‘As teachers, we pledge …’ If children have to recite the pledge, how about a pledge for education department officials and teachers? I suggest the following: “We, the national and provincial education departments of South Africa, recognising the injustices of our past, honour those who suffered and sacrificed for justice and freedom. “We will see […]
How can MDC mobilise? Yolande Taylor (Letters, June 8) gleefully follows the official South African line on Zimbabwe — that the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is in disarray; its leadership is weak; that it seeks help from the West instead of building a constituency among Africans. And then the inevitable mantra: it should make […]
Africa’s four biggest economic powers could become an engine for regional growth in the same way that emerging market giants Brazil, Russia, India and China are trendsetters in the rest of the developing world, a senior researcher at the African Development Bank said.
A grenade attack killed four people and wounded six others watching a foreign film in the western town of Baidoa in the latest flare-up in chaotic Somalia, residents said on Friday. Militant Islamists, who have been fighting the Horn of Africa nation’s government, are opposed to Western and Indian films.
A prisoner who went missing from a jail in eastern India for almost 24 hours was found by prison guards snoring on the roof of the jail, officials said on Friday. Raju Gaji (19), arrested for banditry and theft and sent to a jail in Kolkata earlier this month, told police he was bored with the prison routine and wanted to catch up on some sleep.
As South Africa prepares to open its Vodacom Tri-Nations campaign against Australia this weekend, former Springboks Andre Joubert and Wayne Fyvie have declared the team capable of making it all the way to the World Cup final. ”I think we definitely have the players now,” said 1995 Rugby World Cup winner Joubert.
When it comes to the less obvious everyday things, how green is your life really?
Tumi Makgetla speaks to fashion designer Mpho Kuaho from Botswana who has dressed models for the Durban July horse race.
Hamas Islamist fighters and looters ransacked the blood-spattered Palestinian presidential compound in Gaza on Friday, rejoicing at the rout of their rivals from the Fatah faction. With Gaza effectively a new state under Hamas control, Israel and the United States were preparing to ease an embargo on the Palestinian Authority.
The JSE remained firm at noon on Friday on the back of strong overseas markets but further gains were restricted ahead of United States inflation data due later in the day. At 12.09pm, the all-share index was up 0,34%. Resources gained 0,78%, the platinum-mining index was up 0,56% but the gold-mining index gave up 0,16%.