Zimbabwe must sort out its political problems if it hopes to meet the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) regional economic integration targets, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni warned on Monday. He was addressing journalists in Cape Town after a meeting between SADC central banks and representatives of the European Central Bank.
Britain is offering up to 30 training places at some of its most famous museums to help young South African curators hone their skills, British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced on Monday. The R3,3-million scheme — which will run for three years, is being paid for by the British government under a partnership with the South African Department of Arts and Culture.
Venus Williams lost in the first round for the first time in four years when she was upset by Silvia Farina Elia of Italy 7-5, 7-6 (6) in the Dubai Women’s Open on Monday. Williams’ previous first-round defeat was at the 2001 French Open to Barbara Schett. Williams also lost her first match at Moscow in October 2002 to Magdalena Maleeva but after a first-round bye.
While telecommunications group Telkom’s spending on black economic empowerment (BEE) entities rose to R4,6-billion rand in 2004 — more than five times the R838-million spent on empowerment suppliers in 1998, Telkom CEO Sizwe Nxasana said the group wants to spend more on BEE firms in the future.
New Zealand failed to make the most of their good start in the one-day cricket series against Australia, after an 84-run opening stand by Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming ended with the side all-out for 233 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Tuesday.
Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq may be banking on the ”passion and enthusiasm” of his young team to tame India in their own backyard, but he requires more than just that to taste success on the arduous tour. India had not lost at home in four years until Australia ruined their impressive record last season with a 2-1 victory.
A state of emergency has been declared in part of the Cook Islands after Cyclone Percy slammed into the region leaving only 10 houses intact in an area home to more than 600 people, authorities said on Tuesday. A spokesperson said all houses on Nassau were "severely damaged or destroyed".
The Bush administration was accused on Monday of trying to roll back efforts to improve the status of the world’s women by demanding that the United Nations publicly renounce abortion rights. The US’s demand overshadowed the opening on Monday of a conference intended to mark the 10th anniversary of the Beijing conference on the status of women.
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Deputy President Jacob Zuma and Schabir Shaik bluffed former president Nelson Mandela to ensure that he did not withhold financial assistance to Zuma, the Durban High Court heard on Monday.
The Pope began to receive physiotherapy on Monday to help him breathe and speak as doubts persisted over how effectively he will be able to communicate in future. There were also signs of an intense debate among senior church figures over how long the Pope should stay in hospital.