About 694-million people worldwide over age 15 are now using the internet, about 14% of the total population in this age group, according to a survey released on Thursday. The report by research firm comScore Networks claims to be ”the first true estimate of global online audience size and behaviour” using consistent methodology.
Fierce homesickness transports one to the priorities of childhood, when simply being in the presence of love and familiarity is enough. In the great tiled intestine of the underground station, all along the platform the passengers bunched like bacteria. The world was present, a jaded deputation of economic refugees seeking a middle-class dream in London. But home was absent.
Fifteen inmates of Durban’s Westville prison have gone to court to force the prison to provide them with HIV/Aids treatment, including anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs.
According to papers they have filed in the Durban High Court, 78 inmates of the Medium B prison have died of Aids-related diseases in the past year.
The problem with being a first-time investor on the JSE is that you generally need a lump sum to invest in order to make it financially viable. With minimum brokerage fees of about R100 each time you buy and sell, you would need to buy R5Â 000-worth of a single share in order for it to be cost-effective, and then you would have exposure to only one share.
Many people feel extremely uncomfortable having the "tough talk" before they walk down the aisle. It may feel as if seeing a lawyer to draw up a marriage contract in case of divorce will put a bad omen on the marriage. The reality is that a marriage contract is not only about divorce but can have consequences throughout married life.
Dineo and Chilli M anchor Yfm’s popular <i>Essential Rush</i> show. They spoke to Jocelyn Newmarch about the best and worse investments they have ever made, savings plans, financial advice they would give their children and their personal finance tricks.
It has been acclaimed as the best German film of the year and nominated in 11 out of 15 categories for the German Prize, Germany’s version of the Oscars. But The Life of Others, a film about the Stasi, East Germany’s ubiquitous secret police, is at the centre of a row after its lead actor […]
It took two and a half months, but finally there was a week of Super 14 rugby where all five South African teams were competitive. Springbok coach Jake White must be thankful for small mercies, for a number of his favourites are finally hitting their straps a month ahead of the international season. Imagine if they’d peaked in February and faded in June?
Both Sudanese rebel groups fighting in Darfur refused on Friday to sign a peace deal with the Khartoum government, their chief negotiators said, despite intense pressure from international mediators. Mohammed Tugod of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said that the African Union draft peace accord failed to answer his group’s demands for Darfur’s three states to be united into a single autonomous region.
With its unpaved roads often strewn with litter, the Cova da Moura slum on the outskirts of Lisbon has long been seen as Portugal’s byword for crime and decay — and a place to be avoided. But a local youth group is offering guided tours of the community in the hope of improving its reputation and bringing much-needed business to area shops and restaurants.