It all started at the White House. This is where African National Congress leaders in the Free State held an impromptu rally last week in preparation for Mbeki’s arrival to launch his drive to be elected for a second term as South Africa’s president. The president’s recent visit to the Goldfields area to canvass votes saw a poverty-stricken community open their doors and speak their minds.
Former foreign affairs director general Sipho Pityana has joined the swelling ranks of "new-order" mandarins who have re-deployed their administrative experience from the government to the business sector. Pityana turns his public service experience to account by heading a new empowerment company.
The Human Sciences Research Council’s (HSRC) encyclopaedic <i>Human Resource Development Review 2003: Education, Employment and Skills in South Africa</i>, launched last week, contains an excellent section that begins to address the human resources needs in the informal economy, but the "second economy" needs to be seen as part — if unequally — of the "first economy".
The question remains: Why did Jean-Bertrand Aristide, ousted leader of Haiti, end up in the Central African Republic? No one goes there for kicks. The country has no particular political or economic record to write home about. The whole saga is packed tight with humbug.
Time: 11h30 to 12h30 Dr Alan Whitfield: Are we strangling our estuaries? South Africa’s estuaries have been damaged by large-scale water pollution and habitat alterations. Dr Whitfield has some interesting approaches that might turn the tide. Listen to his talk on the importance of freshwater supplies to estuaries and of tidal wave exchange in estuarine […]
Contrary to a report in a Sunday newspaper, the South African national rugby team will continue to use the Springbok as its official emblem and will still be known as the Springboks. The Sunday Times reported that, ”Rugby’s Springbok emblem is on its way out after almost 100 years”, but a Sarfu spokesperson said that was not entirely accurate.
Every week Najwa al-Bayati makes the 30-minute drive across Baghdad to her former office at the veterinary directorate of the agriculture ministry to ask when they will let her return to work. Najwa — a 50-year-old widow, an ordinary middle-class Iraqi — is precisely the sort who had most to gain when America and Britain went to war a year ago. But this has not been the case.
Manchester City put a huge dent into Manchester United’s hopes of successfully defending their Premier League title with a crushing 4-1 win on Sunday. It was only their third win against their bitter rivals in United manager Alex Ferguson’s 17 year tenure.
Sundowns kept their hopes of qualifying for the top eight alive when they held on to defeat leaders Santos 2-1 in a Castle Premiership match at the Odi Stadium on Sunday. Downs led 2-0 at halftime.
The Supersport Super Six match between North West and Free State ended in a draw when bad light called an end to procedings at 5.30pm on the final day. North West were on the edge of defeat with only two wickets in hand and seven overs to face.