Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has insisted that the general election will go ahead as planned in three weeks’ time, despite growing calls for a delay. He said only an election will lessen the violence. Three suicide bombers struck in separate towns on Wednesday, killing more than 20 people. In Mosul, an official of the mainstream Sunni party was killed.
South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance has said Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri is to blame for what has been described as exorbitant and monopolistic tariffs introduced by dual-listed Telkom. But the Communications Users’ Association of South Africa said the full blame should not be focused on Telkom.
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South African clothing retailer Woolworths’ operating group increased sales for the six months from July to December 2004 by 15,8% compared with the same period the previous year. Sales from comparable stores grew by 10,5%, the company said on Thursday.
There was a fire in the early hours of Thursday at investment bank Cazenove South Africa’s head office in Dunkeld, Johannesburg, Cazenove said in a statement. The Cazenove trading staff have been moved to an alternative site in Midrand and business is continuing as normal, Cazenove South Africa MD Tony Lederle said.
The rand on Thursday moved above R6 to the dollar for the first time since late November last year on the weaker euro against the dollar, Absa economist Christ Hart said. At 9.25am, the rand was quoted at R6,0128, its weakest level since November 24 2004, from Wednesday’s closing level of R5,9226.
As one of the highest flyers in Zimbabwe’s ruling regime, Philip Chiyangwa began most mornings by studying the display on his computerised wardrobe before choosing which of his 300 suits to wear. He had all the trappings of wealth: Mercedes and large house with helicopter pad. Now, it seems, he has lost it all.
South Africa’s gun owners are furious about a new law which could force millions to hand over their weapons — removing what some consider their only defence against rampant crime. All legal guns must be re-licensed over a five-year period, and thousands of applications have already been rejected or snagged in red tape.
South Africans have opened their hearts and donated millions in funds and aid via private and government initiatives to help tsunami disaster victims in Africa and across the world. Meanwhile, the number of South African fatalities arising from the tsunami has risen to 10.
HIV/Aids pandemic, a disorganised Department of Health, corrupt health workers, a censorship bill that needs redressing… Even after 10 years of democracy South Africa is still in dire need of reshaping.
Not the Mail & Guardian is Robert Kirby’s startling and savagely satirical parody of the Mail & Guardian newspaper. Any similarity between real people and characters portrayed here is anything but coincidental Aries: If you’re a public servant with the odd travel scam under your belt, it’s time to take a job as an aid […]