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/ 21 December 2007
The JSE extended its gains by midday on Friday as firmer world markets continued to direct it higher. By 12.02pm, the JSE’s all-share index had collected 1,95%, led by a 2,95% advance in the platinum mining index. Resources added 2,73% and the gold mining index rose 1,83%.
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/ 21 December 2007
Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile spoke to Lucky Sindane about the new Sports Amendment Act, which allows government to intervene in all sporting matters. He said that once the playing grounds have been levelled, our children will start from the same starter blocks with an equal preparation and opportunity to win.
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/ 21 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>As the rain fell and temperatures plummeted unseasonably, our world shifted. In a stunning defeat delegates decisively rejected ANC president Thabo Mbeki’s bid for a third term as ANC leader.From day one, delegates sang and rolled their arms in the football signal indicating their desire for change.
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/ 21 December 2007
Sabie is the undisputed outdoor adventure capital of the Lowveld. There’s an amazing choice of things to do. You can experience the adrenaline rush of the world’s highest cable gorge swing with a 68m freefall. Yihaa! You can go rock climbing, abseiling, spelunking, river-rafting, bungee jumping, quad biking, canoeing, tubing or horse-riding. You can go fly-fishing, sailing, power boating or 4x4ing.
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/ 21 December 2007
I had a moment of pure recognition a few days ago when I read a column in Time magazine. In it Lisa Takeuchi Cullen laments: "I am not particularly eco-conscious. But I am increasingly eco-anxious." How many of us feel like that? There’s just enough drumming on about climate change to keep everyone uneasy, writes Julienne Marais.
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/ 21 December 2007
My good friend Les Bush is, at 60-plus, the Eternal Party Animal. In the words of some T-shirt bard, Les "fears no beer". And he treats Jack Daniels with scant respect. But when I invited Les down to our new home in the Karoo Heartland town of Cradock, he thought he’d spend a few days of peace, quiet and deep-navel contemplation in Meerkat Country, writes Chris Marais.
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/ 21 December 2007
Canadian man of letters Robertson Davies gave me two precepts to which I fervently adhere. The first is: "Self-pity is commonly held to be despicable; it can also be a real comfort if it does not become chronic." The second: "The first principle of aesthetic appreciation is that it can usually be doubled by sitting down."
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/ 21 December 2007
We’re in southern Nepal; we’re not quite sure where as we lost the main highway about 30 minutes earlier in a desperate search for a petrol station. We didn’t find one in time. I’m barefoot and covered in dirt, straining to push our auto-rickshaw down a two-lane highway, as my boyfriend steers and tries to pump the clutch into action, writes Melissa Bell.
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/ 21 December 2007
On an evolutionary level you could say the species had a fabulously successful year. It increased by more than 80million people and most of its 6,5billion members lived longer than they could have expected just 30 years ago. People moved around and traded with one another more than ever and mostly survived whatever the natural world chucked at them.
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/ 21 December 2007
Living in Afghanistan, the world’s unrivalled producer of heroin, Faqirullah has no problem finding drugs to feed his habit. What concerns him is getting the cash to buy them. No matter how difficult, the 27-year-old says he has to find the equivalent of $4 to $6 for his daily fix. Faqirullah, who goes by a single name, is one of a growing number of Afghan drug addicts.