After ticking slightly higher in early trade, the JSE was a tad softer by noon on Friday, with traders waiting for a lead from external factors. By noon, the all-share index was down 0,19%, with the gold-mining index down 1,93% and resources off 0,39%. Industrials were off 0,2%. Financials firmed 0,21% and banks advanced 1,01%.
The New York Times has announced the appointment of its first perfume critic, in what the paper describes as a breakthrough for olfactory journalism and a wake-up call for a secretive, hype-driven industry. As far as the paper is aware, Chandler Burr, a journalist and author, will be the first full-time perfume critic for an English-language newspaper.
The authorities in Zimbabwe have threatened fuel dealers who have refused to cut fuel prices in line with a government directive. State radio said the dealers who are selling fuel for prices of up to 1Â 000 new Zimbabwe dollars ( at the official exchange rate) per litre, instead of the gazetted Z a litre for diesel and Z for petrol, would face legal action.
Brett Kebble had already appeared in a well-publicised court case on fraud charges when the Democratic Alliance accepted a R250 000 donation from him. It was also in February 2004 — the month of Kebble’s donation to the DA — that the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> revealed his dubious role in supporting ventures of the ANC Youth League’s business arm, Lembede.
It is ironic that in the New York of Africa there is not a single gallery where you are guaranteed to find African art on display. But this is about to change, writes Hila Bouzaglou.
The annual Lake of the Stars festival is bringing international flair to Malawi’s palm-fringed shores. Maria McCloy speaks to event promoter Will Jameson.
An extremely rare occasion to hear the music of Ignatius Sancho presents itself when Durban’s Baroque 2000 ensemble performs a selection of the composer’s minuets on August 27, writes Alex Sudheim.
Ordinary people, given the right motivation and circumstances, can easily make the jump to suicide bomber, writes Anthony Egan.
The Joy of Jazz festival line-up enforces the notion that the genre is a state of mind, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
In its latest contribution to society, the CBS reality show Survivor has announced that in its upcoming season the competing teams will be chosen according to race, much to the concern of United States minority rights organisations.