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/ 9 September 2005
The draft empowerment charter for the construction sector will be sent to Public Works Minister Stella Sicgau next week with higher equity targets than other charters, according to James Ngcobo, steering committee chairperson of the charter working group.
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/ 9 September 2005
The world economy faces "serious risks of a setback", the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development warns in its annual trade and development report. The report from Unctad says the world economy is still expanding, but the moderation of growth over the first half of 2005 should serve as a warning.
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/ 9 September 2005
Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks threw up her hands at escalating fuel prices, saying there was nothing the government could do. But administered prices, those set by regulation, make up a large part of the fuel price and the evidence is that the government has been doing a poor job in keeping price increases in line with inflation.
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/ 9 September 2005
When does political lobbying against an opponent become a political conspiracy? Put differently, if we accept that President Thabo Mbeki is opposed to Jacob Zuma succeeding him, is there evidence to suggest that he has improperly intervened to make sure Zuma is not the next president?
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/ 9 September 2005
Scientists have unveiled an unlikely weapon in the battle against the bulge: cannabis. Anyone who has ever inhaled will know the feeling: an inescapable desire to eat everything in sight, a state called the munchies. But a Scottish neuro-pharmacologist says there is more to the cannabis story.
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/ 9 September 2005
From a distance of 70m and through the sight of his machine gun, Assaf could tell that the Palestinian man was aged between 20 and 30, unarmed and trying to get away from an Israeli tank. But the details didn’t matter much, because Assaf’s orders were to “fire at anything that moved”.
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/ 9 September 2005
What’s it really like to be a stay-at-home dad? If you believe Steve Cochrane, (”Saint Dad”, August 5) fathers who become the prime caregiver have halos the size of pizza plates. I have been a ”house husband” (yes, I loathe the term too!) for nearly 14 years, so, welcome to the secret life of a house dad.
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/ 9 September 2005
Cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina will produce the biggest insurance bill in history, possibly as much as -billion — twice as much as some early estimates. The prediction by Dane Douetil, chief executive of Brit Insurance, was accompanied by forecasts of rising premiums, particularly for commercial property and reinsurance in the United States.
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/ 9 September 2005
Two months have elapsed since the G8 summit and already almost everything has turned to ashes. Even the crustiest sceptics have been shocked by the speed with which its promises have been broken. It is true that they didn’t amount to much. The World Development Movement described the agreement as ”a disaster for the world’s poor”.
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/ 9 September 2005
More than 200 detainees in Guantánamo Bay are in their fifth week of a hunger strike, The Guardian has been told. Statements from prisoners in the camp which were declassified by the United States government on Wednesday reveal that the men are starving themselves in protest at the conditions in the camp and at their alleged maltreatment — including desecration of the Qur’an — by US guards.