted” much of the fuel intended for the country’s fuel-starved domestic market. Speaking to reporters on Friday after a meeting of the top military body, the Provisional Ruling Council, council spokesman Major-General John Mark Inienger admitted that past […]
The European Union is trying to block the diamond smuggling route from Angola. Violence won’t be far behind. Dan Atkinson in Antwerp, Alex Duval Smith in Johannesburg and Owen Bowcott investigate It was an unpromising start to Europe’s tough new policy on diamond smuggling. Yards from Antwerp’s grand railway station, an African in traditional dress […]
There’s an ancient Greek temple, a Caribbean seaside resort, a spaceship, an Egyptian pyramid and a riverboat from the deep South. You can play blackjack, all the variations of poker, baccarat, craps, roulette, keno, scratch cards and slot machines to your heart’s desire. Best of all, you can wager real money or play just for […]
Province Tangeni Amupadhi Northern Province Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi is to call a meeting with community leaders to address increasing racial tensions between blacks and whites. Ramatlhodi’s peace efforts come in the wake of a spate of attacks on farmers and what appear to be revenge strikes on blacks in the province. ”People should never take […]
A strong political initiative rather than an external military intervention is the solution to the Congo crisis, argues Mahmood Mamdani When Rwanda decided to provide foot soldiers to spearhead the anti-Mobutu rebellion in October 1996, the main objection came not from Mobutu Sese Seko’s erstwhile patrons, but from Rwanda’s own staunch ally, President Yoweri Museveni […]
Stuart Hess A British couple are attempting to declare a section of the South African Child Care Act unconstitutional because it prohibits them from adopting a South African child. Sarah and Benedict Fitzpatrick have been supported by the Child Welfare Society of South Africa in their challenge to Section 18 (f) of the Act. The […]