The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) will on Friday finalise the order in which the names of candidates will appear on the ballot-papers that will be used during the election process at the party’s congress in Gauteng in May. This will be done by means of a draw.
The world public rejects the United States role as a world leader, but still wants the US to do its share in multilateral efforts and does not support a US withdrawal from international affairs, says a poll released on Wednesday. The survey respondents saw the US as an unreliable ”world policeman”.
South Africa’s government has no plans to interfere in monetary policy in order to influence the exchange rate and promote vital exports, an economic adviser to President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Mbeki rattled investors in February when he said raising interest rates was not the only tool to tame consumer spending.
The long-term insurance industry attracted R50,2-billion in new individual life business last year. According to the Life Offices’ Association (LOA), this translated into a 14% increase over the R44,2-billion received in 2005. LOA chief executive Gerhard Joubert said the increase in new business was heartening.
The Bolivia bungle, during which Bafana Bafana became the first team to lose a home game against South America’s most unfashionable soccer nation in more than 10 years, has cost South Africa a place among the top 60 in Fifa’s monthly rankings.
Benni McCarthy claimed his 20th goal of the season with a diving header as Blackburn pushed Watford to the brink of relegation with a 3-1 win at Ewood Park on Wednesday. Centre back Christopher Samba and McCarthy’s strike partner Jason Roberts were also on the mark as Rovers cruised to a comfortable win.
One man’s religion… Drew Forrest’s article “Was Jesus the first socialist?” (April 5) misrepresents and undermines Christianity and the Bible in a manner that lays bare his scepticism of the religion. He consistently veers from the central subject of investigating “where Jesus might stand on today’s political spectrum” to criticise statements made by Paul, as […]
A Durban policeman was shot dead on Thursday morning, apparently accidentally, by a man seeking revenge against two suspects the policeman had arrested. Zakhele Nxumalo of the organised crime unit was shot as he was driving away from the house of the two suspects in Dube Village.
The South African Army band, a guard of honour and a red carpet were in place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday when President Thabo Mbeki officially welcomed his Singaporean counterpart President Sellapan Ramanathan. Mbeki and Ramanathan went straight into talks after the official welcoming ceremony.
A group of Pretoria commuters set two train carriages alight on Thursday after impatiently waiting for a delayed train to get moving, said Metrorail. Metrorail spokesperson Thokozani Zitha said the carriages were set on fire near Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, shortly after 6am on Thursday.