Yes, it is true what they say about South Africa and Johannesburg in particular: it is home to all of Africa.
Cable theft is so rife in the townships that ordinary people have found "clever" ways of connecting to power illegally, writes Tiisetso Makube.
I have just watched the quarterfinal match between the reigning King of Clay and double-defending champion of the French Open, Rafael Nadal, and the man he used to look up to as a young boy, Carlos Moya, who is also a previous winner of the French Open.
A few years ago, a mischievous colleague emailed me a game that promised to unravel a great many hidden truths about myself, if only I answered each question truthfully. The game was simple: it put you in different circumstances and asked which fruit you would choose under each of these circumstances.
HIV/Aids has proven to be the bane of our times since it started decimating humanity across the globe in the twilight of the last century, and it is expected to take an increasingly negative toll on the economies of the countries most affected by it. Some research organisations in the area of food security, anticipate that labour loss in the Southern African Development Community will be between 12,7% and 26% in the next two decades.
Uniqueness is a quality many strive to achieve in order to set and maintain a position among competitors. But for the Southern Africa Trust, a Southern Africa-based organisation, it is not about being unique so as to compete; rather it is being unique in approach and complementing existing efforts in the quest to overcome poverty in Southern Africa.
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/ 10 January 2003
At the age of 32 – and turning 33 this year – American tennis ace Andre Agassi is well aware that he is nearing the end of the road as far as competitive tennis is concerned.